设计和合成康胺素功能化的ZnFe2O4纳米颗粒,作为一种有效的抗菌剂,用于对抗抗甲基西林耐药的金黄色葡萄球菌

Minoo Akbari1, Ali Hossein Rezayan1, Hossein Rastegar2

  • 1Department of Nanobiotechnology and Biomimetics, Faculty of Life Science Engineering, College of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Drug development research
|February 13, 2024
PubMed
概括

这项研究合成了铁酸盐纳米复合物 (ZnFe2 O4 @Cell@APTES@Van). 功能化纳米材料显示出对抗甲基西林耐药黄金葡萄球菌 (MRSA) 的增强抗菌活性.

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