Fabrication and characterization of surgical sutures with propolis silver nano particles and analysis of its antimicrobial properties

• Main Authors: Selvaraju, Gayathri Devi, Umapathy, Vidhya Rekha, Sumathijones, C., Singh Cheema, Manraj, Jayamani, D. Rachael, Dharani, R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/101449/; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1018364722002634

Objectives: The objective of this work was to synthesize propolis – silver nanoparticles, coat the prepared nanoparticles on surgical sutures, characterize the coated sutures and to study the antimicrobial activity of coated sutures against human pathogenic microorganisms. Methods: Silver nanopartic...