Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: biomolecule-nanoparticle organizations targeting antimicrobial activity

A Roy, O Bulut, S Some, AK Mandal, MD Yilmaz - RSC advances, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Since discovery of the first antibiotic drug, penicillin, in 1928, a variety of antibiotic and
antimicrobial agents have been developed and used for both human therapy and industrial …

Bionanofactories for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: Toward antimicrobial applications

AS Jain, PS Pawar, A Sarkar, V Junnuthula… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Among the various types of nanoparticles and their strategy for synthesis, the green
synthesis of silver nanoparticles has gained much attention in the biomedical, cellular …

Honey: An advanced antimicrobial and wound healing biomaterial for tissue engineering applications

J Yupanqui Mieles, C Vyas, E Aslan, G Humphreys… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Honey was used in traditional medicine to treat wounds until the advent of modern medicine.
The rising global antibiotic resistance has forced the development of novel therapies as …

Antifungal agents in agriculture: friends and foes of public health

VS Brauer, CP Rezende, AM Pessoni, RG De Paula… - Biomolecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fungal diseases have been underestimated worldwide but constitute a substantial threat to
several plant and animal species as well as to public health. The increase in the global …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized niosomes as a smart delivery device in cancer and fungal infection

P Aparajay, A Dev - European journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Various diseases remain untreated due to lack of suitable therapeutic moiety or a suitable
drug delivery device, especially where toxicities and side effects are the primary reason for …

Ten decadal advances in fungal biology leading towards human well-being

A Mapook, KD Hyde, K Hassan, BM Kemkuignou… - Fungal Diversity, 2022 - Springer
Fungi are an understudied resource possessing huge potential for develo** products that
can greatly improve human well-being. In the current paper, we highlight some important …

Current insights on antifungal therapy: Novel nanotechnology approaches for drug delivery systems and new drugs from natural sources

F Sousa, D Ferreira, S Reis, P Costa - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high incidence of fungal infections has become a worrisome public health issue, having
been aggravated by an increase in host predisposition factors. Despite all the drugs …

Antimicrobial drugs bearing guanidine moieties: A review

SH Kim, D Semenya, D Castagnolo - European Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Compounds incorporating guanidine moieties constitute a versatile class of biologically
interesting molecules with a wide array of applications. As such, guanidines have been …

Antifungals discovery: an insight into new strategies to combat antifungal resistance

AM Fuentefria, B Pippi, DF Dalla Lana… - Letters in applied …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Undeniably, new antifungal treatments are necessary against pathogenic fungi. Fungal
infections have significantly increased in recent decades, being highlighted as important …

Major challenges and perspectives in the diagnostics and treatment of dermatophyte infections

S Gnat, D Łagowski… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dermatophytes are the aetiological factors of a majority of superficial fungal infections. What
distinguishes them from other pathogenic filamentous fungi is their unique ability to degrade …