Antimicrobial activity of zinc oxide nano/microparticles and their combinations against pathogenic microorganisms for biomedical applications: From physicochemical …

SE **, HE ** - nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nano/microparticles (NPs/MPs) have been studied as antibiotics to
enhance antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria and viruses with or without …

Metal-based nanoparticles for the treatment of infectious diseases

BA Aderibigbe - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Infectious diseases can be transmitted and they cause a significant burden on public health
globally. They are the greatest world killers and it is estimated that they are responsible for …

Green synthesis of anisotropic zinc oxide nanoparticles with antibacterial and cytofriendly properties

M Saravanan, V Gopinath, MK Chaurasia, A Syed… - Microbial …, 2018 - Elsevier
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) exhibit abundant biomedical applications. Anisotropic
ZnONPs with a defined shape and size were synthesized using Bacillus megaterium (NCIM …

The potential anti‐infective applications of metal oxide nanoparticles: A systematic review

Y Abo‐zeid, GR Williams - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Microbial infections present a major global healthcare challenge, in large part because of
the development of microbial resistance to the currently approved antimicrobial drugs. This …

Non-antimicrobial and Non-anticancer Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using Different Plant Parts of Bixa orellana

S Gharpure, R Yadwade, B Ankamwar - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
As traditional cancer therapy is toxic to both normal and cancer cells, there is a need for
newer approaches to specifically target cancer cells. ZnO nanoparticles can be promising …

Size-dependent cytotoxicity study of ZnO nanoparticles in HepG2 cells

P Chen, H Wang, M He, B Chen, B Yang… - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in daily life. However,
common utilization of ZnO NPs results in increases in environmental release, and their …

A bio-inspired strategy for the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using the cell extract of cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. EA03: from biological function to …

M Ebadi, MR Zolfaghari, SS Aghaei, M Zargar… - RSC …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cyanobacteria, as one of the largest groups of phototrophic bacteria, have a high potential
as an excellent source of fine chemicals and bioactive compounds, including lipid-like …

Synthesis, characterization of ZnO-chitosan nanocomposites and evaluation of its antifungal activity against pathogenic Candida albicans

SHS Dananjaya, RS Kumar, M Yang… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the antifungal activity and cytotoxicity of ZnO-chitosan
nanocomposites (ZnO-C NCs) against Candida albicans and human epithelial type 2 …

Antibacterial activity of metal oxide nanoparticles

V Stanić, SB Tanasković - Nanotoxicity, 2020 - Elsevier
Mortality rate caused by multidrug-resistant bacterial infection is reported to be considerably
high in the world. This chapter introduces metal oxide nanoparticles (MO-NPs) as …

Effects of hexagonal boron nitride nanoparticles on antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities, cell viability

M Kıvanç, B Barutca, AT Koparal, Y Göncü… - Materials Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to investigate the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of
hBN nanoparticles against Streptococcus mutans 3.3, Staphylococcus pasteuri M3, Candida …