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Frontispiece: Handling (Nano)Silver as Antimicrobial Agent: Therapeutic Window, Dissolution Dynamics, Detection Methods and Molecular Interactions
Author(s) -
Abram SarahLuise,
Fromm Katharina M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202084863
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , silver bullet , dissolution , nanotechnology , silver nanoparticle , bacteria , silver nano , ionic bonding , antimicrobial peptides , chemistry , materials science , nano , biology , nanoparticle , metallurgy , organic chemistry , ion , composite material , genetics
Silver is a well‐known antimicrobial and with the emergence of multiresistant bacteria it has come back into the focus of research; ionic as well as nano‐sized silver have been studied in vitro and in vivo. The results are controversial, silver being discussed as the “silver bullet” or a “wolf in sheep's clothing”. This Review aims to give insight into the activity and mechanism of silver in biological media, be it in contact with bacteria or cells. For more details see the Review by K. M. Fromm et al. on page 10948 ff.