Antimicrobial wound dressing and anti-inflammatory efficacy of silver nanoparticles

Silver nanoparticles rapidly induce atypical human neutrophil cell death by a process involving inflammatory caspases and reactive oxygen species and induce neutrophil extracellular traps release upon cell adhesion

“…In this study, evaluation of the physico-chemical characteristics of AgNP 15 when dispersed in different physiological solutions, such as RPMI culture medium + autologous serum or HBSS buffer alone demonstrated that the NPs remain relatively stable under these conditions. Our results are in agreement with others demonstrating that AgNP 15 were stable when dispersed in aqueous solutions [30]. Hebeish and colleagues showed that AgNP 15 aqueous suspension presented small particle size values, as well as stable charge surfaces when dispersed in aqueous suspension [30].…”

Nonconventional Routes to Silver Nanoantimicrobials

“…Nanobiocomposites prepared by embedding silver nanoparticles in a polymeric matrix were demonstrated effective in promoting the wound healing by modulation of collagen deposition (Ghosh Auddy et al, 2013). Cotton fabrics treated with AgNPs also demonstrated wound-contracting ability that was significantly higher than that for untreated cotton fabrics and can be considered promising for the production of smart textiles for medical purposes and other biological fields (Hebeish et al, 2014). The silver deposition treatments described in this chapter have been extensively applied to textile substrates for biomedical application and for the development of advanced textiles with improved comfort.…”

A Review on Indian Tribal Plants and Their Biogenic Properties

“…Due to its antifungal property, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are extensively used to prevent biofouling on the surface of the cathode [24]. AgNPs has gained boundless interest due to their unique properties such as chemical stability [25,26], good conductivity [27,28], catalytic [29] and most important antibacterial [30,16] antifungal [31], antiviral, [32][33][34] and anti-inflammatory activities [35][36][37]. In addition, silver has occupied a major place in consumer products where some of the products are toothpaste, as an engineered nanomaterial get exposed to environment and makes available for humans through drinking water, humidifiers, and through soil [38,39], it is used in clothing to protect from body odor, medicine such as acne creams and sulfadiazine creams, cosmetics, baby pacifiers, washing machine, and electronic gadgets [40].…”