Recent Advances and Mechanistic Insights into Antibacterial Activity, Antibiofilm Activity, and Cytotoxicity of Silver Nanoparticles

• Published in: ACS applied bio materials Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 1391 - 1463
• Main Authors: Tripathi, Neetu, Goshisht, Manoj Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 18.04.2022
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; Biofilms; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Metal Nanoparticles - therapeutic use; Silver - pharmacology; silver nanoparticles/ions; membrane; antibacterial/antibiofilm activity; bacteria; biofilm; reactive oxygen species; bacterial infections; cytotoxicity

The substantial increase in multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria is a major threat to global health. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported possibilities of greater deaths due to bacterial infections than cancer. Nanomaterials, especially small-sized (size ≤10 nm)...