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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2016

Antimicrobial Lemongrass Essential Oil-Copper Ferrite Cellulose Acetate Nanocapsules.

Ioannis L Liakos, Mohamed H Abdellatif, Claudia Innocenti, Alice Scarpellini, Riccardo Carzino, Virgilio Brunetti, Sergio Marras, Rosaria Brescia, Filippo Drago, Pier Paolo Pompa

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Ioannis L LiakosSmart Materials Group, Nanophysics Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. ioannis.liakos@iit.it.
Mohamed H AbdellatifNanostructures Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Mohamed.Abdellatif@iit.it.
Claudia InnocentiINSTM-RU of Florence and Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via Della Lastruccia 3-13, 50019 Sesto F.no, Firenze, Italy. claudia.innocenti@unifi.it.
Alice ScarpelliniNanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Alice.Scarpellini@iit.it.
Riccardo CarzinoSmart Materials Group, Nanophysics Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Riccardo.Carzino@iit.it.
Virgilio BrunettiBiomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Barsanti 1, 73010 Lecce, Italy. Virgilio.Brunetti@iit.it.
Sergio MarrasNanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Sergio.Marras@iit.it.
Rosaria BresciaNanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Rosaria.Brescia@iit.it.
Filippo DragoNanochemistry Department, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Filippo.Drago@iit.it.
Pier Paolo PompaNanobiointeractions & Nanodiagnostics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Via Morego 30, 16163 Genoa, Italy. Pierpaolo.Pompa@iit.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellulose acetate (CA) nanoparticles were combined with two antimicrobial agents, namely lemongrass (LG) essential oil and Cu-ferrite nanoparticles. The preparation method of CA nanocapsules (NCs), with the two antimicrobial agents, was based on the nanoprecipitation method using the solvent/anti-solvent technique. Several physical and chemical analyses were performed to characterize the resulting NCs and to study their formation mechanism. The size of the combined antimicrobial NCs was found to be ca. 220 nm. The presence of Cu-ferrites enhanced the attachment of LG essential oil into the CA matrix. The magnetic properties of the combined construct were weak, due to the shielding of Cu-ferrites from the polymeric matrix, making them available for drug delivery applications where spontaneous magnetization effects should be avoided. The antimicrobial properties of the NCs were significantly enhanced with respect to CA/LG only. This work opens novel routes for the development of organic/inorganic nanoparticles with exceptional antimicrobial activities.

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Anti-Infective AgentsCelluloseCopperCymbopogonFerric CompoundsMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNanocapsulesOils, VolatileParticle SizeStaphylococcus aureusacetylcelluloseAnti-Infective AgentsCelluloseCopperFerric CompoundsferriteNanocapsulesOils, Volatileantimicrobial nanocapsulesantimicrobial resistancecellulose acetatecopper ferrite nanoparticlesdrug deliverylemongrass essential oil

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PMID27104514
PMCPMC6273162

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