Toxicity and virucidal activity of a neon-driven micro plasma jet on eukaryotic cells and a coronavirus.

ABSTRACT: Plasma medicine is a developing field that utilizes the effects of cold physical plasma on biological substrates for therapeutic purposes. Approved plasma technology is frequently used in clinics to treat chronic wounds and skin infections. One mode of action responsible for beneficial effects in patients is the potent antimicrobial activity of cold plasma systems, which is linked to their unique generation of a plethora of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS). During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, it became increasingly clear that societies need novel ways of passive and active protection from viral airway infections. Plasma technology may be suitable for superficial virus inactivation. Employing an optimized neon-driven micro plasma jet, treatment time-dependent ROS production and cytoto

SUBMITTER: Mrochen DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420207 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature