Biofabrication of Silver Nanoparticles Using Pergularia tomentosa Extract and Evaluation of Their Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Cytotoxic Properties
Munirah F Aldayel, Stefania Lamponi, Magdalena Mititelu, Bogdan Manolescu, Eliza Oprea · 2024
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Aldayel and co-authors make silver nanoparticles with a plant extract and test their powers in a 2024 study. Silver particles at the nanoscale can kill bacteria and fight cell damage, and making them with plants is cleaner and cheaper than chemical routes. The extract here comes from the leaves of Pergularia tomentosa, a desert plant, and it both builds the particles and coats them.
The team tuned the recipe, varying the silver salt strength, the mix ratio, the acidity, and the waiting time to find the best conditions. They then measured how well the particles kill bacteria, how strongly they block oxygen-driven damage, and how toxic they are to cells. Such green-made particles are candidates for wound care and other medical uses, if the cell safety holds.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Munirah F Aldayel, Stefania Lamponi, Magdalena Mititelu, Bogdan Manolescu, Eliza Oprea |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |