Journal
ARTIFICIAL CELLS NANOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 1529-1536Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/21691401.2015.1058811
Keywords
antimicrobial activity; characterization; nanoparticles; phytofabrication; pinus densiflora; zinc oxide
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - government (MEST) [2011-0020202]
- Korean National Research Foundation (Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Award) [NRF-2011-35B-D00020]
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In the present study, we investigated a novel green route for synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) using the extract of young cones of Pinus densiflora as a reducing agent. Standard characterization studies were carried out to confirm the obtained product using UV-Vis spectra, SEM-EDS, FTIR, and XRD. TEM images showed that various shapes of ZnO NPs were synthesized, including hexagonal (wurtzite), triangular, spherical, and oval-shaped particles, with average sizes between 10 and 100 nm. The synthesized ZnO NPs blended with the young pine cone extract have very good activity against bacterial and fungal pathogens, similar to that of commercial ZnO NPs.
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