Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Activity against Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria of Biomimetically Coated Silver Nanoparticles

In the present work, we describe a simple procedure to produce biomimetically coated silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), based on the postfunctionalization and purification of colloidal silver stabilized by citrate. Two biological capping agents have been used (cysteine Cys and glutathione GSH). The comp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir 2011-08, Vol.27 (15), p.9165-9173
Hauptverfasser: Amato, Elvio, Diaz-Fernandez, Yuri A, Taglietti, Angelo, Pallavicini, Piersandro, Pasotti, Luca, Cucca, Lucia, Milanese, Chiara, Grisoli, Pietro, Dacarro, Cesare, Fernandez-Hechavarria, Jose M, Necchi, Vittorio
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Zusammenfassung:In the present work, we describe a simple procedure to produce biomimetically coated silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs), based on the postfunctionalization and purification of colloidal silver stabilized by citrate. Two biological capping agents have been used (cysteine Cys and glutathione GSH). The composition of the capped colloids has been ascertained by different techniques and antibacterial tests on GSH-capped Ag NPs have been conducted under physiological conditions, obtaining values of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of 180 and 15 μg/mL for Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, respectively. The antibacterial activity of these GSH capped NPs can be ascribed to the direct action of metallic silver NPs, rather than to the bulk release of Ag+.
ISSN:0743-7463
1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la201200r