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Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles

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The results suggest that Ag nanoparticles can be used as effective growth inhibitors in various microorganisms, making them applicable to diverse medical devices and antimicrobial control systems.
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This article is published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.The article was published on 2007-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 4319 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle & Antimicrobial.

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Silver nanoparticles as a new generation of antimicrobials.

TL;DR: Silver nanoparticles have emerged up with diverse medical applications ranging from silver based dressings, silver coated medicinal devices, such as nanogels, nanolotions, etc, due to its capability of modulating metals into their nanosize.
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Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles in Human Cells

TL;DR: A possible mechanism of toxicity is proposed which involves disruption of the mitochondrial respiratory chain by Ag-np leading to production of ROS and interruption of ATP synthesis, which in turn cause DNA damage.
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Review on Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Antibacterial Activity and Toxicity Mechanism.

TL;DR: This review covered ZnO-NPs antibacterial activity including testing methods, impact of UV illumination,ZnO particle properties (size, concentration, morphology, and defects), particle surface modification, and minimum inhibitory concentration.
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A review of the antibacterial effects of silver nanomaterials and potential implications for human health and the environment

TL;DR: A review of the antibacterial effects of silver nanomaterials, including proposed antibacterial mechanisms and possible toxicity to higher organisms, is presented in this paper, where the authors suggest that further research is warranted given the already widespread and rapidly growing use of silver nanoparticles.
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Silver nanoparticles: mechanism of antimicrobial action, synthesis, medical applications, and toxicity effects

TL;DR: A comprehensive view on the mechanism of action, production, applications in the medical field, and health and environmental concerns that are allegedly caused due to these nanoparticles is provided in this paper.
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Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria

TL;DR: These nontoxic nanomaterials, which can be prepared in a simple and cost-effective manner, may be suitable for the formulation of new types of bactericidal materials.
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Plasma resonance enhancement of Raman scattering by pyridine adsorbed on silver or gold sol particles of size comparable to the excitation wavelength

TL;DR: In this paper, a new resonance Raman phenomenon is proposed which is the Raman component of resonant Mie scattering, and in which the polarizability of the metal particles is modulated by the vibrations of the adsorbed molecules.
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BACTERIAL HEAVY METAL RESISTANCE: New Surprises

TL;DR: The first bacterial metallothionein cation-binding proteins, which by definition is a small protein that binds metal cations by means of numerous cysteine thiolates, has been characterized in cyanobacteria.
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Antimicrobial activity and action of silver

TL;DR: This chapter discusses antimicrobial activity and action of silver, one of the native metals and second only to gold in its stability amongst the metals of antiquity, and its salts and complexes with proteins and other macromolecules.
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