Comprehensive biomedical applications of low temperature plasmas

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The main component of plasma medicine is the use of low-temperature plasma (LTP) as a powerful tool for biomedical applications. LTP generates high reactivity at low temperatures and can be activated with noble gases with molecular mixtures or compressed air. LTP reactive species are quickly produced, and are a remarkably good source of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species including singlet oxygen (O2), ozone (O3), hydroxyl radicals (OH), nitrous oxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). Its low gas temperature and highly reactive non-equilibrium chemistry make it appropriate for the alteration of inorganic surfaces and delicate biological systems. Treatment of oral biofilm-related infections, treatment of wounds and skin diseases, assistance in cancer treatment, treatment of viruses' infections (e.g. herpes simplex), and optimization of implants surfaces are included among the extensive plasma medicine applications. Each of these applications will be discussed in this review article.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:693

Enthalten in:

Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 693(2020) vom: 30. Okt., Seite 108560

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Duarte, Simone [VerfasserIn]
Panariello, Beatriz H D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Infective Agents
Antineoplastic Agents
Biofilm
Cancer
Dental Implants
Journal Article
Low temperature plasma
Plasma Gases
Reactive species
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review
Therapeutics
Viruses
Wounds

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Date Completed 21.12.2020

Date Revised 02.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.abb.2020.108560

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314311971