ZnO nanostructured materials and their potential applications: progress, challenges and perspectives

S Raha, M Ahmaruzzaman - Nanoscale Advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Extensive research in nanotechnology has been conducted to investigate new behaviours
and properties of materials with nanoscale dimensions. ZnO NPs owing to their distinct …

A systematic review of plants with antibacterial activities: A taxonomic and phylogenetic perspective

F Chassagne, T Samarakoon, G Porras… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Antimicrobial resistance represents a serious threat to human health across the
globe. The cost of bringing a new antibiotic from discovery to market is high and return on …

A specialized metabolic network selectively modulates Arabidopsis root microbiota

AC Huang, T Jiang, YX Liu, YC Bai, J Reed, B Qu… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Specialized metabolism is a feature of plant evolution and adaption. Plant-
specialized metabolites have ecological functions, mediating interactions between plants …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid biosynthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles from the leaf extract of Tropaeolum majus L. and its enhanced in-vitro antibacterial, antifungal …

S Valsalam, P Agastian, MV Arasu, NA Al-Dhabi… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Eco-friendly biosynthesis of nanoparticles from medicinal plants as reducing agent has
gained importance due to its potential therapeutic uses. In the present study Silver …

Antibacterial activity and mode of action of ferulic and gallic acids against pathogenic bacteria

A Borges, C Ferreira, MJ Saavedra… - Microbial drug …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
The increased resistance of pathogenic microorganisms is frequently attributed to the
extreme and inadequate use of antibiotics and transmission of resistance within and …

Mushroom-derived carbon dots for toxic metal ion detection and as antibacterial and anticancer agents

T Boobalan, M Sethupathi… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Although carbon nanoparticles or quantum dots (C-dots) have been studied extensively for a
variety of applications (eg, photocatalysis, metal ion sensing, antibacterial, cell labeling), a …

Antibiofilm activity of essential oils and plant extracts against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli biofilms

MM Bazargani, J Rohloff - Food control, 2016 - Elsevier
Bacterial biofilms pose health risks in clinical environments, food industry and drinking water
systems. Here, we investigated in vitro antibiofilm activities of essential oils (EO) and plant …

Infection of orthopedic implants with emphasis on bacterial adhesion process and techniques used in studying bacterial-material interactions

M Ribeiro, FJ Monteiro, MP Ferraz - Biomatter, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Staphylococcus comprises up to two-thirds of all pathogens in orthopedic implant infections
and they are the principal causative agents of two major types of infection affecting bone …

Chalcone derivatives and their antibacterial activities: Current development

M Xu, P Wu, F Shen, J Ji, KP Rakesh - Bioorganic Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
The increase in antibiotic resistance due to various factors has encouraged the look for
novel compounds which are active against multidrug-resistant pathogens. In this framework …

Selective toxicity of ZnO nanoparticles toward Gram-positive bacteria and cancer cells by apoptosis through lipid peroxidation

M Premanathan, K Karthikeyan… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2011 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are increasingly recognized for their utility in biological applications including
nanomedicine. The present study investigated the toxicity of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles …