Deploying gold nanomaterials in combating multi-drug-resistant bacteria

X Zhao, H Tang, X Jiang - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antibiotic resistance has become a serious threat to human health due to the overuse of
antibiotics. Different antibiotics are being developed to treat resistant bacteria, but the …

Antimicrobial activity of gold nanoparticles and ionic gold

Y Zhang, TP Shareena Dasari, H Deng… - … Science and Health …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Gold, in both nanoparticle (AuNPs) and ionic forms, has been studied for antibiotic activities.
Some of the organic complexes of Au (I & III) ions are antibacterial. AuNPs are antifungal …

Recent developments in antimicrobial-peptide-conjugated gold nanoparticles

U Rajchakit, V Sarojini - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
The escalation of multidrug-resistant pathogens has created a dire need to develop novel
ways of addressing this global therapeutic challenge. Because of their antimicrobial …

Potential application of gold nanoparticles in food packaging: a mini review

S Paidari, SA Ibrahim - Gold Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
In the past few decades, there have been remarkable advances in our knowledge of gold
nanoparticles (AuNPs) and synthesizing methods. AuNPs have become increasingly …

Gold-nanoparticles coated with the antimicrobial peptide esculentin-1a (1-21) NH2 as a reliable strategy for antipseudomonal drugs

B Casciaro, M Moros, S Rivera-Fernandez, A Bellelli… - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) hold promise as future therapeutics
against multidrug resistant microorganisms. Recently, we have discovered that a derivative …

Multiple strategies to activate gold nanoparticles as antibiotics

Y Zhao, X Jiang - Nanoscale, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Widespread antibiotic resistance calls for new strategies. Nanotechnology provides a
chance to overcome antibiotic resistance by multiple antibiotic mechanisms. This paper …

Amino acid functionalized inorganic nanoparticles as cutting-edge therapeutic and diagnostic agents

A Chakraborty, JC Boer, C Selomulya… - Bioconjugate …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The field of medical diagnostics and therapeutics is being revolutionized by
nanotechnology, from targeted drug delivery to cancer immunotherapy. Inorganic …

Rediscovery of antimicrobial peptides as therapeutic agents

M Ryu, J Park, JH Yeom, M Joo, K Lee - Journal of Microbiology, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, the occurrence of antibiotic-resistant pathogens is increasing rapidly. There
is growing concern as the development of antibiotics is slower than the increase in the …

Integration of antimicrobial peptides and gold nanorods for bimodal antibacterial applications

J Chen, T Dai, J Yu, X Dai, R Chen, J Wu, N Li… - Biomaterials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The misuse and abuse of antibiotics have given rise to a severe problem of the drug
resistance of bacteria. Solving this problem has been a vitally important task in the modern …

Synthesis of waterborne polyurethane–silver nanoparticle antibacterial coating for synthetic leather

X Zhang, W Wang, D Yu - Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, 2018 - Springer
An antibacterial coating composed of silver nanoparticles and waterborne polyurethane was
synthesized for use on synthetic leather. In this study, silver nanoparticles were prepared …