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Chapter II Materials and Methods
Chapter II – Materials and Methods 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Materials Human fibroblasts cells (Normal Human Dermal Fibroblasts adult, criopreserved cells) were purchased from PromoCell (Spain), bacterial strain Escherichia coli DH5α (ATCC 68233) was purchased from ATCC (United States). Fetal bovine serum (FBS) was purchased from Biochrom AG (Berlin, Germany). 3-(4,5- dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium reagent (MTS) and electron coupling reagent phenazine methosulfate (PMS) were purchased from Promega. Amphotericin B, ascorbic acid (C 6 H 8 O 6 ), Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium-F12 (DMEM), ethanol (EtOH), high molecular weight chitosan, L-glutamine, LuriaBertani (LB) Broth, penicillin G, phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), rezazurin sodium salt, sodium borohydride (NaBH 4 ), sodium citrate (Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 ), and trypsin were purchased from Sigma. Dextran sulfate 500,000 was purchased from Amresco. AgNO 3 was purchased from Panreac (Spain). LB agar was purchased from Pronadise. 2.2. Methods 2.2.1. Preparation of silver nanoparticles The AgNPs were produced based on the method previously developed by Mafune and collaborators (Mafune et al. 2000). Briefly, the procedure consists on the rapid injection of 0.5 ml of NaBH 4 (10 mM) into an aqueous solution, with continuous stirring, containing 0.5 ml of AgNO 3 (0.1 M, 0.01 M, and 0.001 M) and 20 ml of Na 3 C 6 H 5 O 7 (0.001 M). The resultant solution was stirred for 1 h and aged for 2 h. Moreover, the NaBH 4 solution was replaced by C 6 H 8 O 6 (10 mM) and this component was added to a 0.01 M AgNO 3 solution. The resulting nanoparticles were washed three times with distilled water and centrifuged at 75000 g, during 30 min. Subsequently, a dried powder of particles was obtained by freeze-drying the particles overnight. 2.2.2. Preparation of the Chitosan/Dextran nanoparticles Chitosan/dextran nanoparticles were prepared by the ionotropic gelation of chitosan and dextran as described before by Chen and colleagues (Chen et al. 2007). A 0.1 % (m/v) chitosan solution was prepared by dissolving chitosan in aqueous acetic acid 0.2 % (v/v) and the pH was adjusted to 3.5. A 0.1 % (m/v) dextran solution was prepared by dissolving the dextran in water. 21
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