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ArticleScientific reports2023

Antibacterial nanocomposite of chitosan/silver nanocrystals/graphene oxide (ChAgG) development for its potential use in bioactive wound dressings.

Yoxkin Estévez-Martínez, Rubí Vázquez Mora, Yesica Itzel Méndez Ramírez, Elizabeth Chavira-Martínez, Rafael Huirache-Acuña, Jorge Noé Díaz-de-León-Hernández, Luis Jesús Villarreal-Gómez

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. 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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2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yoxkin Estévez-MartínezTecnológico Nacional de México, Campús Acatlán de Osorio, Unidad Tecnológica Acatlán, Carretera Acatlán-San Juan Ixcaquistla kilómetro 5.5, Del Maestro, 74949, Acatlán, Puebla, Mexico. yoxkin@gmail.com.
Rubí Vázquez MoraTecnológico Nacional de México, Campús Acatlán de Osorio, Unidad Tecnológica Acatlán, Carretera Acatlán-San Juan Ixcaquistla kilómetro 5.5, Del Maestro, 74949, Acatlán, Puebla, Mexico.
Yesica Itzel Méndez RamírezTecnológico Nacional de México, Campús Acatlán de Osorio, Unidad Tecnológica Acatlán, Carretera Acatlán-San Juan Ixcaquistla kilómetro 5.5, Del Maestro, 74949, Acatlán, Puebla, Mexico.
Elizabeth Chavira-MartínezInstituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar S/N, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Rafael Huirache-AcuñaFacultad de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, 58060, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.
Jorge Noé Díaz-de-León-HernándezCentro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Carretera Tijuana-Ensenada, Km. 107, 22860, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Luis Jesús Villarreal-GómezFacultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Unidad Valle de las Palmas, Blvd. Universitario #1000, CP 21500, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. luis.villarreal@uabc.edu.mx.
Tecnológico Nacional de México · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXUniversidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An adequate wound dressing reduces time of healing, provides cost-effective care, thereby improving patients' quality life. An antimicrobial bioactivity is always desired, for that reason, the objective of this work is to design an antimicrobial nanocomposite of chitosan/silver nanocrystals/graphene oxide (ChAgG). ChAgG nanostructured composite material is composed of chitosan from corn (Ch), and silver nanocrystals from garlic (Allium sativum). The nanocomposite obtained is the result of a series of experiments combining the graphene oxide (GrOx) with two members of the Amaryllidaceae family; garlic and onion (Allium cebae), which contain different sulfur materials. The characterization arrays confirmed the successful production of silver crystal, graphene oxidation and the blending of both components. The role of the chitosan as a binder between graphene and silver nanocrystals is proved. Moreover, the study discusses garlic as an optimal source that permits the synthesis of silver nanocrystals (AgNCs) (⁓ 2 to 10 nm) with better thermal and crystallinity properties. It was also confirmed the successful production of the ChAgG nanocomposite. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were used to demonstrate the antibacterial bioactivity and L-929 fibroblast cells were utilized to visualize their biocompatibility. The proposed ChAgG nanomaterial will be useful for functionalizing specific fiber network that represents current challenging research in the fabrication of bioactive wound dressings.

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Anti-Infective AgentsChitosanGraphiteMetal NanoparticlesNanocompositesNanoparticlesAnti-Bacterial AgentsBandagesEscherichia coliHumansOxidesSilverSilver CompoundsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsChitosandisilver oxidegraphene oxideGraphiteOxidesSilverSilver Compounds

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PMID37353546
PMCPMC10290094
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