This study presents a simple and trouble-free method for determining the antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) based on the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) bands. AgNPs were prepared by chemical reduction method using silver nitrates as a metallic precursor and formaldehyde (HCHO) as a reducing agent and capped by polyethylene glycol. Effects of several processing variables o...

alzheimer's disease (ad) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory and cognitive dysfunction due to neuronal cell loss in higher brain centers. senile plaques containing amyloid β (aβ) are associated with this disease as well as a reduction in cholinergic neuron numbers. tacrine is a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor in clinical use to treat moderate forms of ad. chit...

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to lecithin/chitosan nanoparticles as colloidal drug delivery system showing the great potential to improve the permeation of encapsulated drug across various biological barriers [1, 2]. However, the overall poor stability of colloidal nanoparticles in an aqueous medium is a significant drawback in their development perspective. Therefore, the aim of...

In recent years, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted significant attention owing to their unique physicochemical, optical, conductive and antimicrobial properties. One of the properties of AgNPs which is crucial for all applications is their stability. In the present study we unravel a mechanism through which silver nanoparticles are rendered ultrastable in an aqueous solution in comple...

50 kDa chitosan was conjugated with folate, a specific tissue-targeting ligand. Nanoparticles such as chitosan-DNA and folate-chitosan-DNA were prepared by coacervation process. The hydrodynamic intravenous injection of nanoparticles was performed in the right posterior paw in normal and arthritic rats. Our results demonstrated that the fluorescence intensity of DsRed detected was 5 to 12 times...

Background and aims: Complimentary medicine plant an important role in treatment of disease because of variety of usefulness. Satureja khuzestanica Jamzad is one of the plants which is used to make nanoparticles.this study aims in Preparation, characterization and in vitro biology study of Satureja khuzestanica Jamzad essential oil-loaded chitosan nanoparticles. Method: The fabrication of Satur...