The importance of chitosan coatings in dentistry

A Paradowska-Stolarz, M Mikulewicz, J Laskowska… - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
A Chitosan is a copolymer of N-acetyl-D-glucose amine and D-glucose amine that can be
easily produced. It is a polymer that is widely utilized to create nanoparticles (NPs) with …

Polymeric versus lipid nanocapsules for miconazole nitrate enhanced topical delivery: in vitro and ex vivo evaluation

RS Abdel-Rashid, DA Helal, AA Alaa-Eldin… - Drug Delivery, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Nanocapsules can be equated to other nanovesicular systems in which a drug is entrapped
in a void containing liquid core surrounded by a coat. The objective of the present study was …

Mechanism of Antifungal Action of Monoterpene Isoespintanol against Clinical Isolates of Candida tropicalis

OI Contreras Martínez, A Angulo Ortíz… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing increase in infections by Candida spp., non-albicans, coupled with expressed
drug resistance and high mortality, especially in immunocompromised patients, have made …

[HTML][HTML] Miconazole-loaded nanoparticles coated with hyaluronic acid to treat vulvovaginal candidiasis

ADR Teixeira, ADV Quaresma, RT Branquinho… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Miconazole-loaded nanoparticles coated with hyaluronic acid (miconazole-loaded
nanoparticles/HA) were developed to overcome the limitations of the conventional therapy of …

Dual nanocarrier of chlorhexidine and fluconazole: Physicochemical characterization and effects on microcosm biofilms and oral keratinocytes

HC Araujo, JP Pessan, ACM Caldeirão, C Sampaio… - Journal of Dentistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives This study assembled and characterized a dual nanocarrier of chlorhexidine
(CHX) and fluconazole (FLZ), and evaluated its antibiofilm and cytotoxic effects. Methods …

Thiolation of Myco-Synthesized Fe3O4-NPs: A Novel Promising Tool for Penicillium expansium Laccase Immobilization to Decolorize Textile Dyes and as an …

HM El-Shora, AM Khateb, DB Darwish… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Environmental pollution due to the continuous uncontrolled discharge of toxic dyes into the
water bodies provides insight into the need to eliminate pollutants prior to discharge is …

A semi purified hydroalcoholic fraction from Caesalpinia bonduc seeds causes ergosterol biosynthesis inhibition in Candida albicans resulting in cell membrane …

S Sasidharan, KS Nishanth, HJ Nair - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Candida species are currently developing resistance to prevailing commercially available
drugs, which raises an instantaneous need to discover novel antifungals. To cope with this …

Exploiting response surface D-optimal design study for preparation and optimization of spanlastics loaded with miconazole nitrate as a model antifungal drug for …

MS Ibrahim, OA Elkady, MA Amer, SH Noshi - Journal of Pharmaceutical …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Skin fungal infections are widely spreading worldwide and are considered a main
cause of skin, mucous membranes, and systemic diseases. In an approach to enhance the …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication and evaluation of centrifugal spun Miconazole-loaded sugar-based fibers

HA Alfassam, RY Booq, MM Almousained… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2024 - Elsevier
Oral candidiasis is considered a very common infection in the oral cavity caused by Candida
albicans (C. albicans). Miconazole is considered to be a very effective drug against many …

Synergistic activity of gold nanoparticles with amphotericin B on persister cells of Candida tropicalis biofilms

MA Dasilva, KFC Andrada, MM Torales… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Aim The antifungal activity was studied on sessile and persister cells (PCs) of Candida
tropicalis biofilms of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) stabilized with cetyltrimethylammonium …