Functional Polymers as Innovative Tools in the Delivery of Antimicrobial Agents

• Outros autores: Spizzirri, Umile Gianfranco (Editor)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Idioma: inglés
• Publicado: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; film nanocomposite; essential oil; supercritical CO2; long-term package; hybrid nanoparticles; biocompatible polymer; antimicrobial amphiphiles; dynamic light scattering; scanning electron microscopy; cell viability from counting of colony-forming unities; antimicrobial activity of nanoparticles; Escherichia coli; Staphylococcus aureus; Candida albicans; hydrogel; polyvinyl alcohol; aliphatic dicarboxylic acids; sustained release; linezolid; equilibrium swelling ratio; accumulative release; thermogravimetric analysis; gram-negative bacteria; multidrug resistance; polymer therapeutics; colistin; polymyxin B; nanoliposomes; MDR-Bacteria; chitosan; nanotechnologies; plant extracts; agro-food-wastes; antimicrobial agents; polymeric nanocarriers; mixed polymeric micelles; drug delivery; antibiotics; Pluronic F127; antimicrobial agent; polymeric nanomaterial; self-assembly; antimicrobial peptide; silver nanoparticle; anti-biofilm; wound healing; bromelain; nisin; bioactivity; biomedicine; carrier; n/a
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This Special Issue explored different topics concerning recent progress in the synthesis and characterization of suitable innovative macromolecular systems, proposed as carriers of specific antimicrobial molecules, to be employed in the biomedical and pharmaceutical fields. Many infectious diseases...