| Title |
Phytofabrication of bioinduced silver nanoparticles for biomedical applications
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Nanomedicine, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.2147/ijn.s94479 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Nabeel Ahmad, Sharad Bhatnagar, Syed Salman Ali, Rajiv Dutta |
| Abstract |
Synthesis of nanomaterials holds infinite possibilities as nanotechnology is revolutionizing the field of medicine by its myriad applications. Green synthesis of nanoparticles has become the need of the hour because of its eco-friendly, nontoxic, and economic nature. In this study, leaf extract of Rosa damascena was used as a bioreductant to reduce silver nitrate, leading to synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in a single step, without the use of any additional reducing or capping agents. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by the use of UV-visible spectroscopy, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, and field emission scanning electron microscopy. Time-dependent synthesis of AgNPs was studied spectrophotometrically. Synthesized AgNPs were found to possess flower-like spherical structure where individual nanoparticles were of 16 nm in diameter, whereas the agglomerated AgNPs were in the range of 60-80 nm. These biologically synthesized AgNPs exhibited significant antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacterial species but not against Gram-positive ones (Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus). Anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities were studied on a Wistar rat model to gauge the impact of AgNPs for a probable role in these applications. AgNPs tested positive for both these activities, although the potency was less as compared to the standard drugs. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 70 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
| Researcher | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 20 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 10% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 7% |
| Materials Science | 5 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 21% |
| Unknown | 29 | 41% |
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