Antimicrobial electrospun silk fibroin mats with silver nanoparticles for wound dressing application |
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Authors: | Pimpon Uttayarat Suwimol Jetawattana Phiriyatorn Suwanmala Jarurattana Eamsiri Theeranan Tangthong Suchada Pongpat |
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Affiliation: | 1. Research and Development Division, Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (Public Organization), Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand
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Abstract: | In this report, silk fibroin (SF) mats coated with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were manufactured as a prototypic wound dressing and evaluated for antimicrobial properties. SF was extracted from cocoons of Thai silkworms Bombyx mori (variant Nangnoi Si Sa Ket) and fabricated into nonwoven mats by electrospinning. In a one-step synthesis method, colloidal AgNPs were prepared from silver nitrate by gamma irradiation and inspected by transmission electron microscopy. Using the in vitro disc diffusion and growth-inhibition assays, AgNP-coated SF mats effectively inhibited the growth of Staphyllococus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa when the coating solution containing colloidal AgNPs was 4 mM, or equivalent to 50.4 ng/cm2 of adsorbed AgNPs. Based on these results, the AgNP-coated SF mats can potentially be used as antimicrobial wound dressings. |
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