Photo-induced rapid biosynthesis of silver nanoparticle using aqueous extract of Xanthium strumarium and its antibacterial and antileishmanial activity
by Kumar, V.; Gundampati, R. K.; Singh, D. K.; Jagannadham, M. V.; Sundar, S.; Hasan, S. H.
The current work describes the biosynthesis of stable AgNPs using aqueous extract of Xanthium strumarium (AEX) which act as both reducing as well as a stabilizing agent. The biosynthesis was confirmed by UV-visible spectroscopy where the presence of SPR band lambda(max) 436 nm corresponded to the existence of AgNPs in reaction mixture. The optimum conditions for biosynthesis of AgNPs were 30 min of sunlight exposure time, 3.0% (v/v) of AEX inoculum dose and 3.5 mM AgNO3 concentration. The synthesized AgNPs was characterized by HRTEM, SAED, FESEM, EDX, XRD, AFM, and FTIR which showed potent antibacterial and antileishmanial activity.
- Journal
- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
- Volume
- 37
- Year
- 2016
- Start Page
- 224-236
- URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2016.03.032
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1876-794X; 1226-086X
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jiec.2016.03.032