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Nanoantimicrobials Mechanism of Action

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Nanobiotechnology Applications in Plant Protection

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Understanding the molecular mode of actions of nanoantmicrobial will be helpful in creating viable administration systems to control critical pathogenic plant diseases. Similarly, the understanding of those mechanisms may assist to avoid resistance mechanisms, which are known and used in the case of pathogenic microorganisms. The potential mechanism of toxicity has been attributed to several possible mechanisms; the disintegration or arrival of particles from the nanoparticles inspire either provocative reaction, mitochondrial brokenness, interruption of cell layer respectability, oxidative pressure, protein or DNA degradation and harm, or reactive oxygen species (ROS) age, influencing the proteins and phospholipids and eventually causing cell passing. Specific attention was given to antimicrobial agents antimicrobial instruments with center around age of reactive oxygen species (ROS) including hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), OH-(hydroxyl radicals), and O2−2 (peroxide). ROS has been a major consideration for a few systems including cell wall harm because of NPs-restricted association and improved membrane permeability.

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This research was supported by the Science and Technology Development Fund (STDF), Joint Egypt (STDF)-South Africa (NRF) Scientific Cooperation, Grant ID 27837 to Kamel Abd-Elsalam.

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    Manal Mostafa

  2. Microbiology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Manal Mostafa

  3. Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center (ARC), Giza, Egypt

    Manal Mostafa,  Amal-Asran & Kamel A. Abd-Elsalam

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    Ram Prasad

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Mostafa, M., Amal-Asran, Almoammar, H., Abd-Elsalam, K.A. (2018). Nanoantimicrobials Mechanism of Action. In: Abd-Elsalam, K., Prasad, R. (eds) Nanobiotechnology Applications in Plant Protection. Nanotechnology in the Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91161-8_11

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