Authors: Abdulkareem Melaiye; Wiley J Youngs

Source: Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents, Volume 15, Number 2, 1 February 2005 , pp. 125-130(6)

Publisher: Informa Healthcare

Abstract:

This review summarises patents published from 2001 to 2004 on the microcidal properties of silver-releasing materials for healthcare and medicine. The anti-inflammatory, re-epitheliasation and antihaemorrhagic properties of the silver-releasing materials are also disclosed. A biological evaluation of the anti-viral properties of silver tetra-silver tetra-oxide is discussed, but no biological data have been reported to support the claim that silver (I) has anti--viral prop-erties, as disclosed by most of the patents.

Keywords: antifungal; antiviral; bactericidal; nanocrystalline silver; silver ion

Document Type: Editorial

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1517/13543776.15.2.125

Publication date: 2005-02-01

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