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Designing carbohydrate nanoparticles for prolonged efficacy of antimicrobial peptide.
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Both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions are the driving forces of nisin adsorption, and the glucan structure at the nanoparticle surface also affects nisin loading and retention during storage.About:
This article is published in Journal of Controlled Release.The article was published on 2011-03-10. It has received 131 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nisin.read more
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Applications of nanotechnology in food packaging and food safety: Barrier materials, antimicrobials and sensors
TL;DR: Several applications of nanomaterials in food packaging and food safety are reviewed, including polymer/clay nanocomposites as high barrier packaging materials, silver nanoparticles as potent antimicrobial agents, and nanosensors and nanomMaterial-based assays for the detection of food-relevant analytes.
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Bio-nanocomposites for food packaging applications
TL;DR: The most promising nanoscale fillers are layered silicate nanoclays such as montmorillonite and kaolinite as mentioned in this paper, which can provide active and/or smart properties to food packaging systems.
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Combatting antibiotic-resistant bacteria using nanomaterials.
TL;DR: This tutorial review has highlighted multiple nanoparticle-based approaches to eliminate bacterial infections, providing crucial insight into the design of elements that play critical roles in creating antimicrobial nanotherapeutics, including NP-surface functionality in designing nanomaterials as self-therapeutic agents and delivery vehicles for antimicrobial cargo.
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Nano-Strategies to Fight Multidrug Resistant Bacteria-"A Battle of the Titans".
Pedro V. Baptista,Matthew P. McCusker,Andreia Carvalho,Daniela Alves Ferreira,Niamh M. Mohan,Marta Martins,Alexandra R. Fernandes +6 more
TL;DR: The use of nanoparticles still presents a challenge to therapy and much more research is needed in order to overcome this, so the current research on nanoparticles and other nanomaterials are summarized.
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Encapsulation, protection, and delivery of bioactive proteins and peptides using nanoparticle and microparticle systems: A review.
TL;DR: A critical assessment of the characteristics of colloidal particles that impact the effectiveness of protein delivery systems, such as particle composition, size, permeability, interfacial properties, and stability are provided.
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Food Polysaccharides and Their Applications
TL;DR: Alistair M. Stephen and Shirley C. Cui as mentioned in this paper proposed a method for the detection of polysaccharides in foods, and showed that the method can be applied in the field of agriculture.
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The co-evolution of host cationic antimicrobial peptides and microbial resistance
Andreas Peschel,Hans-Georg Sahl +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that CAMPs and CAMP-resistance mechanisms have co-evolved, leading to a transient host–pathogen balance that has shaped the existing CAMP repertoire.
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Antimicrobial food packaging in meat industry
TL;DR: The characteristics of some antimicrobial packaging systems are reviewed and the regulatory status of antimicrobial Packaging in EU is examined.
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Lipid II as a target for antibiotics
Eefjan Breukink,Ben de Kruijff +1 more
TL;DR: Progress in understanding of the antibacterial activities of these compounds are reviewed, which include lantibiotics, mannopeptimycins and ramoplanin, and factors that will be important in exploiting their potential as new treatments for bacterial infections are considered.
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Recent progress toward understanding biosynthesis of the amylopectin crystal.
TL;DR: Starch consists almost entirely of the Glc homopolymers amylopectin and amylose, and is the major contributor to both mass and granule structure.