Open AccessIn vitro Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Blastocystis hominis
Author(s) -
Mohamed S. Younis,
Eman Abououf,
Ali El saeed Ali,
Sara Mohamed Abd elhady,
Rita Wassef
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.s272532
Subject(s) - blastocystis , metronidazole , drug , pharmacology , in vitro , silver nanoparticle , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , chemistry , feces , antibiotics , biology , nanoparticle , materials science , nanotechnology , biochemistry
This study aims to assess the efficacy of silver nanoparticles (Ag Nps) alone and combined with metronidazole (Ag Nps + MTZ) as potential alternative therapeutic agents for Blastocystis hominis .