International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences
Volume (3) - Issue (2), 2018 pp 145-150
Title
Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using Mukia scabrella and its antimicrobial applications
Author
Samyvel Periyasamy and Kandasamy Prabakar
Abstract
The present study was performed for the one pot green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) at room-temperature using the leaf extract Mukia scabrella. AuNPs were characterized with different spectroscopy techniques such as UV-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), Fourier Transform Infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR), and Energy dispersive X-ray (EDAX) spectroscopy SEM analysis presented that synthesized particles were predominantly round in shape with a size range of 30- 50 nm. Zeta potential analysis showed - 32.2 mV characteristic for stable AuNPs. Antimicrobial activity results presented that synthesized AuNPs have potent antimicrobial activity against gram negative bacteria. The results suggested that M.scabrella could be used for the synthesis of gold based nano drug against bacterial pathogens.
Keywords
M. scabrella, Biosynthesis, AuNPs, Antibacterial activity.
Article History
Received on 04/03/2018, Accepted on 23/03/2018, Published on 24/03/2018