Potential biological application of silver nanoparticles synthesized from Citrus paradisi leaves
Naseem Akhter, Musarat Batool, Asma Yaqoob, Muhammad Shahid, Faqeer Muhammad, Jallat Khan, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Majeeda Rasheed, Sana Javed, Dunia A Al Farraj, Inshad Alzaidi, Rashid Iqbal, Urszula Malaga-Toboła, Marek Gancarz · 2024
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Description
Making silver nanoparticles usually takes harsh chemistry, but grapefruit leaves can do the job instead. Naseem Akhter and thirteen co-authors synthesized the particles in 2024 with an extract of Citrus paradisi leaves, then tested what the green-made particles can do.
A citrus compound, naringin, formed and stabilized particles averaging about eight nanometers, confirmed by a suite of imaging and diffraction tools. In a dye test the particles broke down about eighty-five percent of methyl orange, a common pollutant, pointing at wastewater uses. They also showed strong anti-biofilm action in the reported assays. The authors present the method as an eco-friendly route to particles with both environmental and medical promise.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Naseem Akhter, Musarat Batool, Asma Yaqoob, Muhammad Shahid, Faqeer Muhammad, Jallat Khan, Muhammad Ahmad Mudassir, Majeeda Rasheed, Sana Javed, Dunia A Al Farraj, Inshad Alzaidi, Rashid Iqbal, Urszula Malaga-Toboła, Marek Gancarz |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |