Candida and dermatophyte infections are difficult to treat due to increasing antifungal drugs resistance such as fluconazole, as well as the emergence of multi-resistance in clinical bacteria. Here, we first synthesized silver nanoparticles using aqueous fruit extracts from Scabiosa atropurpurea subsp. maritima (L.). The characterization of the AgNPs by means of UV, XRD, FTIR, and TEM showed that the AgNPs had a uniform spherical shape with average sizes of 40–50 nm. The biosynthesized AgNPs showed high antioxidant activity when investigated using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assays. The AgNPs displayed strong antibacterial potential expressed by the maximum zone inhibition and the lowest MIC and MBC values. The AgNPs revealed a significant antifungal effect against the growth and biofilm of Candida species. In fact, the AgNPs were efficient against Trichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton interdigitale, and Microsporum canis. The antifungal mechanisms of action of the AgNPs seem to be due to the disruption of membrane integrity and a reduction in virulence factors (biofilm and hyphae formation and a reduction in germination). Finally, the silver nanoparticles also showed important cytotoxic activity against the human multiple myeloma U266 cell line and the human breast cancer cell line MDA-MB-231. Therefore, we describe new silver nanoparticles with promising biomedical application in the development of novel antimicrobial and anticancer agents.

A new triple molybdate K_0.13Na_3.87MgMo₃O₁₂ was synthesized by solid state reaction.

The present paper described the first green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from the extremophile plant Aeonium haworthii. The characterization of the biosynthesized silver nanoparticles was carried out by using UV-Vis, FTIR and STM analysis. The antioxidant, antidiabetic and antimicrobial properties were also reported. The newly described AgNPs were spherical in shape and had a size of 35–55 nm. The lowest IC50 values measured by the DPPH assay indicate the superior antioxidant behavior of our AgNPs as opposed to ascorbic acid. The silver nanoparticles show high antidiabetic activity determined by the inhibitory effect of α amylase as compared to the standard Acarbose. Moreover, the AgNPs inhibit bacterial growth owing to a bactericidal effect with the MIC values varying from 0.017 to 1.7 µg/mL. The antifungal action was evaluated against Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata, Candida sake and non-dermatophytic onychomycosis fungi. A strong inhibitory effect on Candida factors’ virulence was observed as proteinase and phospholipase limitations. In addition, the microscopic observations show that the silver nanoparticles cause the eradication of blastospores and block filamentous morphogenesis. The combination of the antioxidant, antimicrobial and antidiabetic behaviors of the new biosynthesized silver nanoparticles highlights their promising use as natural phytomedicine agents.

In the title molecular salt, (C₅H₈N₃)₂[CoCl₄], the cations are protonated at their pyridine N atoms and the anion is an almost regular tetrahedron. The crystal structure consists of alternating inorganic layers, built from tetrachloridocobaltate anions, and organic layers formed by protonated cations of 2,6-diaminopyridinium. The crystal packing is governed by C/N—H...Cl hydrogen-bonding interactions between the organic and the inorganic ions and Cl...Cl interactions. Moreover, the cations show a π–π stacking interaction [intercentroid distance = 3.763 (2) Å]. The prevalence of these interactions is illustrated by an analysis of the three-dimensional Hirshfeld surface and by two-dimensional fingerprint plots.

The title salt, C₈H₂₀N₂ ²⁺·2NO₃ ⁻, was obtained by a reaction between 1,3-cyclohexanebis(methylamine) and nitric acid. The cyclohexane ring of the organic cation is in a chair conformation with the methylammonium substituents in the equatorial positions and the two terminal ammonium groups in a trans conformation. In the crystal, mixed cation–anion layers lying parallel to the (010) plane are formed through N—H...O hydrogen-bonding interactions; these layers are formed by infinite undulating chains running parallel to the [001] direction. The overall intermolecular interactions involved in the structure were quantified and fully described by Hirshfeld surface analysis. In addition, energy-framework calculations were used to analyse and visualize the three-dimensional topology of the crystal packing. The electrostatic energy framework is dominant over the dispersion energy framework.