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: Received: 11 January 2024 / Approved: 12 January 2024 / Online: 12 January 2024 (04:08:02 CET)
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Panio, A.; Ionescu, A.C.; La Ferla, B.; Zoia, L.; Savadori, P.; Tartaglia, G.M.; Brambilla, E. Cellulose Nanocrystals Show Anti-adherent and Anti-biofilm Properties Against Oral Microorganisms. Preprints2024, 2024010974. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0974.v1
Panio, A.; Ionescu, A.C.; La Ferla, B.; Zoia, L.; Savadori, P.; Tartaglia, G.M.; Brambilla, E. Cellulose Nanocrystals Show Anti-adherent and Anti-biofilm Properties Against Oral Microorganisms. Preprints 2024, 2024010974. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0974.v1
Panio, A.; Ionescu, A.C.; La Ferla, B.; Zoia, L.; Savadori, P.; Tartaglia, G.M.; Brambilla, E. Cellulose Nanocrystals Show Anti-adherent and Anti-biofilm Properties Against Oral Microorganisms. Preprints2024, 2024010974. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0974.v1
APA Style
Panio, A., Ionescu, A.C., La Ferla, B., Zoia, L., Savadori, P., Tartaglia, G.M., & Brambilla, E. (2024). Cellulose Nanocrystals Show Anti-adherent and Anti-biofilm Properties Against Oral Microorganisms. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0974.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Panio, A., Gianluca M. Tartaglia and Eugenio Brambilla. 2024 "Cellulose Nanocrystals Show Anti-adherent and Anti-biofilm Properties Against Oral Microorganisms" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0974.v1
Abstract
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are cellulose-derived nanomaterials that can be easily obtained, e.g., from vegetable wastes produced by circular economies. They show promising antimicrobial activity and the absence of side effects and toxicity. This study investigated the ability of CNCs to reduce microbial adherence and biofilm formation using in vitro microbiological models reproducing the oral environment. Microbial adherence by microbial strains of oral interest, Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans was evaluated on the surfaces of salivary pellicle-coated enamel disks in the presence of different aqueous solutions of CNCs. The antibiofilm activity of the same CNC solutions was tested against S. mutans and an oral microcosm model based on mixed plaque inoculum using a continuous-flow bioreactor. Results showed an excellent anti-adherent activity of the CNCs against the tested strains from the lowest concentration tested (0.032 wt.%). Such activity was significantly higher against S. mutans than C. albicans, suggesting a selective anti-adherent activity against pathogenic strains. At the same time, there was a minimal albeit significant antibiofilm activity (at least 0.5 and 4 wt.% CNC solution for S. mutans and oral microcosm, respectively). This makes CNCs particularly interesting as anticaries agents, encouraging their use in the oral field.
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dentistry and Oral Surgery
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