Goyal S, Gupta N, Kumar A, Chatterjee S, Nimesh S. Antibacterial, anticancer and antioxidant potential of silver nanoparticles engineered using
Trigonella foenum-graecum seed extract.
IET Nanobiotechnol 2018;
12:526-533. [PMID:
29768242 PMCID:
PMC8676058 DOI:
10.1049/iet-nbt.2017.0089]
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Abstract
In this study, the authors report a simple and eco-friendly method for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Trigonella foenum-graecum (TFG) seed extract. They explored several parameters dictating the biosynthesis of TFG-AgNPs such as reaction time, temperature, concentration of AgNO3, and TFG extract amount. Physicochemical characterisation of TFG-AgNPs was done on dynamic light scattering (DLS), field emission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The size determination studies using DLS revealed of TFG-AgNPs size between 95 and 110 nm. The antibacterial activity was studied against Escherichia coli, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The biosynthesised TFG-AgNPs showed remarkable anticancer efficacy against skin cancer cell line, A431 and also exhibited significant antioxidant efficacy.
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