Wound dressings functionalized with silver nanoparticles: promises and pitfalls

K Kalantari, E Mostafavi, AM Afifi, Z Izadiyan… - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Infections are the main reason why most people die from burns and diabetic wounds. The
clinical challenge for treating wound infections through traditional antibiotics has been …

Pharmaceutical aspects of silver nanoparticles

P Mathur, S Jha, S Ramteke, NK Jain - Artificial cells, nanomedicine …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Silver nanoparticles are particles in the size ranging between 1 and 100 nm. The two major
methods used for synthesis of silver nanoparticle are the physical and chemical methods …

Silver nanoparticle impregnated chitosan-PEG hydrogel enhances wound healing in diabetes induced rabbits

N Masood, R Ahmed, M Tariq, Z Ahmed… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Non-healing wounds are among the serious complications of type-2-diabetes around the
globe, associated with high incidence of bacterial infection, chronic nerve and blood vessel …

Nanopriming technology for enhancing germination and starch metabolism of aged rice seeds using phytosynthesized silver nanoparticles

W Mahakham, AK Sarmah, S Maensiri… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Application of nanomaterials for agriculture is relatively new as compared to their use in
biomedical and industrial sectors. In order to promote sustainable nanoagriculture …

Recent developments in the use of gold and silver nanoparticles in biomedicine

G Pasparakis - Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: Nanomedicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gold and silver nanoparticles (NPs) are widely used in the biomedical research both in the
therapeutic and the sensing/diagnostics fronts. Both metals share some common optical …

Green synthesis of antimicrobial silver nanoparticles using aqueous leaf extracts from three Congolese plant species (Brillantaisia patula, Crossopteryx febrifuga and …

EK Kambale, CI Nkanga, BPI Mutonkole, AM Bapolisi… - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
In the present study, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized using aqueous leaf
extracts of three Congolese plant species, namely Brillantaisia patula (BR-PA), Crossopteryx …

Local drug delivery systems in the management of periodontitis: A scientific review

HR Rajeshwari, D Dhamecha, S Jagwani… - Journal of Controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Periodontitis (PD) is a microbial disease of tooth supporting tissues that results in
progressive destruction of surrounding soft and hard tissues with eventual tooth mobility and …

A review on biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and their biocidal properties

KS Siddiqi, A Husen, RAK Rao - Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2018 - Springer
Use of silver and silver salts is as old as human civilization but the fabrication of silver
nanoparticles (Ag NPs) has only recently been recognized. They have been specifically …

Bacteria-responsive biomimetic selenium nanosystem for multidrug-resistant bacterial infection detection and inhibition

A Lin, Y Liu, X Zhu, X Chen, J Liu, Y Zhou, X Qin, J Liu - Acs Nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections are a severe threat to public health owing to
their high risk of fatality. Noticeably, the premature degradation and undeveloped imaging …

Effective treatment of resistant opportunistic fungi associated with immuno-compromised individuals using silver biosynthesized nanoparticles

A Almansob, AH Bahkali, A Albarrag, M Alshomrani… - Applied …, 2022 - Springer
Drug resistance in filamentous fungus to antifungal medicines is a huge problem in
biomedical applications; so, an effective strategy for treating opportunistic fungal infections is …