Author/Authors :
Mollazadeh-Moghaddam، Kamyar نويسنده Students’ Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.National Drug and Poison Information Center, Deputy of Food , , Varasteh Moradi، Bardia نويسنده Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , , Dolatabadi-Bazaz، Reza نويسنده Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , , Shakibae، Mojtaba نويسنده Department of Pharmacognosy and Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences , , SHAHVERDI، AHMAD-REZA نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Today, there is an increasing interest in the use of metal nanoparticles in health sciences. Amongst all nanoparticles, the gold nanoparticles have been known to kill the cancer cells under hyperthermic condition by near-infrared frequency electromagnetic waves. On the other hand, although there are different physiochemical methods for disinfection of microbial pollution, however applications of irradiated gold nanoparticles against microorganisms have not yet been investigated. In this study, gold nanoparticles were prepared using D-glucose and characterized (particle size <26 nm). In the next step, the enhancing effect of the non toxic level of gold nanoparticles (50 µg/mL) on the antimicrobial activity of 2450 MHz electromagnetic radiation generated at a microwave oven operated at low power (100 W), was investigated by time-kill course assay against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ATCC 29737. The results showed that application of gold nanoparticles can enhance the lethal effect of low power microwave in a very short exposure time (5 s).
