Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Dioscorea bulbifera tuber extract and evaluation of its synergistic potential in combination with antimicrobial agents

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 483-496

  Ghosh, Sougata ^a   Patil, Sumersing ^a   Ahire, Mehul ^a   Kitture, Rohini ^b   Kale, Sangeeta ^c   Pardesi, Karishma ^a   Cameotra, Swaranjit ^d   Bellare, Jayesh ^e   Dhavale, Dilip D ^a   Jabgunde, Amit ^a   Chopade, Balu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b FERGUSSON COLLEGE   (India)

^c DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial synergy; Dioscorea bulbifera tuber extract; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA EXTRACT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYMYXIN; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; FROPENEM; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEISSERIA MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PAENIBACILLUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERRATIA; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT TUBER; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; DIOSCOREA; DRUG SYNERGISM; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT TUBERS; SILVER; SILVER NITRATE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TEMPERATURE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84856681277     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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