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Yoshihiro Inoue1, Masanobu Hoshino, Hiroo Takahashi, Tomoko Noguchi, Tomomi Murata, Yasushi Kanzaki, Hajime Hamashima, Masanori Sasatsu.
Abstract
The bactericidal activity induced by the introduction of silver ions into zeolite was studied. Escherichia coli was used as the test microorganism. Silver ions were loaded into zeolite by the ion-exchange method. Silver-loaded zeolite was demonstrated the strong bactericidal activity. Dissolved oxygen was an essential factor for the occurrence of the bactericidal activity because the activity was observed only under aerated condition. Superoxide anions, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen were formed. Scavengers of these each reactive oxygen species (ROS) inhibited the bactericidal activity. This means that all ROS contributed to the activity.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12230986 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(02)00489-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inorg Biochem ISSN: 0162-0134 Impact factor: 4.155