Publications by authors named "Lyubov Rachkovskaya"

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  • * This study isolated various gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria from tuberculosis patients and evaluated the antibacterial potential of extracts from specific cyanobacteria and microalgae.
  • * Findings indicate that while these extracts can inhibit bacterial growth, they can also promote it under certain conditions; however, fucoxanthin, a compound from these organisms, showed significant antibacterial properties in both in vitro and mouse models.
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Skin burns and ulcers are considered hard-to-heal wounds due to their high infection risk. For this reason, designing new options for wound dressings is a growing need. The objective of this work is to investigate the properties of poly (ε-caprolactone)/poly (vinyl-pyrrolidone) (PCL/PVP) microfibers produced via electrospinning along with sorbents loaded with Argovit™ silver nanoparticles (Ag-Si/AlO) as constituent components for composite wound dressings.

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