ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018
Plasma-activated water: antibacterial activity and artifacts?
Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06529159 (H. Pylori Eradication With Argon Plasma During Endoscopy), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.
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H. Pylori Eradication With Argon Plasma During Endoscopy (HEAPE)
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Influence of a transient spark plasma discharge on producing high molecular masses of chemical products from L-cysteine.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Comparison of the Effect of Plasma-Activated Water and Artificially Prepared Plasma-Activated Water on Wheat Grain Properties.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Applications and challenges of low temperature plasma in pharmaceutical field.Journal of pharmaceutical analysis · 2021Review
- Non-thermal Plasma Treatment of ESKAPE Pathogens: A Review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Review
- The Antibacterial Efficacy and Mechanism of Plasma-Activated Water AgainstFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Broad biological activities of "plasma-activated water" (PAW) have drawn great attentions recently. Treatment of water using gas discharge plasma led to acidic solutions with excellent and broad antibacterial activity. Because PAW caused severe membrane damages in bacteria and diffused freely in extracellular matrix, PAW also demonstrated good anti-biofilm activity. However, further studies revealed that trace amounts of metal ions (mainly copper and zinc) in PAW brought by plasma treatment played key roles in bacteria inactivation. The contribution of metal ions to the antibacterial activity varied among PAWs from different working gases. However, solution acidification caused by reactive species in plasma was essential. The experimental results demonstrated that potential artifacts in reported biological activities of PAWs should be considered.
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