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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2018

Protection of silver nanoparticles using

Abraham Heriberto Garcia Campoy, Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez, Gabriela Manriquez-Alvirde, Alethia Muñiz Ramirez

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abraham Heriberto Garcia CampoyLaboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales, Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias extractivas IPN, Unidad Profesional Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Mexico City, Mexico.
Rosa Martha Perez GutierrezLaboratorio de Investigación de Productos Naturales, Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias extractivas IPN, Unidad Profesional Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Mexico City, Mexico.
Gabriela Manriquez-AlvirdeUniversidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico.
Alethia Muñiz RamirezCONACYT-IPICYT/CIIDZA, San Luis Potosí, México.
Centro de Estudios Universitarios Adolfo López Mateos · MXInstitute for Scientific and Technological Research · MXUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aim was to explore the efficacy of extract of MATERIALS AND

methodsEP/AgNPs were synthesized using methanol/water bark extract of

resultsImmersion of adult zebrafish in 111 mM glucose solution resulted in a sustained hyperglycemic, hyperlipidemic state, and serum insulin levels decreased. The synthesized EP/AgNPs showed an absorption peak at 413 nm on ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, revealing the surface plasmon resonance of the nanoparticles. Transmission electron microscopy indicated that most of the particles were spherical, with a diameter of 10-12 nm, a polydispersity index of 0.197, and a zeta potential of -32.25 mV, suggesting high stability of the nanoparticles. EP/AgNPs promote pancreatic β-cell survival, insulin secretion, enhanced hyperglycemia, and hyperlipidemia in glucose-induced diabetic zebrafish. EP/AgNPs also showed protection of the pancreatic β-cell line INS-1 against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative injury.

conclusionThe results indicate that EP/AgNPs have good antidiabetic activity and therefore could be used to prevent the development of diabetes.

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AnimalsCell LineDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalFabaceaeHydrogen PeroxideHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinInsulin-Secreting CellsInsulin SecretionMetal NanoparticlesMiceMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionPlant ExtractsSilverSpectrophotometry, UltravioletZebrafishHydrogen PeroxideHypoglycemic AgentsInsulinPlant ExtractsSilverdiabetesEysenhardtia polystachyahyperlipidemiainsulinsilver nanoparticleszebrafish

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PMID29750032
PMCPMC5936013
OpenAlexW2799906074

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