[HTML][HTML] Face masks in the new COVID-19 normal: materials, testing, and perspectives

MH Chua, W Cheng, SS Goh, J Kong, B Li, JYC Lim… - Research, 2020 - spj.science.org
The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases in recent decades has posed a serious
threat to public health. Routes of transmission differ, but the respiratory droplet or airborne …

Chitosan-based nanoparticles as effective drug delivery systems—a review

K Jafernik, A Ładniak, E Blicharska, K Czarnek… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chitosan-based nanoparticles (chitosan-based nanocomposites; chitosan nanoparticles;
ChNPs) are promising materials that are receiving a lot of attention in the last decades …

Potential antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties of copper oxide nanoparticles: time-kill kinetic essay and ultrastructure of pathogenic bacterial cells

AM Shehabeldine, BH Amin, FA Hagras… - Applied Biochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Mycosynthesis of nanoparticle (NP) production is a potential ecofriendly technology for large
scale production. In the present study, copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs) have been …

Essential oils and its antibacterial, antifungal and anti-oxidant activity applications: A review

T Hou, SS Sana, H Li, Y Xing, A Nanda, VR Netala… - Food Bioscience, 2022 - Elsevier
Essential oils (EOs) seem to be more versatile and consist of a variety of volatile and organic
biological active substances that are also employed as the better substitutes in the bacteria …

Essential oils and their application in food safety

A Maurya, J Prasad, S Das, AK Dwivedy - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Food industries are facing a great challenge due to contamination of food products with
different microbes such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, parasites, etc. These microbes deteriorate …

Zinc oxide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, modification, and applications in food and agriculture

XQ Zhou, Z Hayat, DD Zhang, MY Li, S Hu, Q Wu… - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) have gained significant interest in the agricultural and
food industry as a means of killing or reducing the activity of microorganisms. The …

Nano based drug delivery systems: recent developments and future prospects

JK Patra, G Das, LF Fraceto, EVR Campos… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Nanomedicine and nano delivery systems are a relatively new but rapidly developing
science where materials in the nanoscale range are employed to serve as means of …

A comprehensive review of the antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral potential of essential oils and their chemical constituents against drug-resistant microbial …

S Tariq, S Wani, W Rasool, K Shafi, MA Bhat… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Essential oils are a complex mixture of odoriferous, volatile organic compounds. There are
an extensive number of published articles which highlight the antimicrobial action of a …

Nanoparticles in the treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms

NY Lee, WC Ko, PR Hsueh - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nanotechnology using nanoscale materials is increasingly being utilized for clinical
applications, especially as a new paradigm for infectious diseases. Infections caused by …

Antimicrobial properties and applications of metal nanoparticles biosynthesized by green methods

O Maťátková, J Michailidu, A Miškovská… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is a growing interest in the potential and application of metal nanoparticles across
many fields. A vast array of techniques for metal nanoparticle synthesis has been …