Interactions of Antibacterial Naphthoquinones with Mesoporous Silica Surfaces: A Physicochemical and Theoretical Approach

• Main Authors: César Iván Corpus-Mendoza (Author), Denisse de Loera (Author), Lluvia Itzel López-López (Author), Brenda Acosta (Author), Sarai Vega-Rodríguez (Author), Gabriela Navarro-Tovar (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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1,4−naftoquinone (NQ) molecules have been extensively evaluated as potent antibacterial compounds; however, their use is limited, since they have low water solubility and exhibit toxicities in healthy eukaryotic cells. A possible path to overcoming these challenges is the use of particulate vehicles...