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. 2021 Jun 27;11(7):1687. doi: 10.3390/nano11071687
ADI Acceptance Daily Intake
Ag–pep Silver-Peptide Conjugate
Ag/AgNPs/NPs Silver/Silver Nanoparticles
AgNCs Silver Nanoclusters
AMPs Antimicrobial Peptides
AMR Antimicrobial Resistance
ARBs Antibiotic Resistant Breakers
CA Citric Acid
CAUITI Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection—Relevant Microbes
CCM Curcumin
CD-MOF Cyclodextrin-Based Metal–Organic Framework
CFR Case Fatality Rate
CFs Carboxymethylated Cellulose Fibers
CFU Colony Forming Units
CNFS/CNFs Cellulose Nanofibrils Films
COVID-19 Corona Virus Disease 19
CS Chitosan
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
E330 Citric Acid
EC50 The 50% Effective Concentration
EC90 The 90% Effective Concentration
ECM Extracellular Matrix
ESKAPE Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, And Enterobacter Spp.
EVD Ebola Virus Disease
FDA Food And Drug Administration
FT-IR Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
GA Gallic Acid
Gm− Gram-Negative Bacteria
Gm+ Gram-Positive Bacteria
GRGDS (Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser) Peptide
GSH Glutathione
H1N1 Influenza A Virus
HA Hydroxyapatite
HAIs Hospital Acquired Infections
HDP Host Defense Peptides
HKUST-1 MOF, Hong Kong University of Science And Technology
HSV-2 Herpex Simplex Virus 2
HY Hyaluronic Acid
ICP-AES/ICP-OES Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy/Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry
LbL Layer-by-Layer
MBC Minimum Bactericidal Concentration
MERS-CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection
MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration
MOF Metal-Organic Framework
MRSA Methicillin Resistant Streptococcus Aureus
NAM/NAMs Nanoantimicrobial(s)
PCA Polycaffeic Acid
PEG Polyethylene Glycol
PEI Polyethyleimine
PET Polyethylene Terephtalate
PPA Phenylpropanolamine
PVA Polyvinyl Alcohol
PVP Polyvinylpyrrolidone
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus 2
SDS Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
TE Green Tea Extract
TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy
WHO World Health Organization