Phytosynthesis of Biological Active Silver Nanoparticles Using L. Extracts

Overview

Journal Materials (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Date 2022 Oct 27

PMID 36295404

Authors

Ioana Catalina Fierascu

Irina Fierascu

Anda Maria Baroi

Camelia Ungureanu

Alina Ortan

Sorin Marius Avramescu

Raluca Somoghi

Radu Claudiu Fierascu

Cristina Elena Dinu-Parvu

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Abstract

With their phytoconstituents acting as reducing and capping agents, natural extracts can be considered a viable alternative for the obtaining of metallic nanoparticles. The properties of phytosynthesized nanoparticles are dependent upon size and morphology, which, in turn, can be tailored by adjusting different parameters of the phytosynthesis process (such as the extracts' composition). In the present study, we aimed to evaluate, for the first time in the literature, the influence of the extraction method and extract concentration on the morphological and biological properties (antioxidant and antibacterial activity) of silver nanoparticles phytosynthesized using L. extracts. The obtained results revealed that the use of the low-concentration hydro-alcoholic extract obtained via classical temperature extraction led to the development of nanoparticles with the smallest dimensions (less than 10 nm), compared with the use of extracts obtained with higher concentrations and the extract obtained via the microwave method. The developed nanomaterials exhibited enhanced antioxidant effects (determined via the DPPH assay) and antimicrobial properties (against and ), compared with the parent extracts.

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