A critical review on biogenic silver nanoparticles and their antimicrobial activity

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-544

  Prasad, T N V K V ^a,b   Kambala, Venkata Subba Rao ^b   Naidu, Ravi ^b  

^a Regional Agricultural Research Station   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Biosynthesis; Nanobiotechnology; Nanoparticles; Silver

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; CRITICAL REVIEW; INORGANIC MATERIALS; MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS; METALLIC SILVER; NANOSCALE SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE COATINGS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHARACTERIZATION; COATINGS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

SILVER;

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFIXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOLEACHING; BIOMINERALIZATION; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79959964843     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341311796196736     Document Type: Review

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