Complexes of Water-Soluble Polymers with Cu 2 R and Ag R as Antibacterial Agents
The potential application of polymers in the biomedical area is huge, especially as antimicrobial agent. We studied the recovery of metal ions (silver and copper) with a known antibacterial activity. Using the liquid-phase polymer-based retention, LPR, technique it was generated the polymer-metal co...
Autor Principal: | Rivas, Bernabé |
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Otros Autores: | Pereira, Eduardo, Guzmán, Catherine, Maureira, Antonio |
Formato: | Artículo |
Idioma: | English |
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Wiley Online Library
2015
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Macromolecular Symposia 304 |
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The potential application of polymers in the biomedical area is huge, especially as antimicrobial agent. We studied the recovery of metal ions (silver and copper) with a known antibacterial activity. Using the liquid-phase polymer-based retention, LPR, technique it was generated the polymer-metal complexes from these metal ions. Their antibacterial activity was studied for gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The results indicated that the anionic polymers easily yield polymer-metal complexes with increased antibacterial activity with respect to their polymers. Cationic polymers demonstrated efficient antibacterial activity, and the polymer metal-complexes, PMC, showed similar antibacterial results. Neither system presented a genotoxic effect |
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