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Antifungal properties of lecithin- and terbinafine-loaded electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) nanofibres

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: We investigated the effect of terbinafine- and egg lecithin-loaded PCL mats on mechanical properties, swellability, biocompatibility and in vitro and ex vivo antifungal efficacy against pathogenic moulds and dermatophytes.

Source: RSC Advances

DOI: 10.1039/c6ra04755f

Authors: Sriram Harini, Mayandi Venkatesh, Sridhar Radhakrishnan, Mobashar Hussain Urf Turabe Fazil, Eunice Tze Leng Goh, Sun Rui, Chetna Dhand, Seow Theng Ong, Veluchamy Amutha Barathi, Roger W. Beuerman, Seeram Ramakrishna, Navin Kumar Verma, Rajamani Lakshminarayanan

Institutions: Singapore Eye Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Jinan University

Language: English

Topic: Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications

Subfield: Biomaterials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Research Foundation, National Research Foundation Singapore, Medical Research Council, National Medical Research Council, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University

Awards: G2817288703, G3110374758, G5047153017, G5402150547, G5426949334

OpenAlex ID: W2340941381

FWCI: 1.364

Cites: 38

Cited by: 15

Related to: 10