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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Synergistic Antimicrobial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles with an Emergent Class of Azoimidazoles.

Ana Isabel Ribeiro, Bárbara Vieira, Daniela Dantas, Bárbara Silva, Eugénia Pinto, Fátima Cerqueira, Renata Silva, Fernando Remião, Jorge Padrão, Alice Maria Dias and 1 more

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ana Isabel RibeiroCentre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Department of Textile Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9556-6311
Bárbara VieiraCentre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Department of Textile Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.
Daniela DantasDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Centre of University of Minho (CQUM), University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Bárbara SilvaLaboratory of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7399-0197
Eugénia PintoLaboratory of Microbiology, Biological Sciences Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2948-5809
Fátima CerqueiraMolecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group, Research Center of IPO Porto (CI-IPOP)/RISE@CI-IPOP (Health Research Network), Portuguese Oncology Institute of Porto (IPO Porto)/Porto Comprehensive Cancer Center (Porto.CCC), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.
Renata SilvaUCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-9962-7548
Fernando RemiãoUCIBIO-Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira n° 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1382-5119
Jorge PadrãoCentre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Department of Textile Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5630-6621
Alice Maria DiasDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry Centre of University of Minho (CQUM), University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal.
Andrea ZilleCentre for Textile Science and Technology (2C2T), Department of Textile Engineering, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5299-4164
University of Minho · PTUniversidade do Porto · PTFernando Pessoa University · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia PTDC/CTM-TEX/1213/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00686/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UID/CTM/00264/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combination of two or more agents capable of acting in synergy has been reported as a valuable tool to fight against pathogens. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) present a strong antimicrobial action, although their cytotoxicity for healthy cells at active concentrations is a major concern. Azoimidazole moieties exhibit interesting bioactivities, including antimicrobial activity. In this work, a class of recently described azoimidazoles with strong antifungal activity was conjugated with citrate or polyvinylpyrrolidone-stabilized AgNPs. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance was used to confirm the purity of the compounds before further tests and atomic absorption spectroscopy to verify the concentration of silver in the prepared dispersions. Other analytical techniques elucidate the morphology and stability of AgNPs and corresponding conjugates, namely ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, scanning transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering analysis. The synergistic antimicrobial activity of the conjugates was assessed through a checkerboard assay against yeasts (

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antibacterialantifungalsilver nanoparticlesstabilizing agentssynergism

Identifiers

PMID36986787
PMCPMC10053004
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