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N-acetylcysteine-functionalized coating avoids bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation
N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) is an FDA-approved drug clinically applied on a broad range of pathologies. Further research has been conducted with this drug to benefit from its antimicrobial activity potential. However, NAC has a very short half-life and therefore strategies that accomplish high local con...
Autores principales: | Costa, Fabíola, Sousa, Daniela M., Parreira, Paula, Lamghari, Meriem, Gomes, Paula, Martins, M. Cristina L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727138/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234086 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17310-4 |
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