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The Bactericidal Effect of a Combination of Food-Grade Compounds and their Application as Alternative Antibacterial Agents for Food Contact Surfaces

Foods, 2020
Chemical antibacterials are widely used to control microbial growth but have raised concerns about health risks. It is necessary to find alternative, non-toxic antibacterial agents for the inhibition of pathogens in foods or food contact surfaces.
Kyung Min Park, Sung-Geon Yoon, Tae-Ho Choi, Hyun Jung Kim, Kee Jai Park, Minseon Koo   +5 more
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Antibacterial Effects of the Essential Oils of CommonlyConsumed Medicinal Herbs Using an In Vitro Model. [PDF]

, 2010
The chemical composition and antibacterial activity of essential oils from 10 commonly consumed herbs: Citrus aurantium, C. limon, Lavandula angustifolia, Matricaria chamomilla, Mentha piperita, M.
Brkic, D., Glamoclija, J., Griensven, L.J.L.D., van, Marin, P.D., Sokovic, M.   +4 more
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An assessment of the antibacterial activity in larval excretion/secretion of four species of insects recorded in association with corpses, using Lucilia sericata Meigen as the marker species [PDF]

, 2010
The relative antibacterial activities of excretion/secretion (ES) from two carrion-feeding insects, Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy and Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, and a detritivore, Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, were compared to that of Lucilia ...
D.E. Gennard, Gennard, K.M. Barnes, Mégnin, R.A. Dixon, Reinecke   +5 more
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Transmission of Nonconjugative Virulence or Resistance Plasmids Mediated by a Self-Transferable IncN3 Plasmid from Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbiology Spectrum, 2022
Klebsiella pneumoniae poses a critical challenge to clinical and public health. Along with conjugative plasmids, nonconjugative resistance or virulence plasmids associated with carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae (CRKP), hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKP),
Xiaoli Wang, Bin Tang, Guitian Liu, Meng Wang, Jingyong Sun, Ruoming Tan, Tingting Pan, Jieming Qu, Jialin Liu, Hong-Yu Ou, Hongping Qu   +10 more
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Exosome microsphere/nano silver loaded injectable antibacterial hydrogel augments anti-infection and healing for scald wound

Frontiers in Microbiology
Infectious scald is recognized as a life-threatening concern in clinical due to easy infection and hard recovery. Exosomes possess cell migration, proliferation and angiogenesis under the containing rich growths factors, which may be a possibility for ...
Rongkai Li, Qinbing Qi, Xiaojing Jiang, Zhongfei Gao, Xianrui Xie, Yuqing Zhao, Xiaochen Cheng, Chunhua Wang, Guige Hou, Chengbo Li   +9 more
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Fucoxanthin—An Antibacterial Carotenoid [PDF]

Antioxidants, 2019
Fucoxanthin is a carotenoid produced by brown algae and diatoms. This compound has several biological properties such as antioxidant, anti-obesity, anti-diabetic, anticancer, and antimicrobial activities. Unfortunately, until now the latter effect has been poorly confirmed.
Tomasz M. Karpiński, Artur Adamczak
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Cirsium setosum Extract-Loaded Hybrid Nanostructured Scaffolds Incorporating a Temperature-Sensitive Polymer for Mechanically Assisted Wound Healing

Pharmaceutics
Background/Objectives: Cirsium setosum (commonly known as thistle) is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant with significant therapeutic potential, exhibiting hemostatic, antioxidant, and wound-healing properties.
Xiaojing Jiang, Shaoxuan Zhu, Jinying Song, Xingwei Li, Chengbo Li, Guige Hou, Zhongfei Gao   +6 more
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Investigation of cell damage of periodontopathic bacteria exposed to silver, zirconium oxide, and silicon oxide nanoparticles as antibacterial agents

Micro & Nano Letters, 2023
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest public health problems of our time. The nanoparticles are a powerful alternative to these antibiotics. Engineered nanoparticles show toxic effects on bacteria by different mechanisms.
Yeşim Dağlıoğlu, Mustafa Cihan Yavuz, Omer Ertürk, Fuad Ameen, Mehrdad Khatami   +4 more
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Antibacterial properties of nanoparticles [PDF]

Trends in Biotechnology, 2012
Antibacterial agents are very important in the textile industry, water disinfection, medicine, and food packaging. Organic compounds used for disinfection have some disadvantages, including toxicity to the human body, therefore, the interest in inorganic disinfectants such as metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) is increasing.
Ali Akbar Ashkarran, Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi, Dorleta Jimenez de Aberasturi, Idoia Ruiz de Larramendi, Katharina M. Fromm, Teofilo Rojo, Vahid Serpooshan, Morteza Mahmoudi, Mohammad Javad Hajipour, Wolfgang J. Parak   +9 more
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An alginate-bacitracin conjugate based multifunctional electrospinning nanofiber dressing for infected wound healing

Materials & Design
About half of community-acquired wound infections are infections caused by S. aureus. Infected wounds are often difficult to heal and cause a range of adverse reactions.
Yu-Lun Li, Lu Yu, Jia-He Zheng, Xing-wei Li, Cheng-Bo Li, Xian-Rui Xie, Huan-Huan Yan, Yu-Qing Zhao, Gui-Ge Hou, Zhong-Fei Gao   +9 more
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