An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) represent one of the most explored categories of nanomaterials for new and improved biomaterials and biotechnologies, with impressive use in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, anti-infective therapy and wound care, food and the textile industry. Their extensive an...
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| author | Oana Gherasim Rebecca Alexandra Puiu Alexandra Cătălina Bîrcă Alexandra-Cristina Burdușel Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu |
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| description | Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) represent one of the most explored categories of nanomaterials for new and improved biomaterials and biotechnologies, with impressive use in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, anti-infective therapy and wound care, food and the textile industry. Their extensive and versatile applicability relies on the genuine and easy-tunable properties of nanosilver, including remarkable physicochemical behavior, exceptional antimicrobial efficiency, anti-inflammatory action and antitumor activity. Besides commercially available and clinically safe AgNPs-based products, a substantial number of recent studies assessed the applicability of nanosilver as therapeutic agents in augmented and alternative strategies for cancer therapy, sensing and diagnosis platforms, restorative and regenerative biomaterials. Given the beneficial interactions of AgNPs with living structures and their nontoxic effects on healthy human cells, they represent an accurate candidate for various biomedical products. In the present review, the most important and recent applications of AgNPs in biomedical products and biomedicine are considered. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08279ceb16484771848b47ddce236d582023-11-20T21:58:19ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912020-11-011011231810.3390/nano10112318An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in BiomedicineOana Gherasim0Rebecca Alexandra Puiu1Alexandra Cătălina Bîrcă2Alexandra-Cristina Burdușel3Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu4Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gheorghe Polizu Street, 011061 Bucharest, RomaniaSilver nanoparticles (AgNPs) represent one of the most explored categories of nanomaterials for new and improved biomaterials and biotechnologies, with impressive use in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, anti-infective therapy and wound care, food and the textile industry. Their extensive and versatile applicability relies on the genuine and easy-tunable properties of nanosilver, including remarkable physicochemical behavior, exceptional antimicrobial efficiency, anti-inflammatory action and antitumor activity. Besides commercially available and clinically safe AgNPs-based products, a substantial number of recent studies assessed the applicability of nanosilver as therapeutic agents in augmented and alternative strategies for cancer therapy, sensing and diagnosis platforms, restorative and regenerative biomaterials. Given the beneficial interactions of AgNPs with living structures and their nontoxic effects on healthy human cells, they represent an accurate candidate for various biomedical products. In the present review, the most important and recent applications of AgNPs in biomedical products and biomedicine are considered.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/11/2318antimicrobial therapycancer therapytissue engineeringwound care |
| spellingShingle | Oana Gherasim Rebecca Alexandra Puiu Alexandra Cătălina Bîrcă Alexandra-Cristina Burdușel Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine Nanomaterials antimicrobial therapy cancer therapy tissue engineering wound care |
| title | An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine |
| title_full | An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine |
| title_fullStr | An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine |
| title_short | An Updated Review on Silver Nanoparticles in Biomedicine |
| title_sort | updated review on silver nanoparticles in biomedicine |
| topic | antimicrobial therapy cancer therapy tissue engineering wound care |
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