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Copper, An Ancient Remedy Returning to Fight Microbial, Fungal and Viral Infections

Gadi Borkow, +1 more
- 31 Aug 2009 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 3, pp 272-278
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This article is published in Current Chemical Biology.The article was published on 2009-08-31. It has received 318 citations till now.

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Antimicrobial activity of metals: mechanisms, molecular targets and applications

TL;DR: The chemical and toxicological principles that underlie the antimicrobial activity of metals are described and the preferences of metal atoms for specific microbial targets are discussed.
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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: biomolecule-nanoparticle organizations targeting antimicrobial activity

TL;DR: The recent advances in green synthesis of silver nanoparticles, their application as antimicrobial agents and mechanism of antimicrobial mode of action are discussed.
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Mechanism of antibacterial activity of copper nanoparticles.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that NP-mediated dissipation of cell membrane potential was the probable reason for the formation of cell filaments and proposes that the nascent Cu ions liberated from the NP surface were responsible for higher reactivity of the Cu-NPs than the equivalent amount of its precursor CuCl2.
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Bioactivity, mechanism of action, and cytotoxicity of copper-based nanoparticles: A review

TL;DR: This article critically reviewed the bioactivities and cytotoxicity of copper nanoparticles and focused on possible mechanism involved in its interaction with microbes.
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Green synthesis of CuO nanoparticles using Gloriosa superba L. extract and their antibacterial activity

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO Nps) using Gloriosa superba L. extract as fuel by solution combustion synthesis, their characterization and studies are presented.
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