Essential Oils and Metallic Nanoparticles: A Novel Approach to Combat Multidrug Resistance

By Mahendra Rai, Susana Zacchino, and Marcos Derita

Introduction

The global issue of multidrug resistance has led to the urgent need for new alternatives and novel strategies to combat microbial resistance. This book explores the antimicrobial potential of essential oils and metallic nanoparticles as a novel approach to address this problem.

Essential Oils: A Natural Solution

Essential oils (EOs) are volatile, natural, aromatic oily liquids derived from various parts of plants, particularly the aerial ones such as leaves and flowers. They have been confirmed to possess bioactivity through several studies, demonstrating their antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antimutagenic, anticarcinogenic, and antioxidant properties.

Nanotechnology: A Technological Revolution

Nanotechnology is an emerging technology that has brought about a technological revolution in the world. It has enormous applications in the field of medicine, particularly in the development of nanoparticles. Among these, metal nanoparticles have shown potential and could emerge as the new generation of antimicrobials.

Silver Nanoparticles: A Promising Antimicrobial Agent

Silver nanoparticles have broad-spectrum biological activities and are used in many biomedical applications, including the treatment of wounds, burns, in water-disinfecting systems, in nanobased bone implantations, in dentistry for the development of dental materials, and as antibacterial, antivirals, anti-protozoals, anti-arthropods, and anticancerous agents.

Other Metallic Nanoparticles

Apart from silver, noble metal nanoparticles like gold and platinum, and other nanoparticles such as copper, oxides of different metals, etc., have been the materials of choice for many scientists for their biological applications.

Target Audience

This book will be of interest to chemists, microbiologists, biotechnologists, food technologists, nanotechnologists, pharmacologists, clinicians, and those interested in nature cure. Students will find this book useful and reader-friendly.

Book Details

Hardcover: 350 pages

Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (October 15, 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1138630721

ISBN-13: 978-1138630727