Enzyme-mimetic antioxidant nanomaterials for ROS scavenging: Design, classification, and biological applications

S Zhou, H Cai, X He, Z Tang, S Lu - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) perform vital functions in numerous life processes and
significantly affect physiological activities in different organ systems in the human body …

[HTML][HTML] Lights and dots toward therapy—Carbon-based quantum dots as new agents for photodynamic therapy

S Jovanović, Z Marković, M Budimir, J Prekodravac… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The large number of deaths induced by carcinoma and infections indicates that the need for
new, better, targeted therapy is higher than ever. Apart from classical treatments and …

Carbon dot biopolymer-based flexible functional films for antioxidant and food monitoring applications

P Das, S Ganguly, SR Ahmed… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Heteroatom-doped carbon dot (CD)-reinforced flexible, antioxidant, and UV-resistant
polymeric thin films have been fabricated by a facile physical compounding strategy …

Gelatin/carrageenan-based functional films with carbon dots from enoki mushroom for active food packaging applications

S Roy, P Ezati, JW Rhim - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Enoki mushroom-derived carbon dots (mCDs) were fabricated using a facile hydrothermal
method to prepare gelatin/carrageenan-based active food packaging films. The mCDs were …

Nitrogen-doped carbon-ZnO heterojunction derived from ZIF-8: a photocatalytic antibacterial strategy for scaffold

C Shuai, X Yuan, Y Shuai, G Qian, J Yao, W Xu… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibacterial property is urgently needed in scaffold-induced bone regeneration. Zinc oxide
(ZnO) as a photocatalyst enables to produce photoexcited electron-hole pairs to catalyze …

Polyphenol derived bioactive carbon quantum dot-incorporated multifunctional hydrogels as an oxidative stress attenuator for antiaging and in vivo wound-healing …

M Moniruzzaman, SD Dutta, J Hexiu, K Ganguly… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Upregulation of certain enzymes, such as collagenase, tyrosinase, and elastase, is triggered
by several extrinsic environmental factors, such as temperature, UV radiation, humidity, and …

Application of carbon dots in food preservation: a critical review for packaging enhancers and food preservatives

L Zhao, M Zhang, AS Mujumdar… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Carbon dots (CDs) have two unique advantages: one is ease of synthesis at low price, the
other is desirable physical and chemical properties, such as ultra-small size, abundant …

Development of turn-on fluorescent sensor based on green emissive carnosine-modified tannic acid carbon dots for the selective detection of ascorbic acid

R Sangubotla, J Kim - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ascorbic acid (AA) is an indispensable biological antioxidant with anti-aging potential in
neurological disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Its abnormal concentrations in …

Lignin-derived carbon quantum dot/PVA films for totally blocking UV and high-energy blue light

SW Park, SH Im, WT Hong, HK Yang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Excessive exposure to UV and high-energy blue light (HEBL) can cause fatal eye and skin
injuries. As a result, it is crucial to protect our bodies from UV and HEBL radiation. To …

Integrated lecithin–bile salt nanovesicles as a promising approach for effective skin delivery of luteolin to improve UV-induced skin damage in Wistar albino rats

H Abbas, NS El Sayed, ME Ali, MA Elsheikh - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study improved the effectiveness of a poorly water-soluble drug, luteolin (LUT),
by encapsulating it in lecithin–bile salt-integrated system called bilosomes (BLs). Such a …