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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 137, Issue -, Pages 52-65Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.05.012
Keywords
Ellagic acid; Metallic nanoparticles; Terminalia sp.; Antioxidant; Antimicrobial; Fonsecaea pedrosoi
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- Obel Family foundation
- SparNord foundation
- Carlsberg foundation
- FCT from project COMPETE [UID/QUI/50006/2013 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007265, NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000011]
- EU from project COMPETE [UID/QUI/50006/2013 POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007265, NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000011]
- Histology and Comparative Pathology Laboratory of the IMM
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A green synthetic route was developed to prepare silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in aqueous solution for biological applications. Eschweilenol C, a compound derivative ellagic acid was identified as the main constituent of the aqueous fraction of the ethanolic extract of Terminalia fagifolia Mart. by NMR analysis. In the green synthesis, the ethanolic extract of T. fagifolia and its aqueous fraction were used to promote silver reduction and nanoparticle stabilization. The synthesized AgNPs presented a spherical or polygonal morphology shape by TEM analysis and AgNPs showed high levels of antioxidant and considerable antibacterial and antifungal activities. Synthesized nanoparticles presented significant antioxidant activity by sequestration of DPPH and ABTS radicals, in addition to iron reduction (FRAP assay) and measurement of antioxidant capacity in ORAC units, in addition, AgNP synthesized with the aqueous fraction also demonstrated antioxidant potential in microglial cells. Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria were susceptible to growth inhibition by the nanoparticles, among which the AgNPs formed by the ethanolic extract was the most effective. The data obtained by AFM images suggested that AgNPs could lead to the lysis of bacteria and subsequent death. The antifungal assays showed high efficiency against yeasts and dermatophytes. This work represents the first description of antifungal activity by AgNPs against Fonsecaea pedrosoi, the etiologic agent of chromoblastomycosis. In relation to biocompatibility, the AgNPs induced lower haemolysis than AgNO3.
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