title: Fabrication and characterization of biosilver nanoparticles loaded calcium pectinate nano-micro dual-porous antibacterial wound dressings.
abstract: Development of materials for medical applications using biologically derived materials by green approaches is emerging as an important focus in the present healthcare scenario. Herein the first time, we report the plant extract mediated ultra-rapid biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using whole plant extracts of Biophytum sensitivum. Synthesized nanoparticles were immobilized in nano-micro dual-porous calcium pectinate scaffolds for wound dressing application. Pectinate wound dressings containing silver nanoparticles have shown excellent antibacterial property and exudate uptake capacity while being biocompatible to the human cells.
authors.affiliation: International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India. robin@robinlab.in.|School of Nano Science and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673601, India. robin@robinlab.in.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Augustine
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bishop Kurialacherry College for Women, Amalagiri, Kottayam, Kerala, 686561, India.
authors.forename: Anitha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Augustine
authors.affiliation: International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India.|School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India.
authors.forename: Nandakumar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kalarikkal
authors.affiliation: International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India. sabuchathukulam@yahoo.co.uk.|School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India. sabuchathukulam@yahoo.co.uk.
authors.forename: Sabu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
keywords: Biophytum; Biosynthesis; Pectinate; Silver nanoparticles; Wound dressings