Development of CuO Nanoparticles from the Mucus of Garden Snail <i>Cornu aspersum</i> as New Antimicrobial Agents

• Main Authors: Pavlina Dolashka (Author), Karina Marinova (Author), Petar Petrov (Author), Ventsislava Petrova (Author), Bogdan Ranguelov (Author), Stella Atanasova-Vladimirova (Author), Dimitar Kaynarov (Author), Ivanka Stoycheva (Author), Emiliya Pisareva (Author), Anna Tomova (Author), Angelina Kosateva (Author), Lyudmila Velkova (Author), Aleksandar Dolashki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Several biologically active compounds involved in the green synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles have been isolated from snail mucus and characterized. This paper presents a successful method for the application of snail mucus from <i>Cornu aspersum</i> as a bioreducing agent of co...