Selenium Nanocomposites in Diagnosis, Drug Delivery, and Treatment

Shurygina, I. A.; Шурыгин, М. Г.

doi:10.1002/9781119671732.ch2

Nanobiotechnology in Diagnosis, Drug Delivery, and Treatment 2020

DOI: 10.1002/9781119671732.ch2

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Selenium Nanocomposites in Diagnosis, Drug Delivery, and Treatment

I. A. Shurygina

М. Г. Шурыгин

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Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans for antifungal applications

Bafghi

Darroudi

Zargar

et al. 2021

Micro & Nano Letters

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Biosynthesis of nanoparticles can replace the available chemical and physical methods by offering new procedures as green syntheses that have proved to be simple, biocompatible, safe, and cost-effective. Recently, antifungal resistance has been reported against different species of Aspergillus and Candida opportunistic fungi. Selenium nanoparticles (Se-NPs) were biosynthesized using standard strains of A. flavus and C. albicans. The presence of NPs was confirmed by UV-Vis, FT-IR, FESEM, EDX, XRD, and Zeta potential. Common fungal strains were cultured in Sabouraud dextrose agar medium to perform the sensitivity test based on the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method in duplicate. The utilization of Se-NPs at concentrations of 1, 0.5, and 0.25 μg/mL or in some strains even more minor than 0.125 μg/mL resulted in zero growth of fungal agents. However, antifungal drugs inhibited their growth at concentrations of 2, 4, 8, 16, and 64 μg/mL itraconazole (ITC). Also, MIC breakpoints for amphotericin B (AMB) and anidulafungin (AFG) were 2 μg/mL for defining resistance in some isolates. Based on the obtained results, biological NPs produced by Aspergillus and Candida at different concentrations exhibited favourable inhibitory effects on the growth of fungal strains.

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Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans for antifungal applications

Bafghi

Darroudi

Zargar

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Micro & Nano Letters

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Selenium Nanocomposites in Diagnosis, Drug Delivery, and Treatment

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Biosynthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Aspergillus flavus and Candida albicans for antifungal applications

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