A comprehensive review on green synthesis of nature-inspired metal nanoparticles: Mechanism, application and toxicity

A Rana, K Yadav, S Jagadevan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as one of the most sought-after materials finding application in
various sectors. Synthesis of green nanoparticles have attracted extensive interest …

Nonspecific binding—fundamental concepts and consequences for biosensing applications

A Frutiger, A Tanno, S Hwu, RF Tiefenauer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature achieves differentiation of specific and nonspecific binding in molecular interactions
through precise control of biomolecules in space and time. Artificial systems such as …

Experimental binding energies in supramolecular complexes

F Biedermann, HJ Schneider - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
On the basis of many literature measurements, a critical overview is given on essential
noncovalent interactions in synthetic supramolecular complexes, accompanied by analyses …

Unraveling the mysteries of serum albumin—more than just a serum protein

AM Merlot, DS Kalinowski, DR Richardson - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Serum albumin is a multi-functional protein that is able to bind and transport numerous
endogenous and exogenous compounds. The development of albumin drug carriers is …

Antimicrobial peptides: interaction with model and biological membranes and synergism with chemical antibiotics

A Hollmann, M Martinez, P Maturana… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising novel antibiotics since they have shown
antimicrobial activity against a wide range of bacterial species, including multiresistant …

Valorization of agro-industrial biowaste to green nanomaterials for wastewater treatment: Approaching green chemistry and circular economy principles

BA Omran, KH Baek - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is one of the most critical issues worldwide and is a priority in all scientific
agendas. Green nanotechnology presents a plethora of promising avenues for wastewater …

Biopolymer-based nanoparticles for drug/gene delivery and tissue engineering

SK Nitta, K Numata - International journal of molecular sciences, 2013 - mdpi.com
There has been a great interest in application of nanoparticles as biomaterials for delivery of
therapeutic molecules such as drugs and genes, and for tissue engineering. In particular …

Recent advances in the prediction of pharmacokinetics properties in drug design studies: a review

SQ Pantaleão, PO Fernandes, JE Gonçalves… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This review presents the main aspects related to pharmacokinetic properties, which are
essential for the efficacy and safety of drugs. This topic is very important because the …

On the binding affinity of macromolecular interactions: daring to ask why proteins interact

PL Kastritis, AMJJ Bonvin - Journal of The Royal Society …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interactions between proteins are orchestrated in a precise and time-dependent manner,
underlying cellular function. The binding affinity, defined as the strength of these …

FusionDTA: attention-based feature polymerizer and knowledge distillation for drug-target binding affinity prediction

W Yuan, G Chen, CYC Chen - Briefings in Bioinformatics, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The prediction of drug-target affinity (DTA) plays an increasingly important role in drug
discovery. Nowadays, lots of prediction methods focus on feature encoding of drugs and …