Author(s): Amer Hasan Abdullah, Aziz H Jasim and Emad Mahmoud Eltayef
Abstract: Recent progresses in nano technology and nano science have developed the way we detect, treat, and prevent diseases. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are one of the most important elements among the many metallic nanoparticles used in biomedical applications. Physical, chemical and photochemical procedures all have been used to synthesize AgNPs, as well as irradiation and biological approaches, electrochemical methods. The importance of AgNPs appears in antifungal, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and anti-angiogenic applications in biological and biomedical research. Furthermore, under some conditions, the free release of silver ions from AgNPs causes cell death in mammalian and microbial cells, indicating that AgNPs are broad-spectrum antibacterial agents. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) were shown to develop on AgNPs surface in prior studies. AgNPs, based on these properties, have a lot of promise in terms of minimizing wound inflammation and hence boosting wound healing when applied topically.
Amer Hasan Abdullah, Aziz H Jasim, Emad Mahmoud Eltayef. The medical applications of silver nanoparticles. Int J Pharmacognosy Life Sci 2022;3(1):01-06. DOI: 10.33545/27072827.2021.v2.i2a.38
