Nanoparticles incorporated hydrogels for delivery of antimicrobial agents: developments and trends
Jouf University · University of the Punjab · +2 more institutions
Abstract
The prevention and treatment of microbial infections is an imminent global public health concern due to the poor antimicrobial performance of the existing antimicrobial regime and rapidly emerging antibiotic resistance in pathogenic microbes. In order to overcome these problems and effectively control bacterial infections, various new treatment modalities have been identified. To attempt this, various micro- and macro-molecular antimicrobial agents that function by microbial membrane disruption have been developed with improved antimicrobial activity and lesser resistance. Antimicrobial nanoparticle-hydrogels systems comprising antimicrobial agents (antibiotics, biological extracts, and antimicrobial peptides)…
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6Topics & keywords
- Self-healing hydrogels
- Antimicrobial
- Chemistry
- Nanotechnology
- Drug delivery
- Nanoparticle
- Materials science
- Organic chemistry