Antimicrobial and controlled release studies of a novel nystatin conjugated iron oxide nanocomposite

• Main Authors: Hussein-Al-Ali, Samer Hasan, El Zowalaty, Mohamed Ezzat, Kura, Aminu Umar, Geilich, Benjamin, Fakurazi, Sharida, Webster, Thomas Jay, Hussein, Mohd Zobir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36481/1/Antimicrobial%20and%20controlled%20release%20studies%20of%20a%20novel%20nystatin%20conjugated%20iron%20oxide%20nanocomposite.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36481/; http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/651831/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Nystatin is a tetraene diene polyene antibiotic showing a broad spectrum of antifungal activity. In the present study, we prepared a nystatin nanocomposite (Nyst-CS-MNP) by loading nystatin (Nyst) on chitosan (CS) coated magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). The magnetic nanocomposites were characterized b...