Multifunctional silver nanoparticle embedded eri silk cocoon scaffolds against burn wounds-associated infection.

Antimicrobial wound dressings offer enhanced efficacy compared to conventional dressing platforms by limiting bacterial infections, expediting the healing process, and creating a barrier against additional wound contamination. The use of silk derived from silkworm cocoons in wound healing applications is attributed to its exceptional characteristics. Compared to mulberry silk, sericin from non-mulberry cocoons has higher water exchange mobility and moisture retention.

A review on antiviral and immunomodulatory polysaccharides from Indian medicinal plants, which may be beneficial to COVID-19 infected patients.

The emergence of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 has pushed forward the world to experience the first pandemic of this century. Any specific drug against this RNA virus is yet to be discovered and presently, the COVID-19 infected patients are being treated symptomatically. During the last few decades, a number of polysaccharides with potential biological activities have been invented from Indian medicinal plants.

Structural studies of immunomodulatory (1 → 3)-, (1 → 4)-α glucan from an edible mushroom Polyporus grammocephalus.

A water soluble polysaccharide (PGPS) with molecular weight ~ 1.4 × 10 Da was isolated by alkali treatment from an edible mushroom Polyporus grammocephalus and purified by gel chromatography using sepharose-6B column. Monosaccharide analysis revealed that PGPS was made up of glucose only.

Effect of feed supplementation with biosynthesized silver nanoparticles using leaf extract of Morus indica L. V1 on Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae).

Herein, we report the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by a green route using the aqueous leaf extract of Morus indica L. V1. The synthesized AgNPs exhibited maximum UV-Vis absorbance at 460 nm due to surface plasmon resonance.

Flocculating, emulsification and metal sorption properties of a partial characterized novel exopolysaccharide produced by Rhizobium tropici SRA1 isolated from Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L) D.C.

A novel exopolysaccharide (EPS) was produced by a bacterium which was isolated from Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L) D.C. and identified as 99% Rhizobium tropici SRA1 by 16S rDNA sequencing.

Structural and immunological studies of an exopolysaccharide from Acinetobacter junii BB1A.

A water-soluble heteropolysaccharide (PS) was isolated from extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) produced by a novel metal tolerant bacterium, Acinetobacter junii BB1A. Sugar analysis showed that the PS was composed of mannose, galactose and arabinose in a molar ratio of nearly 3:1:1. Structural characterization of the PS was carried out using methylation analysis, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation and 1D/2D NMR experiments.

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using glucan from mushroom and study of antibacterial activity.

This work demonstrates synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using glucan isolated from a mushroom Pleurotus florida blue variant. UV-vis spectroscopy showed maximum absorbance at 425 nm due to surface plasmon resonance of AgNPs. Average diameter of the synthesized AgNPs was 2.

Partial characterization and flocculating behavior of an exopolysaccharide produced in nutrient-poor medium by a facultative oligotroph Klebsiella sp. PB12.

A facultative oligotrophic strain from the water sample of River Mahananda, Siliguri India was selected for its property to produce exopolysaccharide (EPS) in nutrient-poor (oligotrophic) medium. Viability assay of the strain was performed in sterile liquid LB, R2A, river water and diluted (10(-3)) LB at 30°C and pH 7 to understand oligotrophy. The selected strain was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and designated as Klebsiella sp.