NON-TOXIC AND ULTRA-SMALL BIOSILVER NANOCLUSTERS TRIGGER APOPTOTIC CELL DEATH IN FLUCONAZOLE-RESISTANT CANDIDA ALBICANS VIA RAS SIGNALING

• Main Authors: Prateeksha, Prateeksha, Singh, Braj Raj, Gupta, Vijai Kumar, Deeba, Farah, Bajpai, Rajesh, Pandey, Vivek, Naqvi, Alim H., Upreti, Dalip Kumar, Gathergood, Nicholas, Jiang, Yueming, El Enshasy, Hesham A., Sholkamy, Essam Nageh, Mostafa, Ashraf A., Hesham, Abd. El-Latif, Singh, Brahma N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96955/1/HeshamAli2019_NonToxicandUltraSmallBiosilverNanoclusters.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96955/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom9020047

Silver-based nanostructures are suitable for many biomedical applications, but to be useful therapeutic agents, the high toxicity of these nanomaterials must be eliminated. Here, we biosynthesize nontoxic and ultra-small silver nanoclusters (rsAg@NCs) using metabolites of usnioid lichen (a symbiotic...