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Curcumin-encapsulated nanoparticles as innovative antimicrobial and wound healing agent

TitleCurcumin-encapsulated nanoparticles as innovative antimicrobial and wound healing agent
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsKrausz AE, Adler BL, Cabral V, Navati M, Doerner J, Charafeddine RA, Chandra D, Liang H, Gunther L, Clendaniel A, Harper S, Friedman JM, Nosanchuk JD, Friedman AJ
JournalNanomedicine
Volume11
Issue1
Pagination195-206
Date Published2015 Jan
ISSN1549-9642
Abstract

UNLABELLED: Burn wounds are often complicated by bacterial infection, contributing to morbidity and mortality. Agents commonly used to treat burn wound infection are limited by toxicity, incomplete microbial coverage, inadequate penetration, and rising resistance. Curcumin is a naturally derived substance with innate antimicrobial and wound healing properties. Acting by multiple mechanisms, curcumin is less likely than current antibiotics to select for resistant bacteria. Curcumin's poor aqueous solubility and rapid degradation profile hinder usage; nanoparticle encapsulation overcomes this pitfall and enables extended topical delivery of curcumin. In this study, we synthesized and characterized curcumin nanoparticles (curc-np), which inhibited in vitro growth of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in dose-dependent fashion, and inhibited MRSA growth and enhanced wound healing in an in vivo murine wound model. Curc-np may represent a novel topical antimicrobial and wound healing adjuvant for infected burn wounds and other cutaneous injuries.
FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR: This team of authors created curcumin nanoparticles in an effort to overcome curcumin's endogenously poor aqueous solubility and demonstrated in a murine model its antimicrobial and wound healing properties that also resulted in growth inhibition of MRSA and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

DOI10.1016/j.nano.2014.09.004
Alternate JournalNanomedicine
PubMed ID25240595

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