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Silver nanoparticles: A new view on mechanistic aspects on antimicrobial activity
Nelson Durán,Marcela Durán,Marcelo Bispo de Jesus,Amedea B. Seabra,Wagner José Fávaro,Gerson Nakazato +5 more
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This overview incorporates a retrospective of previous reviews published from 2007 to 2013 and recent original contributions on the progress of research on antimicrobial mechanisms to summarize the current knowledge in the field of antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles.About:
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Microwave-Assisted Incorporation of AgNP into Chitosan–Alginate Hydrogels for Antimicrobial Applications
TL;DR: In this paper , the antibacterial activity of a hydrogel system of sodium alginate (SA) and basic chitosan (CS) using sodium hydrogen carbonate by adding AgNPs was investigated.
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Biogenic Silver and Zinc Nanocrystals/Nanoparticles to Combat the Drug Resistance in Human Pathogens
Gulzar Ahmed Rather,Saqib Hassan,Surajit Pal,Mohd Hashim Khan,Heshu Sulaiman Rahman,Johra Khan +5 more
TL;DR: The present chapter focuses on the utilization of the recent nanosystems to combat drug resistance in human pathogens.
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Intrinsic optical properties of Ag-doped poly-(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites: an analysis of the film thickness effect on the plasmonic resonance parameters
Corentin Guyot,Michel Voué +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a plasmonic nanocomposite with a high density of nano-objects was obtained by thermal annealing of poly-(vinyl alcohol) films doped by silver nitrate using a one-pot synthesis method.
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with Euphorbia tirucalli extract and its protection against microbial decay of strawberries during storage
Shirlene Souza Oliveira,Gilberto Costa Braga,Noélle Khristinne Cordeiro,José Renato Stangarlin,Helton José Alves +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, aveloz extract (Av) was used for green synthesis of AgNPs with E. tirucalli (aveloz) extract and evaluated its effect on the physiology and preservation of stored strawberries.
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Modulation of Physico-Chemical and Biological Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Aqueous Extract of Flamboyant (Delonix regia var. flavida, Fabaceae) Seeds
TL;DR: In this paper, the potential of D. regia seeds aqueous extract (DRE) in different concentrations to produce AgNPs was investigated by qualitative assays, and physico-chemical/structural characterization of AgNs was performed by UV-Visible spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), Zeta potential, and atomic force microscopy (AFM).
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The bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles
Jose Ruben Morones,Jose Luis Elechiguerra,A. Camacho,Katherine B. Holt,Juan B. Kouri,Jose Tapia Ramirez,Miguel Jose Yacaman +6 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the bactericidal properties of the nanoparticles are size dependent, since the only nanoparticles that present a direct interaction with the bacteria preferentially have a diameter of approximately 1-10 nm.
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Silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial agent: a case study on E. coli as a model for Gram-negative bacteria
Ivan Sondi,Branka Salopek-Sondi +1 more
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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Antimicrobial effects of silver nanoparticles
Jun Sung Kim,Eunye Kuk,Kyeong Nam Yu,Jong-Ho Kim,Sungjin Park,Hu Jang Lee,So Hyun Kim,Young Kyung Park,Yong Ho Park,Cheol Yong Hwang,Yong-Kwon Kim,Yoon-Sik Lee,Dae Hong Jeong,Myung-Haing Cho +13 more
TL;DR: 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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Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance
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Does the antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles depend on the shape of the nanoparticle? A study of the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli.
TL;DR: This is the first comparative study on the bactericidal properties of silver nanoparticles of different shapes, and the results demonstrate thatsilver nanoparticles undergo a shape-dependent interaction with the gram-negative organism E. coli.
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