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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:
This article is published in Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.The article was published on 2016-04-01. It has received 1055 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle.read more
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Ag NP catalysis of Cu ions in the preparation of AgCu NPs and the mechanism of their enhanced antibacterial efficacy
TL;DR: In this article, a simple model of AgCu nanoparticles formation and an enhanced antibacterial efficacy mechanism involving Ag ion release was proposed, in which AgCu NPs formation plays a role to control AgI ion release.
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Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized with Rumex hymenosepalus: A Strategy to Combat Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in a Cultivated White Shrimp
Francisco Javier Alvarez-Cirerol,Marco Antonio López-Torres,Ericka Rodríguez-León,César Rodríguez-Beas,Aarón Martínez-Higuera,Humberto H Lara,Sandra Vergara,M. Josefina Arellano-Jiménez,Eduardo Larios-Rodríguez,Marcel Martínez-Porchas,Enrique de-la-Re Vega,Ramón Iñiguez-Palomares +11 more
TL;DR: This study evaluated AgNPs and Rh antimicrobial capacity on V. parahaemolyticus at different concentrations and found that those who were treated with both agents showed greater survival than the control.
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Sodium trimetaphosphate and hexametaphosphate impregnated with silver nanoparticles: characteristics and antimicrobial efficacy.
Carla Corrêa Mendes-Gouvêa,Jackeline Gallo do Amaral,RA Fernandes,GL Fernandes,Luiz Fernando Gorup,Emerson R. Camargo,Alberto Carlos Botazzo Delbem,Debora Barros Barbosa +7 more
TL;DR: These composites demonstrated significant antimicrobial activity, especially against S. mutans, and may be considered a potential alternative for new dental materials.
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Synthesis of biocompatible silver nanoparticles by a modified polyol method for theranostic applications: Studies on red blood cells, internalization ability and antibacterial activity
TL;DR: According to the results, spherical and rod-like Ag NPs can have a significant role in applications of theranostics in nanomedicine and it is worth it to investigate the potential of these nanomaterials.
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Antibacterial nanomaterials: Upcoming hope to overcome antibiotic resistance crisis
Lucie Hochvaldová,Renata Večeřová,Milan Kolář,Robert Prucek,Libor Kvítek,Lubomír Lapčík,Aleš Panáček +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors performed a thorough analysis and critical evaluation of previously published data related to the combined antibacterial effect of antibiotics with nanostructured materials with a targeted focus on relationships between antibiotic's modes of action and bacterial resistance mechanisms for relevant nanomaterials and their impact on the resulting synergistic effects.
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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
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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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