Antiamoebic activity of plant-based natural products and their conjugated silver nanoparticles against Acanthamoeba castellanii (ATCC 50492)

Antiamoebic activity of plant-based natural products and their conjugated silver nanoparticles against Acanthamoeba castellanii (ATCC 50492)

Abstract Acanthamoeba spp. are the causative agent of Acanthamoeba keratitis and granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE). The current options to treat Acanthamoeba infections have limited success. Silver nanoparticles show antimicrobial effects and enhance the efficacy of their payload at the speci...

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Main Authors: Areeba Anwar, Elaine Lim Siew Ting, Ayaz Anwar, Noor ul Ain, Shaheen Faizi, Muhammad Raza Shah, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-02-01
Series:AMB Express
Subjects:
Quercetin
Polyalthia longifolia
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Silver nanoparticles
Antiamoebic
Acanthamoeba
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-0960-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-020-0960-9

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