A comprehensive review on green synthesis of nature-inspired metal nanoparticles: Mechanism, application and toxicity

A Rana, K Yadav, S Jagadevan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as one of the most sought-after materials finding application in
various sectors. Synthesis of green nanoparticles have attracted extensive interest …

“Nanoantibiotics”: a new paradigm for treating infectious diseases using nanomaterials in the antibiotics resistant era

AJ Huh, YJ Kwon - Journal of controlled release, 2011 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that we live in an era of advanced and innovative technologies for
elucidating underlying mechanisms of diseases and molecularly designing new drugs …

Mechanistic insights into the antimicrobial actions of metallic nanoparticles and their implications for multidrug resistance

S Shaikh, N Nazam, SMD Rizvi, K Ahmad… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multiple drug-resistant bacteria are a severe and growing public health concern. Because
relatively few antibiotics have been approved over recent years and because of the inability …

Nanotechnology as a novel approach in combating microbes providing an alternative to antibiotics

B Mubeen, AN Ansar, R Rasool, I Ullah, SS Imam… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The emergence of infectious diseases promises to be one of the leading mortality factors in
the healthcare sector. Although several drugs are available on the market, newly found …

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 …

Engineered nanomaterials for antimicrobial applications: A review

EO Ogunsona, R Muthuraj, E Ojogbo, O Valerio… - Applied Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Human mortality rates due to infectious diseases from drug-resistant bacterial strains is
becoming an epidemic in our society. Currently, the development of new, expensive and …

A review on biogenic synthesis of metal nanoparticles using marine algae and its applications

S AlNadhari, NM Al-Enazi, F Alshehrei… - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine algae have long been explored as food, feed, additives, drugs, and pesticides, yet
now the framework is moving towards the algae mediated green synthesis of nanoparticles …

Silver and gold nanoparticles for antimicrobial purposes against multi-drug resistance bacteria

N Rabiee, S Ahmadi, O Akhavan, R Luque - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Several pieces of research have been done on transition metal nanoparticles and their
nanocomplexes as research on their physical and chemical properties and their relationship …

Antimicrobial hydrogels: promising materials for medical application

K Yang, Q Han, B Chen, Y Zheng, K Zhang… - International journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes is becoming an
imminent global public health problem. Local application of antibiotics might be a solution. In …

The growing importance of materials that prevent microbial adhesion: antimicrobial effect of medical devices containing silver

DR Monteiro, LF Gorup, AS Takamiya… - International journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Research has clarified the properties required for polymers that resist bacterial colonisation
for use in medical devices. The increase in antibiotic-resistant microorganisms has …