Encapsulation of propolis extracted with methylal in the chitosan nanoparticles and its antibacterial and cell cytotoxicity studies

• Main Authors: Akbar Vaseghi (Author), Reza Ashrafi Parchin (Author), Kosar Rezaee Chamanie (Author), Marc Herb (Author), Hajar Maleki (Author), Majid Sadeghizadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract In this study we develop novel type of antibacterial chitosan-propolis NPs to improve theantimicrobial activity against various pathogens. To this aim, we primarily extracted propolis with methylal and ethanol as green solvents and its encapsulation with chitosan NPs. The developed propolis...