Shokoh Parham, Seyedeh-Shirin Parham, Hadi Nur
One of the main causes of death across the world is infections by microorganisms, including bacterial, fungal, viral, or parasitic agents. Further development of pathogens into multidrug-resistant (MDR) agents leads to serious challenges in the treatment of the above-mentioned diseases, leading to an increase in mortality rates, as well as medical costs. Several studies have recently focused on examining safe antimicrobials with strong antimicrobial effects. Carbon dots (C-dots) are highly biocompatible and less toxic, making them promising candidates due to their favourable antimicrobial characteristics. Another promising strategy to deal with the problem of MDR pathogens is photodynamic inactivation of bacteria using photosensitizers, with C-dots as one of their effective members in detecting and inactivating various bacteria species. Hence, C-dots can be applied as efficient alternatives. This chapter aims to investigate the characteristics of C-dots as antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antiparasitic agents. © 2023 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.
Department of Biomaterials, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; Centre for Sustainable Nanomaterials, Ibnu Sina Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM Skudai, Johor, 81310, Malaysia; Department of Veterinary, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia; Central Laboratory of Minerals and Advanced Materials, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Malang, Malang, Indonesia
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