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ReviewDiscover nano2023

Transition metal-based nanoparticles as potential antimicrobial agents: recent advancements, mechanistic, challenges, and future prospects.

Sonali Gautam, Dipak Kumar Das, Jasvinder Kaur, Anuj Kumar, Mohd Ubaidullah, Mudassir Hasan, Krishna Kumar Yadav, Ram K Gupta

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Review in Discover nano, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Sonali GautamNano-Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 281406, India.
Dipak Kumar DasNano-Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 281406, India.
Jasvinder KaurDepartment of Chemistry, School of Sciences, IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, 244102, India.
Anuj KumarNano-Technology Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, Mathura, 281406, India. anuj.kumar@gla.ac.in.
Mohd UbaidullahDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mudassir HasanDepartment of Chemical Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Krishna Kumar YadavFaculty of Science and Technology, Madhyanchal Professional University, Ratibad, Bhopal, 462044, India.
Ram K GuptaDepartment of Chemistry, Kansas Polymer Research Center, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, 66762, USA.
GLA University · INAl-Ayen Iraqi University · IQIFTM University · INKing Khalid University · SAKing Saud University · SAPittsburg State University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial transmission is considered one of the potential risks for communicable diseases, requiring promising antibiotics. Traditional drugs possess a limited spectrum of effectiveness, and their frequent administration reduces effectiveness and develops resistivity. In such a situation, we are left with the option of developing novel antibiotics with higher efficiency. In this regard, nanoparticles (NPs) may play a pivotal role in managing such medical situations due to their distinct physiochemical characteristics and impressive biocompatibility. Metallic NPs are found to possess extraordinary antibacterial effects that are useful in vitro as well as in vivo as self-modified therapeutic agents. Due to their wide range of antibacterial efficacy, they have potential therapeutic applications via diverse antibacterial routes. NPs not only restrict the development of bacterial resistance, but they also broaden the scope of antibacterial action without binding the bacterial cell directly to a particular receptor with promising effectiveness against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative microbes. This review aimed at exploring the most relevant types of metal NPs employed as antimicrobial agents, particularly those based on Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, and Zn metals, and their antimicrobial mechanisms. Further, the challenges and future prospects of NPs in biological applications are also discussed.

Indexed as

AntibioticAntimicrobial agentsMechanismsMetalNanomaterialsStructural parameters

Identifiers

PMID37382784
PMCPMC10247611
OpenAlexW4379932574

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Registered trials

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