scholarly journals Bioinspired Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Ficus Benghalensis (Indian Banyan) Leaf Extract

Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 893
Author(s):  
Olufunto T. Fanoro ◽  
Sundararajan Parani ◽  
Rodney Maluleke ◽  
Thabang C. Lebepe ◽  
Jose R. Varghese ◽  
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We herein report a facile, green, cost-effective, plant-mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for the first time using Combretum erythrophyllum (CE) plant leaves. The synthesis was conducted at room temperature using CE leaf extract serving as a reducing and capping agent. The as-synthesized AuNPs were found to be crystalline, well dispersed, and spherical in shape with an average diameter of 13.20 nm and an excellent stability of over 60 days. The AuNPs showed broad-spectrum antibacterial activities against both pathogenic Gram-positive (Staphylococcus epidermidis (ATCC14990), Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923), Mycobacterium smegmatis (MC 215)) and Gram-negative bacteria (Proteus mirabilis (ATCC 7002), Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922), Klebsiella pneumoniae (ATCC 13822), Klebsiella oxytoca (ATCC 8724)), with a minimum inhibition concentration of 62.5 µg/mL. In addition, the as-synthesized AuNPs were highly stable with exceptional cell viability towards normal cells (BHK- 21) and cancerous cancer cell lines (cervical and lung cancer).


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 701-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shakina Yesmin Simu ◽  
Sungeun Ahn ◽  
Verónica Castro-Aceituno ◽  
Priyanka Singh ◽  
Ramya Mathiyalagan ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 450-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Bezares ◽  
Yanara Jaña ◽  
Luis Cottet ◽  
Antonio Castillo

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