Antimicrobial activity of menthol modified nanodiamond particles

Advances in nanotechnology have seen the development of several microbiocidal nanoparticles displaying activity against biofilms. These applications benefit from one or more combinations of the nanoparticle properties. Nanoparticles may indeed concentrate drugs on their surface resulting in polyvale...

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Published in:Diamond and related materials 2015-08, Vol.57, p.2-8
Main Authors: Turcheniuk, Volodymyr, Raks, Viktoria, Issa, Rahaf, Cooper, Ian R., Cragg, Peter J., Jijie, Roxana, Dumitrascu, Nicoleta, Mikhalovska, Lyuba I., Barras, Alexandre, Zaitsev, Vladimir, Boukherroub, Rabah, Szunerits, Sabine
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Language:English
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Antimicrobial activity
Biofilm inhibition
Functionalization
Menthol
Nanodiamond particles
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Summary:Advances in nanotechnology have seen the development of several microbiocidal nanoparticles displaying activity against biofilms. These applications benefit from one or more combinations of the nanoparticle properties. Nanoparticles may indeed concentrate drugs on their surface resulting in polyvalent effects and improved efficacy to fight against bacteria. Nanodiamonds (NDs) are among the most promising new materials for biomedical applications. We elucidate in this paper the effect of menthol modified nanodiamond (ND-menthol) particles on bacterial viability against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) bacteria. We show that while ND-menthol particles are non-toxic to both pathogens, they show significant antibiofilm activity. The presence of ND-menthol particles reduces biofilm formation more efficiently than free menthol, unmodified oxidized NDs and ampicillin, a commonly used antibiotic. Our findings might be thus a step forward towards the development of alternative non antibiotic based strategies targeting bacterial infections. •Reduction of biofilm formation using menthol coated diamond nanoparticles•ND-menthol particles have shown improved biofilm inhibition over commonly used antibiotics.•Novel alternative non-antibiotic based strategy targeting bacterial infections
ISSN:0925-9635
1879-0062
DOI:10.1016/j.diamond.2014.12.002