The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles Size, Produced Using Plant Extract from Arbutus Unedo, on Their Antibacterial Efficacy
| Autor: | Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Nikolaos Gallios, Ioannis Theologidis, Maria Chatzinikolaidou, Nicholas Skandalis, D.N. Tsipas, Nikolaos Michailidis, Anastasia Dimopoulou, Anthie Georgopoulou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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silver nanoparticles
Materials science General Chemical Engineering Metal ions in aqueous solution Nanoparticle Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology Bacillus subtilis Bacterial growth 010402 general chemistry 01 natural sciences Article Silver nanoparticle lcsh:Chemistry Dynamic light scattering Staphylococcus epidermidis Zeta potential General Materials Science green synthesis particle size antibacterial efficacy nanotechnology biology Chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology biology.organism_classification 0104 chemical sciences lcsh:QD1-999 0210 nano-technology Nuclear chemistry |
| Zdroj: | Nanomaterials, Vol 7, Iss 7, p 178 (2017) Nanomaterials Nanomaterials; Volume 7; Issue 7; Pages: 178 |
| DOI: | 10.20944/preprints201705.0131.v1 |
| Popis: | Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been demonstrated to restrain bacterial growth while maintaining the minimal risk in development of bacterial resistance and human cell toxicity that conventional silver compounds exhibit. Several physical and chemical methods have been reported to synthesize AgNPs. However, these methods are expensive and involve heavy chemical reduction agents. An alternative approach to produce AgNPs in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way employs a biological pathway using various plant extracts to reduce metal ions. The size control issue and the stability of nanoparticles remain some of the latest challenges in such methods. In this study, we used two different concentrations of fresh leaf extract of the plant Arbutus Unedo (LEA) as a reducing and stabilizing agent to produce two size variations of AgNPs. UV-Vis spectroscopy, Dynamic Light Scattering, Transmission Electron Microscopy and zeta potential were applied for the characterization of AgNPs. Both AgNP variations were evaluated for their antibacterial efficacy against the gram-negative species Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as well as the gram-positive species Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus epidermidis. Although significant differences have been achieved in the nanoparticles’ size by varying the plant extract concentration during synthesis, the antibacterial effect was almost similar. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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