Metal-based nanoparticles: Antibacterial mechanisms and biomedical application

D Franco, G Calabrese, SPP Guglielmino, S Conoci - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led to the search for new
antibacterial agents capable of overcoming the resistance problem. In recent years …

Recent advances and mechanistic insights into antibacterial activity, antibiofilm activity, and cytotoxicity of silver nanoparticles

N Tripathi, MK Goshisht - ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2022 - ACS Publications
The substantial increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria is a major threat
to global health. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported …

Nanozymes: classification, catalytic mechanisms, activity regulation, and applications

Y Huang, J Ren, X Qu - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Because of the high catalytic activities and substrate specificity, natural enzymes have been
widely used in industrial, medical, and biological fields, etc. Although promising, they often …

Evolving concepts in bone infection: redefining “biofilm”,“acute vs. chronic osteomyelitis”,“the immune proteome” and “local antibiotic therapy”

EA Masters, RP Trombetta, KL de Mesy Bentley… - Bone research, 2019 - nature.com
Osteomyelitis is a devastating disease caused by microbial infection of bone. While the
frequency of infection following elective orthopedic surgery is low, rates of reinfection are …

Applications of gold and silver nanoparticles in theranostics

R Sakthi Devi, A Girigoswami, M Siddharth… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Nanotechnology sculptures the current scenario of science and technology. The word nano
refers 'small'which ranges from 10 to 100 nm in size. Silver and gold nanoparticles can be …

Mechanistic basis of antimicrobial actions of silver nanoparticles

TC Dakal, A Kumar, RS Majumdar… - Frontiers in microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Multidrug resistance of the pathogenic microorganisms to the antimicrobial drugs has
become a major impediment toward successful diagnosis and management of infectious …

Calcium phosphate bioceramics: a review of their history, structure, properties, coating technologies and biomedical applications

N Eliaz, N Metoki - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Calcium phosphate (CaP) bioceramics are widely used in the field of bone regeneration,
both in orthopedics and in dentistry, due to their good biocompatibility, osseointegration and …

Natural polymeric scaffolds in bone regeneration

M Filippi, G Born, M Chaaban… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite considerable advances in microsurgical techniques over the past decades, bone
tissue remains a challenging arena to obtain a satisfying functional and structural restoration …

Silver nanoparticles and silver ions as potential antibacterial agents

A Hamad, KS Khashan, A Hadi - Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic …, 2020 - Springer
Bacteria and superbugs have become more resistant to several antibiotics. Continuous and
overuse of such antibiotics led to outbreaks of superbugs in both hospitals and communities …

A review on green synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their applications

M Rafique, I Sadaf, MS Rafique… - … cells, nanomedicine, and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Development of reliable and eco-accommodating methods for the synthesis of
nanoparticles is a vital step in the field of nanotechnology. Silver nanoparticles are important …