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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Biofabricated Fatty Acids-Capped Silver Nanoparticles as Potential Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antibiofilm and Anticancer Agents.

Mohammad Azam Ansari, Sarah Mousa Maadi Asiri, Mohammad A Alzohairy, Mohammad N Alomary, Ahmad Almatroudi, Firdos Alam Khan

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mohammad Azam AnsariDepartment of Epidemic Disease Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6122-5479
Sarah Mousa Maadi AsiriDepartment of Biophysics, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad A AlzohairyDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim 51431, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad N AlomaryNational Center for Biotechnology, Life Science and Environmental Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7909-4377
Ahmad AlmatroudiDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Qassim 51431, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-1491-6402
Firdos Alam KhanDepartment of Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6892-1530
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAQassim University · SAKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study demonstrates the synthesis of fatty acids (FAs) capped silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using aqueous poly-herbal drug Liv52 extract (PLE) as a reducing, dispersing and stabilizing agent. The NPs were characterized by various techniques and used to investigate their potent antibacterial, antibiofilm, antifungal and anticancer activities. GC-MS analysis of PLE shows a total of 37 peaks for a variety of bio-actives compounds. Amongst them, n-hexadecanoic acid (21.95%), linoleic acid (20.45%), oleic acid (18.01%) and stearic acid (13.99%) were found predominately and most likely acted as reducing, stabilizing and encapsulation FAs in LIV-AgNPs formation. FTIR analysis of LIV-AgNPs shows some other functional bio-actives like proteins, sugars and alkenes in the soft PLE corona. The zone of inhibition was 10.0 ± 2.2-18.5 ± 1.0 mm, 10.5 ± 2.5-22.5 ± 1.5 mm and 13.7 ± 1.0-16.5 ± 1.2 against

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biofilmcolon cancerdrug resistantfatty acidsFT-IRGC-MSmetal nanoparticlespolyherbal drugXRD

Identifiers

PMID33572296
PMCPMC7915658
OpenAlexW3128502382

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