Nanobiotics against antimicrobial resistance: harnessing the power of nanoscale materials and technologies

N Chakraborty, D Jha, I Roy, P Kumar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Given the spasmodic increment in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), world is on the verge of
“post-antibiotic era”. It is anticipated that current SARS-CoV2 pandemic would worsen the …

Metal and metal oxides nanoparticles and nanosystems in anticancer and antiviral theragnostic agents

TI Shabatina, OI Vernaya, NL Shimanovskiy… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development of antiviral treatment and anticancer theragnostic agents in recent
decades has been associated with nanotechnologies, and primarily with inorganic …

Facile green synthesis of ZnO NPs and plasmonic Ag-supported ZnO nanocomposite for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue

EA Alzahrani, A Nabi, MR Kamli, SM Albukhari… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Removing organic pollutants, textile dyes, and pharmaceutical wastes from the water bodies
has become an essential requirement for a safe environment. Therefore, the present study …

Recent advances in metal–organic-framework-based nanocarriers for controllable drug delivery and release

Z Zong, G Tian, J Wang, C Fan, F Yang, F Guo - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have a good designability, a well-defined pore, stimulus
responsiveness, a high surface area, and a controllable morphology. Up to now, various …

Hybrid nanosystems of antibiotics with metal nanoparticles—novel antibacterial agents

TI Shabatina, OI Vernaya, MY Melnikov - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The appearance and increasing number of microorganisms resistant to the action of
antibiotics is one of the global problems of the 21st century. Already, the duration of …

Facile fabrication of oxygen-defective ZnO nanoplates for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue and in vitro antibacterial activity

S Kim, N Son, SM Park, CT Lee, S Pandey, M Kang - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this study, we examined whether catalysts with many defects have excellent photoactivity.
We prepared ZnO nanoplates with varying degrees of defects in a short time of 4 h by …

Progress on the extraction, separation, biological activity, and delivery of natural plant pigments

X Lu, W Li, Q Wang, J Wang, S Qin - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural plant pigments are safe and have low toxicity, with various nutrients and biological
activities. However, the extraction, preservation, and application of pigments are limited due …

Copper homeostasis and cuproptosis in mitochondria

Z Tian, S Jiang, J Zhou, W Zhang - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Mitochondria serve as sites for energy production and are essential for regulating various
forms of cell death induced by metal metabolism, targeted anticancer drugs, radiotherapy …

Coordination bonded stimuli-responsive drug delivery system of chemical actives with metal in pharmaceutical applications

S Kothawade, P Shende - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems exhibit dynamic responses to pH, enzyme, redox,
magnetic, thermal, and light stimuli through reversible coordination bonds with metal ions …

Investigating the antibacterial activity of nanostructured tungsten oxide prepared by pulsed laser ablation at different hydrogen peroxide concentrations

A Al Baroot, QA Drmosh, IO Alade, KA Elsayed… - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the anti-bacterial activity of tungsten oxide (WO 3-x) nanoparticles
prepared via nanosecond pulsed laser ablation using different concentrations of hydrogen …