Self-assembling drug formulations with tunable permeability and biodegradability

G Gaynanova, L Vasileva, R Kashapov, D Kuznetsova… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
This review focuses on key topics in the field of drug delivery related to the design of
nanocarriers answering the biomedicine criteria, including biocompatibility, biodegradability …

A review of the antimicrobial activity of thermodynamically stable microemulsions

ISI Al‐Adham, N Jaber, M Al‐Remawi… - Letters in Applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable, transparent, isotropic mixtures of oil, water
and surfactant (and sometimes a co‐surfactant), which have shown potential for widespread …

Synthesis and characterization of nano crystallite plaster of Paris prepared from waste eggshells and exploration of cytotoxicity, hemolysis and antimicrobial properties

MS Hossain, MN Uddin, SA Jahan… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plaster of Paris, a well-known biomaterial, was synthesized from waste eggshells, which
were chosen as an available bio-source of calcium. The produced plaster of Paris was …

Antimicrobial Activity of Isoniazid in Conjugation with Surface‐Modified Magnetic Nanoparticles against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Nonmycobacterial …

S Zargarnezhad, A Gholami… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Isoniazid, the choice antitubercular agent, has only been employed against Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. This study evaluated if the enzyme‐mimetic activities of magnetic nanoparticles …

β-tricalcium phosphate synthesized in organic medium for controlled release drug delivery application in bio-scaffolds

MS Hossain, MAA Shaikh, MN Uddin, MS Bashar… - RSC …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) was synthesized in an organic medium (acetone) to obtain a
single-phase product while calcium carbonate (CaCO3) and ortho-phosphoric acid (H3PO4) …

Biocidal and antibiofilm activities of arginine-based surfactants against Candida isolates

ME Fait, PD Grillo, GL Garrote, ED Prieto, RF Vázquez… - Amino Acids, 2023 - Springer
Amino-acid-based surfactants are a group of compounds that resemble natural amphiphiles
and thus are expected to have a low impact on the environment, owing to either the mode of …

Amino acids: building blocks for the synthesis of greener amphiphiles

N Joondan, S Jhaumeer Laulloo… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Amino acid-based amphiphiles have attracted much attention as environmentally friendly
surfactants because of their biodegradability, low toxicity and the use of renewable sources …

Interaction of cationic surfactants with DPPC membranes: effect of a novel Nα-benzoylated arginine-based compound

M Hermet, M Elisa Fait, RF Vazquez, S Mate… - Amino acids, 2021 - Springer
Cationic amino acid-based surfactants are known to interact with the lipid bilayer of
microorganism resulting in cell death through a disruption of the membrane topology. To …

Volume expansion of erythrocytes is not the only mechanism responsible for the protection by arginine-based surfactants against hypotonic hemolysis

ME Fait, M Hermet, R Vazquez, S Mate… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2018 - Elsevier
A novel arginine-based cationic surfactant N α-benzoyl-arginine dodecylamide (Bz-Arg-
NHC 12) was synthesized in our laboratory. In this paper we study the interaction of Bz-Arg …

Arginine-based surfactants alter the rheological and in-plane structural properties of stratum corneum model membranes

M Hermet, YR Espinosa, ME Fait, YMZ Díaz… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Amino acid-based surfactants have been proposed as skin permeation
enhancers. In this work, we investigated the potentiality of two arginine-based amphiphiles …