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Antibacterial Activity of Green Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Using Ginger Root Extract Publisher Pubmed



Yadi M1 ; Azizi M2 ; Dianatmoghadam H3 ; Akbarzadeh A1 ; Abyadeh M4 ; Milani M1
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  1. 1. Department of Medical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Infectious Diseases Research Center, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran

Source: Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering Published:2022


Abstract

Recent studies demonstrated that the speed of synthesis, biocompatibility, and antimicrobial activity of gold (Au) and silver (Ag) metals is enhanced when biosynthesized in nano-sized particles. In the present study, Au- and Ag-based nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized via a biological process using aqueous Ginger root extract and characterized by various spectroscopic methods. The NPs have hexagonal and spherical shapes. The average particle size for Au and Ag NPs was 20 and 15 nm, respectively. The dynamic light scattering (DLS) technique has shown that the zeta potential values of synthesized NPs were 4.8 and − 7.11 mv, respectively. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis of Ginger root extract revealed 25 compounds. The synthesized NPs showed significant activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia (E). coli in vitro, with IC50 and IC90 values for Au and Ag NPs, respectively, noted to be 7.5 and 7.3 µg/ml and 15 and 15.2 µg/ml for both bacterial strains. The protein leakage level was tremendous and morphological changes occurred in bacteria treated with biosynthesized NPs. These results suggest that the biosynthesized metallic NPs have the suitable potential for application as antibacterial agents with enhanced activities. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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