Copper nanoparticles stabilized with cashew gum: Antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity against 4T1 mouse mammary tumor cell line

J Biomater Appl. 2019 Aug;34(2):188-197. doi: 10.1177/0885328219845964. Epub 2019 May 1.

¹ 1 Centre for Biodiversity Research and Biotechnology, Biotec, Universidade Federal do Piaui, Parnaíba 64202020, PI, Brazil.
² 2 São Carlos Physical Institute, University of São Paulo, USP, São Carlos 13566590, SP, Brazil.
³ 3 Glial Cell Biology Lab, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto 4200135, Portugal.
⁴ 4 Bioprospectum, Lda, UPTEC, Porto 4200135, Portugal.
⁵ 5 Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biology Science, University of Brasilia, Brasília-DF 70910900, Brazil.
⁶ 6 Medicinal Plants Research Center, NPPM, UFPI, Teresina 64049550, PI, Brazil.
⁷ 7 Departamento de Química en Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid 28240, Spain.
⁸ 8 REQUIMTE/LAQV, Superior Engineering Institute of Porto, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Porto 4200072, Portugal.
⁹ 9 Requimte/LAQV, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, Porto 4169007, Portugal.
¹⁰ 10 Nucleo de Pesquisa em Morfologia e Imunologia Aplicada, NuPMIA, Area Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brasília, UnB, 70910900, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília, Brazil.

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Keywords: Copper nanoparticles; antimicrobial; cancer; cashew gum.

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