Applications of lysozyme, an innate immune defense factor, as an alternative antibiotic

P Ferraboschi, S Ciceri, P Grisenti - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Lysozyme is a~ 14 kDa protein present in many mucosal secretions (tears, saliva, and
mucus) and tissues of animals and plants, and plays an important role in the innate …

Carbon dots as an emergent class of antimicrobial agents

M Ghirardello, J Ramos-Soriano, MC Galan - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial resistance is a recognized global challenge. Tools for bacterial detection can
combat antimicrobial resistance by facilitating evidence-based antibiotic prescribing, thus …

Bacterial biofilm infections, their resistance to antibiotics therapy and current treatment strategies

A Singh, A Amod, P Pandey, P Bose… - Biomedical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly 80% of human chronic infections are caused due to bacterial biofilm formation. This
is the most leading cause for failure of medical implants resulting in high morbidity and …

Versatile fluorescent carbon dots from citric acid and cysteine with antimicrobial, anti-biofilm, antioxidant, and AChE enzyme inhibition capabilities

SS Suner, M Sahiner, RS Ayyala… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Nanostructured fluorescent particles derived from natural molecules were prepared by a
green synthesis technique employing a microwave method. The precursors citric acid (CA) …

A comprehensive guide on screening and selection of a suitable AMP against biofilm-forming bacteria

A Anurag Anand, A Amod, S Anwar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Lately, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasing at an exponential rate making it
important to search alternatives to antibiotics in order to combat multi-drug resistant (MDR) …

Biomass-derived carbon dots as an emergent antibacterial agent

M Tariq, A Singh, N Varshney, SK Samanta… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
The biomass-derived Cdots have several advantages over chemically routed synthesized
Cdots for promising biological applications. Biomass-derived Cdots are synthesized from …

Finding novel AMPs secreted from the human microbiome as potent antibacterial and antibiofilm agents and studying their synergistic activity with Ag NCs

A Singh, A Amod, V Mulpuru, N Mishra… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Due to the enhanced resistance of bacteria to antibiotics, researchers always try to find
effective alternatives to treat drug-resistant bacterial infections. In this context, we have …

Preparations of antibacterial yellow-green-fluorescent carbon dots and carbon dots-lysozyme complex and their applications in bacterial imaging and bacteria/biofilm …

D Zhao, X Li, M Xu, Y Jiao, H Liu, X Xiao… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The preparation of functional long-wavelength-emitting nanomaterials and the researches
on their applications in antibacterial and antibiofilm fields have important significance. This …

Unlocking the potential of biosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles for degradation of synthetic organic dyes as wastewater pollutants

J Gangwar, JK Sebastian - Water Science and Technology, 2021 - iwaponline.com
The azo dyes released into water from different industries are accumulating in the water
bodies and bioaccumulating within living systems thereby affecting environmental health …

Antibacterial, structural, and mechanical properties of MgO/ZnO nanocomposites and its HA-based bio-ceramics; synthesized via physio-chemical route for biomedical …

S Varshney, A Nigam, A Singh, SK Samanta… - Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The present work reports a novel method for fabricating nanocomposites (NCs) using
Magnesium Oxide (MgO) and Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) via modified sol-gel …