Antifungal activity of silver nanoparticle-encapsulated β-cyclodextrin against human opportunistic pathogens

Silver Nanoparticles: Therapeutical Uses, Toxicity, and Safety Issues

“…They reported that antifungal activity of AgNPs in combination with different heterocyclic compounds such as thiazolidine, phthalazine, pyrazolo, tetrazolo, hydrazide, and pyridazine derivatives was significantly increased against Aspergillus flavus and C. albicans . Georgea et al reported the activity of AgNPs encapsulated with b‐cyclodextrin against human opportunistic pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus , Mucor ramosissimus , and Chrysosporium species. They concluded that encapsulated AgNPs were more effective than the naked AgNPs because in case of encapsulated AgNPs slow release of nanoparticles occur for longer time.…”

Nanotechnology: the word is new but the concept is old. An overview of the science and technology in food and food products at the nanoscale level

“…Another fast-evolving cyclodextrin nanoparticle application relevant to food systems concerns the use of nano-silver: Silver and silverbased compounds have high antimicrobial activity against a wide spectrum of microbes (Kumar, Vemula, Ajayan, & John, 2008); (Lansdown, 2002) and low toxicity to human cells, however, their commercial use is inhibited by complex multistep preparation methods, high production cost, and low stability/easy oxidation (George, Kuriakose, George, & Mathew, 2011). Recently, silver nanoparticles were synthesised by reducing silver acetate with a long-chain aliphatic amine and incorporated into β-cyclodextrin-stabilised silver nanoparticles (George et al, 2011). Aqueous suspensions of these nanoparticles were very stable, and were active against the human pathogens Aspergillus fumigates, Mucor ramosissimus and Chrysosporium species.…”

Nanotechnology: the word is new but the concept is old. An overview of the science and technology in food and food products at the nanoscale level

“…Another fast-evolving cyclodextrin nanoparticle application relevant to food systems concerns the use of nano-silver: Silver and silverbased compounds have high antimicrobial activity against a wide spectrum of microbes (Kumar, Vemula, Ajayan, & John, 2008); (Lansdown, 2002) and low toxicity to human cells, however, their commercial use is inhibited by complex multistep preparation methods, high production cost, and low stability/easy oxidation (George, Kuriakose, George, & Mathew, 2011). Recently, silver nanoparticles were synthesised by reducing silver acetate with a long-chain aliphatic amine and incorporated into β-cyclodextrin-stabilised silver nanoparticles (George et al, 2011).…”

“…Recently, silver nanoparticles were synthesised by reducing silver acetate with a long-chain aliphatic amine and incorporated into β-cyclodextrin-stabilised silver nanoparticles (George et al, 2011). Aqueous suspensions of these nanoparticles were very stable, and were active against the human pathogens Aspergillus fumigates, Mucor ramosissimus and Chrysosporium species.…”