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From: Enhanced wound healing properties of guar gum/curcumin-stabilized silver nanoparticle hydrogels
Overview of the study of enhanced wound healing using curcumin-silver nanoparticles (in vitro) and their hydrogel composites (in vivo). Curcumin is used as a surface-binding agent to stabilize silver nanoparticles (Cur-AgNPs) which are then composited into guar gum hydrogels (GG/Cur-AgNPs). (a) Cur-AgNPs were investigated for cell cytotoxicity, cell proliferation, collagen production, and wound healing in in vitro studies. (b) GG/Cur-AgNPs were studied for wound healing, histopathology, bacterial contamination, and gene expression in vivo on rats.
