Antimicrobial properties of chitosan and chitosan derivatives in the treatment of enteric infections

D Yan, Y Li, Y Liu, N Li, X Zhang, C Yan - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics played an important role in controlling the development of enteric infection.
However, the emergence of antibiotic resistance and gut dysbiosis led to a growing interest …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic strategies against bacterial biofilms

Y Bi, G **a, C Shi, J Wan, L Liu, Y Chen, Y Wu… - Fundamental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emergence of multi-drug resistance makes bacterial infection a major threat to public
health and economy. The formation of bacterial biofilms is one of the main reasons of …

Biosynthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles and their efficacy towards antibacterial, antibiofilm, cytotoxicity, and antioxidant activities

MKY Soliman, SS Salem, M Abu-Elghait… - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the emergence of multidrug-
resistant and the slow advent of novel and more potent antitumor and antimicrobial …

Multifunctional properties of silver and gold nanoparticles synthesis by Fusarium pseudonygamai

MKY Soliman, M Abu-Elghait, SS Salem… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2024 - Springer
The goal of the current work was to investigate the antibacterial, antibiofilm, anticancer, and
antioxidant opportunities of silver and gold nanoparticles (AgNPs and AuNPs) synthesized …

Chitosan and their derivatives: Antibiofilm drugs against pathogenic bacteria

F Khan, DTN Pham, SF Oloketuyi… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biofilm formed by several pathogenic bacteria results in the development of resistance
against antimicrobial compounds. The polymeric materials present in the biofilm architecture …

Gold nanoparticles: can they be the next magic bullet for multidrug-resistant bacteria?

M Okkeh, N Bloise, E Restivo, L De Vita, P Pallavicini… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In 2017 the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a list of the 12 multidrug-resistant
(MDR) families of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health, and recommended …

Retrospective analysis of the key molecules involved in the green synthesis of nanoparticles

F Khan, GJ Jeong, P Singh, N Tabassum, I Mijakovic… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Emerging nanotechnology leads to success in synthesizing and applying nanoparticles
(NPs) using the green-chemistry approach. NPs synthesized using naturally derived …

Nanoparticles approach to eradicate bacterial biofilm-related infections: A critical review

FA Al-Wrafy, AA Al-Gheethi, SK Ponnusamy… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofilm represents one of the crucial factors for the emergence of multi-drug resistance
bacterial infections. The high mortality, morbidity and medical device-related infections are …

Fucoidan-based nanoparticles: Preparations and applications

J Venkatesan, SS Murugan, GH Seong - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-based therapy has gained much attention in the pharmaceutical industry.
Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide naturally derived from marine brown algae and is …

Novel strategies to combat bacterial biofilms

F Hemmati, MA Rezaee, S Ebrahimzadeh… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Biofilms are considered as a severe problem in the treatment of bacterial infections; their
development causes some noticeable resistance to antibacterial agents. Biofilms are …