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Showing 1 to 20 of 663 for “"antibacterial"”.
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Photocontrol of Antibacterial Activity
… synthesis, and evaluation of compounds whose antibacterial activity can be controlled using light. In the first chapter, a brief historical perspective in photochemistry and the use of light in medical therapy is introduced. From the evolution of these two areas have emerged different …
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Antibacterial Evaluation of Polygonum Multiflorum
… it has been shown to contain strong antioxidant, antibacterial and antiviral activity. The extract from the roots of Chinese Knotweed was used to assess its antibacterial properties against a broad spectrum of bacterial species, including 5 Gram-positive (B. cereus, B. megaterium, S. epidermidis, …
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Investigation of ciprofloxacin antibacterial combinations.
… future success of the fluoroquinolone class of antibacterials. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine whether combining ciprofloxacin with trimethoprim and or a sulphonamide could prove clinically beneficial. The microbiological activity of the antibacterials used either alone …
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Assessment of potential antibacterial drug targets
The alarming increase in antibacterial drug resistance indicates an urgent need to develop new drugs. This project aimed to assess and select potential antibacterial targets and carry out initial biochemical characterisation concentrating on enzymes from biowarfare agents <i>Bacillus anthracis</i>, …
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Antibiotic-free antibacterial hydrogels for wound healing applications
… and high biocompatibility. However, the lack of antibacterial features of cellulose poses some limitations to its use, especially in the context of increasing antimicrobial resistance. In this work, various strategies were explored for the development of novel BC-based wound healing devices that …
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Nanoparticles and photosensitisers; their interactions and antibacterial properties
This work reports on the coupling of light activated antimicrobial (LAA) agents with gold nanoparticles to provide new materials that displayed enhanced antimicrobial properties. A versatile and robust approach to the synthesis of gold-thiol-photosensitiser light activated antimicrobials has been …
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Investigation of the antibacterial activity of selected flavonoids.
… drugs and there is now an urgent need for new antibacterial agents. Flavonoids are a class of natural product with a diverse range of pharmacological properties, and previous studies at The Robert Gordon University and University of London have identified several candidates suitable for …
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Nanostructured carriers for the delivery of antibacterial agents
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Bioactive Peptides as Antibacterial Agents and Visual Transduction
… (AMPs) are used in the development of novel antibacterial agents. The short killing time of the host pathogen with the use of BPs makes it difficult for pathogens to develop resistance in the cells. C18 is an AMP belonging to the cecropin family which I modified for evaluation as a potential …
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Cationic amphiphilic synthetic macromolecules with superior antibacterial activity
… structure/activities relationships for antibacterial and hemolytic activities of amphiphilic polyacrylates and poly(vinyl esters). Acrylate homopolymers with various lengths of alkyl pendant groups displayed high antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and very …
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Synthesis and antibacterial evaluation of diverse small molecules
… synthesis and unbiased screening methods in antibacterial discovery.
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Synthesis of monodisperse silver nanoparticles for antibacterial purposes
… disinfection applications because of their high antibacterial activity and broad antimicrobial spectrum (Qu, Alvarez, & Li, 2013). Development in this area is critical, particularly in advancing technology to allow greater accessibility to clean drinking water for people in poor, rural areas in …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Glycomaterials for Antibacterial Applications
… threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibacterial polymers have been developed. Antibacterial polymers prevent bacterial infections by either killing the bacteria themselves or by preventing them from interacting with the body altogether This dissertation primarily focuses on using …
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IN VITRO ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF 12 COMMERCIAL MOUTHRINSE FORMULATIONS.
… sterile saline, followed in descending in vitro antibacterial activity by Paroex, Peridex, Perio-Aid Maintenance, Halita, Crest Pro-Health Clinical, Therasol, Listerine Cool Mint Zero Alcohol, and PerioShield. Listerine Cool Mint with alcohol, Closys, and PerioMed were not significantly different …
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Antibiotic-free PHA-based antibacterial materials for bone regeneration
The current world problem of antibacterial resistance to antibiotics has driven the need to develop new therapeutics as alternatives to antibiotic to prevent and fight infections. In the biomedical field, bone regeneration is one of the applications with the highest risk of infection. Therefore, …
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Metabolomics and chemical library screening for antibacterial drug discovery
… compound drug libraries to identify novel antibacterial activities against MRSA by increasing the dimensionality of the screening effort. One dimension involved generating and screening a human liver microsome metabolized drug library in parallel with the original library to identify …
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Investigation of Narrow Spectrum Targets in Antibacterial Drug Discovery
… are associated with the use of broad-spectrum antibacterial agents, including collateral eradication of beneficial bacteria from the human microbiome, the onset of antibacterial-associated infections, and continued emergence of antibacterial drug resistance. As such, a critical need for novel …
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Antibacterial efficacy of nanometals in conjunction with electrical stimulus
… them. This study will attempt to evaluate the antibacterial efficacy of nanocopper particles and an electrical stimulus for the usage in medical device development and the hospital environment. For devices such as catheters, infections typically result from bacteria entering the body from the …
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