Nano-Chitosan/ Oil/Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers: Manufacturing, Antibacterial and Wound Healing Activities.

Accelerated wound healing in infected skin is still one of the areas where current therapeutic tactics fall short, which highlights the critical necessity for the exploration of new therapeutic approaches. The present study aimed to encapsulate oil in a nano-drug carrier to enhance its antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, in vitro, and in vivo wound healing studies of the novel nano-chitosan/ oil/cellulose acetate electrospun nanofibers were investigated. oil showed a potent antimicrobial activity against the tested pathogens and the highest inhibition zone diameter, MIC, and MBC (15.3 mm, 16.0 μg/mL, and 256 μg/mL, respectively) were recorded against . Data indicated a three-fold increase in the antimicrobial activity of oil encapsulated chitosan nanoparticle (43 mm inhibition zone diameter against ). The biosynthesized nanoparticles had a 48.26 nm particle size, 19.0 mV zeta potential, and 0.45 PDI. Electrospinning of nano-chitosan/ oil/cellulose acetate nanofibers was conducted, and the physico-chemical and biological properties revealed that the synthesized nanofibers were homogenous, with a thin diameter (98.0 nm) and a significantly high antimicrobial activity. The in vitro cytotoxic effect in a human normal melanocyte cell line (HFB4) proved an 80% cell viability using 1.5 mg/mL of nano-chitosan/ oil/cellulose acetate nanofibers. In vitro and in vivo wound healing studies revealed that nano-chitosan/ oil/cellulose acetate nanofibers were safe and efficiently enhanced the wound-healing process through enhancing TGF-β, type I and type III collagen production. As a conclusion, the manufactured nano-chitosan/ oil/cellulose acetate nanofiber showed effective potentiality for its use as a wound healing dressing.