| Literature DB >> 19417439 |
L Esteban-Tejeda1, F Malpartida, A Esteban-Cubillo, C Pecharromán, J S Moya.
Abstract
The antibacterial and antifungal activity of a low melting point soda-lime glass powder containing silver nanoparticles has been studied. Nano-Ag sepiolite fibres containing monodispersed silver nanoparticles (d(50) approximately 11 +/- 9 nm) were used as the source of silver. This powder presents a high antibacterial (against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria) as well as antifungal (against I. orientalis) activity. The observed high activity against yeast has been explained by considering the inhibitory effect of the Ca(2+) lixiviated from the glass on the growth of the yeast colonies.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19417439 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/8/085103
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanotechnology ISSN: 0957-4484 Impact factor: 3.874