Antimicrobial peptides: A new hope in biomedical and pharmaceutical fields

A Moretta, C Scieuzo, AM Petrone, R Salvia… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotics are essential drugs used to treat pathogenic bacteria, but their prolonged use
contributes to the development and spread of drug-resistant microorganisms. Antibiotic …

Bacteriocins as a new generation of antimicrobials: toxicity aspects and regulations

S Soltani, R Hammami, PD Cotter… - FEMS microbiology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In recent decades, bacteriocins have received substantial attention as antimicrobial
compounds. Although bacteriocins have been predominantly exploited as food …

Wound healing performance of PCL/chitosan based electrospun nanofiber electrosprayed with curcumin loaded chitosan nanoparticles

S Fahimirad, H Abtahi, P Satei, E Ghaznavi-Rad… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the electrospun poly (ε-caprolactone)(PCL)/Chitosan (CS)/curcumin (CUR)
nanofiber was fabricated successfully with curcumin loaded chitosan nano-encapsulated …

A functional chitosan-based hydrogel as a wound dressing and drug delivery system in the treatment of wound healing

H Liu, C Wang, C Li, Y Qin, Z Wang, F Yang, Z Li… - RSC …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Functional active wound dressings are expected to provide a moist wound environment,
offer protection from secondary infections, remove wound exudate and accelerate tissue …

Multidrug-resistant bacteria and alternative methods to control them: an overview

R Vivas, AAT Barbosa, SS Dolabela… - Microbial Drug …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest challenges in the health system nowadays,
representing a serious problem for public health. Initially, antibiotic-resistant strains were …

Biomedical applications of nisin

JM Shin, JW Gwak, P Kamarajan… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Nisin is a bacteriocin produced by a group of Gram‐positive bacteria that belongs to
Lactococcus and Streptococcus species. Nisin is classified as a Type A (I) lantibiotic that is …

Poly (lactic acid) nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering

M Santoro, SR Shah, JL Walker, AG Mikos - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (lactic acid)(PLA) is a synthetic polyester that has shown extensive utility in
tissue engineering. Synthesized either by ring opening polymerization or polycondensation …

Antimicrobial peptides and wound healing: biological and therapeutic considerations

ML Mangoni, AM McDermott… - Experimental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Repair of tissue wounds is a fundamental process to re‐establish tissue integrity and regular
function. Importantly, infection is a major factor that hinders wound healing. Multicellular …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial peptides–unleashing their therapeutic potential using nanotechnology

S Gera, E Kankuri, K Kogermann - Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are potent, mostly cationic, and amphiphilic broad-spectrum
host defense antimicrobials that are produced by all organisms ranging from prokaryotes to …

Multi-biofunction of antimicrobial peptide-immobilized silk fibroin nanofiber membrane: Implications for wound healing

DW Song, SH Kim, HH Kim, KH Lee, CS Ki, YH Park - Acta biomaterialia, 2016 - Elsevier
An antimicrobial peptide motif (Cys-KR12) originating from human cathelicidin peptide
(LL37) was immobilized onto electrospun SF nanofiber membranes using EDC/NHS and …