Effects of Bimetallic Nanoparticles on Seed Germination Frequency and Biochemical Characterisation of

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Journal IET Nanobiotechnol

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2017 May 7

PMID 28476982

Citations 5

Authors

Mehreen Zaka

Bilal Haider Abbasi

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Abstract

In the modern era of science and technology, nanotechnology is becoming popular science field because materials at nanoscale contain improved physical, chemical and biological properties. This study aimed to explore the capacity of bimetallic nanoparticle alloys of silver (Ag), copper (Cu), gold (Au) in different ratios to evaluate the effects on medicinally important plant . Biochemical parameters of were studied by applying bimetallic alloy nanoparticles. Seeds of were germinated on Murashige and Skoog medium with various combinations of nanoparticles suspension employed in concentration of (30 µg/ml). Bimetallic alloys were considered as a stress inducing factor in plants while studying the phytotoxicity. Many secondary metabolites were released because defensive mechanism of plants was active in response to stress. Such secondary metabolites produced in medicinal plants have a great capability in treating the human diseases. In the authors' study, nanoparticles of small size and of high toxicity effect produced more secondary metabolites like total protein content, total flavonoids and total phenolic content.

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