Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using lemon leaves extract and its application for antimicrobial finish on fabric
By P. S. Vankar, D. Shukla. Applied Nanoscience, 2012
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Preparation of silver nanoparticles have been carried out using aqueous extract of lemon leaves (Citrus limon) which acts as reducing agent and encapsulating cage for the silver nanoparticles. These silver nanoparticles have been used for durable textile finish on cotton and silk fabrics. Remarkable antifungal activity has been observed in the treated fabrics. The antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles derived from lemon leaves showed enhancement in activity due to synergistic effect of silver and essential oil components of lemon leaves. The present investigation shows the extracellular synthesis of highly stable silver nanoparticles by biotransformation using the extract of lemon leaves by controlled reduction of the Ag+ ion to Ag0. Further the silver nanoparticles were used for antifungal treatment of fabrics which was tested by antifungal activity assessment of textile material by Agar diffusion method against Fusarium oxysporum and Alternaria brassicicola. Formation of the metallic nanoparticles was established by FT–IR, UV–Visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy.
Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry
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- Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles from Cavendish banana peel extract and its antibacterial and free radical scavenging assay: a novel biological approach (2015, background): “2011), lemon leaves (Padma and Shukla 2012), Myrica esculenta leaf (Phanjom et al.”
- Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using fresh water green alga Pithophora oedogonia (Mont.) Wittrock and evaluation of their antibacterial activity (2015, background): “silver (Vankar and Shukla 2012), gold (Dash et al.”
- Electrochemical synthesis, characterisation and phytogenic properties of silver nanoparticles (2015, methodology): “There have already been developed several applications such as water filtering, food packing, silver nanoparticle-based antiseptics and anti-stain clothes (Vankar and Shukla 2012), which use the bactericidal effect of silver nanoparticles.”