Chitosan-based nanosystems and their exploited antimicrobial activity

DR Perinelli, L Fagioli, R Campana, JKW Lam… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a biodegradable and biocompatible natural polysaccharide that has a wide
range of applications in the field of pharmaceutics, biomedical, chemical, cosmetics, textile …

Targeted polymer-based antibiotic delivery system: A promising option for treating bacterial infections via macromolecular approaches

T Wang, F Rong, Y Tang, M Li, T Feng, Q Zhou… - Progress in Polymer …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic therapy is the routine method for treating bacterial infections and has saved
hundreds of millions of lives over the last century. However, low bioavailability, side effects …

Adsorption behavior of cationic dye on mesoporous silica SBA-15 carried by calcium alginate beads: experimental and molecular dynamics study

B Boukoussa, A Mokhtar, A El Guerdaoui… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes the fabrication of composites beads based on functionalized SBA-15
materials encapsulated in calcium alginate (ALG) which are employed for removing …

Controlled release of cefazolin sodium antibiotic drug from electrospun chitosan-polyethylene oxide nanofibrous Mats

Y Fazli, Z Shariatinia - Materials science and engineering: C, 2017 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial electrospun chitosan–polyethylene oxide (CS-PEO) nanofibrous mats
containing cefazolin, fumed silica (F. silica) and cefazolin-loaded fumed silica nanoparticles …

Fe3O4-alginate nanocomposite hydrogel beads material: One-pot preparation, release kinetics and antibacterial activity

A Soumia, M Adel, S Amina, B Bouhadjar… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a new and easy process was developed to fabricate a Fe 3 O 4-alginate (Fe 3 O
4 NPs-ALG) hydrogel nanocomposite magnetic beads material. This preparation way …

Polymicrobial wound infections: pathophysiology and current therapeutic approaches

S Bertesteanu, S Triaridis, M Stankovic, V Lazar… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Acute and chronic wounds represent a very common health problem in the entire world. The
dermal wounds are colonized by aerobic and anaerobic bacterial and fungal strains, most of …

Development of a novel pH sensitive silane crosslinked injectable hydrogel for controlled release of neomycin sulfate

S Jabeen, A Islam, A Ghaffar, N Gull, A Hameed… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Silane crosslinked biopolymer based novel pH-responsive hydrogels were fabricated by
blending the cationic (chitosan) and anionic (alginate) polymers with poly (vinyl alcohol) …

Magnetite nanostructures as novel strategies for anti-infectious therapy

I Liakos, AM Grumezescu, AM Holban - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
This review highlights the current situation of antimicrobial resistance and the use of
magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) in developing novel routes for fighting infectious diseases …

Biocompatible Fe3O4 Increases the Efficacy of Amoxicillin Delivery against Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

AM Grumezescu, M Cartelle Gestal, AM Holban… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of amoxicillin-functionalized magnetite
nanostructures (Fe3O4@ AMO), revealing and discussing several biomedical applications …

Water dispersible cross-linked magnetic chitosan beads for increasing the antimicrobial efficiency of aminoglycoside antibiotics

AM Grumezescu, E Andronescu, AM Holban… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to obtain a nano-active system to improve antibiotic activity of
certain drugs by controlling their release. Magnetic composite nanomaterials based on …