Chitosan: A review on properties, biological activities and recent progress in biomedical applications

A Harugade, AP Sherje, A Pethe - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Chitosan is a naturally occurring amino polysaccharide obtained by deacetylation of chitin
and is second most commonly used natural polymer. Its non-toxic, biocompatibility and …

Emerging investigator series: polymeric nanocarriers for agricultural applications: synthesis, characterization, and environmental and biological interactions

S Shakiba, CE Astete, S Paudel, CM Sabliov… - Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymeric nanoparticles represent one major class of nanomaterials that has been
proposed to improve the sustainability of agricultural operations by delivering organic …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles conjugated with clinically-approved medicines as potential antibacterial molecules

N Akbar, Z Aslam, R Siddiqui, MR Shah, NA Khan - Amb Express, 2021 - Springer
At present, antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing issues in healthcare globally.
The development of new medicine for clinical applications is significantly less than the …

Clonal diversity and epidemiological characteristics of ST239-MRSA strains

MI Abd El-Hamid, AH Sewid, M Samir… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major pathogen associated with
severe morbidity and mortality and poses a significant threat to public health worldwide. The …

Advances in antiviral delivery systems and chitosan-based polymeric and nanoparticulate antivirals and antiviral carriers

D Žigrayová, V Mikušová, P Mikuš - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Current antiviral therapy research is focused on developing dosage forms that enable highly
effective drug delivery, providing a selective effect in the organism, lower risk of adverse …

Functionalized chitosan nanomaterials: A jammer for quorum sensing

M Nag, D Lahiri, D Mukherjee, R Banerjee, S Garai… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
The biggest challenge in the present-day healthcare scenario is the rapid emergence and
spread of antimicrobial resistance due to the rampant use of antibiotics in daily therapeutics …

Fabrication of biopolymer polyhydroxyalkanoate/chitosan and 2D molybdenum disulfide–doped scaffolds for antibacterial and biomedical applications

A Mukheem, S Shahabuddin, N Akbar, A Anwar… - Applied microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Antibiotic resistance in pathogenic bacteria is a major health challenge, as Infectious
Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has recognized that the past simply drugs susceptible …

In vitro evaluation of antibacterial properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles on pathogenic prokaryotes

ES Nazoori, A Kariminik - Journal of Applied Biotechnology Reports, 2018 - biotechrep.ir
Introduction: Recent increases in microbial resistance to multiple antibiotics have led to the
emergence of more economical methods for producing nanoparticles with physical …

Enhanced antimicrobial and antibiofilm effect of new colistin-loaded human albumin nanoparticles

S Scutera, M Argenziano, R Sparti, F Bessone… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB), such as Acinetobacter and
Klebsiella, are responsible for severe hospital-acquired infections. Colistin, despite its …

Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic, Bactericidal, and Molecular Docking Analysis of Cu–Fe/TiO2 Photocatalysts: Influence of Metallic Impurities and …

MS Khan, MF García, M Javed, A Kubacka… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This research evaluated the potential photocatalytic efficiency of synthesized Cu–Fe/TiO2
photocatalysts against organic contaminants and biocontaminants through various synthesis …