Open Access<p>Surfactin-Loaded ĸ-Carrageenan Oligosaccharides Entangled Cellulose Nanofibers as a Versatile Vehicle Against Periodontal Pathogens</p>
Author(s) -
Athira Johnson,
Jialing He,
Fanbin Kong,
YiCheng Huang,
Sabu Thomas,
HongTing Victor Lin,
ZweLing Kong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nanomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.245
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1178-2013
pISSN - 1176-9114
DOI - 10.2147/ijn.s238476
Subject(s) - nanofiber , antimicrobial , cellulose , materials science , chemistry , bacterial cellulose , streptococcus mutans , sonication , crystallinity , biofilm , nuclear chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , chromatography , bacteria , composite material , biology , genetics
Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease associated with microbial accumulation. The purpose of this study was to reuse the agricultural waste to produce cellulose nanofibers (CNF) and further modification of the CNF with κ-carrageenan oligosaccharides (CO) for drug delivery. In addition, this study is focused on the antimicrobial activity of surfactin-loaded CO-CNF towards periodontal pathogens.