Metal-based nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents: an overview

E Sánchez-López, D Gomes, G Esteruelas, L Bonilla… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metal-based nanoparticles have been extensively investigated for a set of biomedical
applications. According to the World Health Organization, in addition to their reduced size …

Cinnamomum Species: Bridging Phytochemistry Knowledge, Pharmacological Properties and Toxicological Safety for Health Benefits

J Sharifi-Rad, A Dey, N Koirala, S Shaheen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The genus Cinnamomum includes a number of plant species largely used as food, food
additives and spices for a long time. Different traditional healing systems have used these …

Green synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles with antibacterial and antifungal activity

AM Pillai, VS Sivasankarapillai, A Rahdar… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study involves synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) through a rapid,
cost effective and eco-friendly method using four different plant extracts. The plants used in …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial nano-zinc oxide biocomposites for wound healing applications: a review

P Pino, F Bosco, C Mollea, B Onida - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic wounds are a major concern for global health, affecting millions of individuals
worldwide. As their occurrence is correlated with age and age-related comorbidities, their …

A review on green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using plant extracts and its biomedical applications

SA Akintelu, AS Folorunso - BioNanoScience, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are one of the prominent metal oxide
nanoparticles with significant applications in many industries and research institutes …

Green-Synthesized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Mitigate Salt Stress in Sorghum bicolor

T Rakgotho, N Ndou, T Mulaudzi, E Iwuoha… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Salinity is an abiotic stress that is responsible for more than 50% of crop losses worldwide.
Current strategies to overcome salinity in agriculture are limited to the use of genetically …

Green synthesis, characterization and application of natural product coated magnetite nanoparticles for wastewater treatment

C Das, S Sen, T Singh, T Ghosh, SS Paul, TW Kim… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Adsorption of organic pollutants, toxic metal ions, and removal of harmful bacteria can give
us clean and pure drinkable water from wastewater resources. Respective magnetite …

Biofabrication of ZnO nanoparticles using Acacia arabica leaf extract and their antibiofilm and antioxidant potential against foodborne pathogens

S Hayat, A Ashraf, M Zubair, B Aslam, MH Siddique… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Emergence of multidrug resistant pathogens is increasing globally at an alarming rate with a
need to discover novel and effective methods to cope infections due to these pathogens …

Promising antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of Orobanche aegyptiaca extract-mediated bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles synthesis: Effect of UV-exposure …

HY Mostafa, GS El-Sayyad, HG Nada… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this research, Orobanche aegyptiaca extract was utilized as an eco-friendly, and cost-
effective green route for the construction of bimetallic silver-selenium nanoparticles (Ag-Se …

Characterization, antibacterial and photocatalytic evaluation of green synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles

SK Karuppannan, R Ramalingam, SBM Khalith… - Biocatalysis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Copper oxide nanoparticles were synthesized using Cardiospermum
halicacabum aqueous extract.•Synthesized copper oxide nanoparticles were spherical in …