Amoebicidal activity of phytosynthesized silver nanoparticles and their in vitro cytotoxicity to human cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Borase, Hemant P ^a   Patil, Chandrashekhar D ^a   Sauter, Ismael P ^b   Rott, Marilise B ^c   Patil, Satish V ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Programa de Pós Graduação em Microbiologia Agrícola e Do Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amoebicidal; Cytotoxicity; Plant extract; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA MILII EXTRCT; JATROPHA CURCAS EXTRACT; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EUPHORBIA MILII; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS; JATROPHA GOSSYPIFOLIA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBICIDAL; CYTOTOXICITY; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; AMEBIASIS; AMEBICIDES; CELL SURVIVAL; EUPHORBIA; HUMANS; JATROPHA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; NANOPARTICLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SILVER; TROPHOZOITES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ANIMALIA; EUPHORBIA MILII; JATROPHA CURCAS; JATROPHA GOSSYPIIFOLIA;

EID: 84880578088     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12195     Document Type: Letter

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