Journal
SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 1196-1202Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.087
Keywords
Mn3O4; Nanoparticles; Antimicrobial; Anticancer activity; A549; MCF-7
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- Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University [RG-1441-453]
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The study focuses on the synthesis of Mn3O4 nanoparticles using a precipitation technique with manganese nitrate as the precursor. These nanoparticles displayed antimicrobial properties against various bacterial and fungal strains, as well as significant anti-cancer activity against lung and breast cancer cell lines.
Due to their inexpensive and eco-friendly nature, and existence of manganese in various oxidation states and their natural abundance have attained significant attention for the formation of Mn3O4 nanoparticles (Mn3O4 NPs). Herein, we report the preparation of Mn3O4 nanoparticles using manganese nitrate as a precursor material by utilization of a precipitation technique. The as-prepared Mn3O4 nanoparticles (Mn3O4 NPs) were characterized by using X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), UV-Visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), High-Resolution Transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The antimicrobial properties of the as-synthesized Mn3O4 nanoparticles were investigated against numerous bacterial and fungal strains including S. aureus, E. coli, B. subtilis, P. aeruginosa, A. flavus and C. albicans. The Mn3O4 NPs inhibited the growth of S. aureus with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 40 mu g/ml and C. albicans with a MIC of 15 mu g/ml. Furthermore, the Mn3O4 NPs anti-cancer activity was examined using MTT essay against A549 lung and MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines. The Mn3O4 NPs revealed significant activity against the examined cancer cell lines A549 and MCF-7. The IC50 values of Mn3O4 NPs with A549 cell line was found at concentration of 98 mu g/mL and MCF-7 cell line was found at concentration of 25 mu g/mL. (c) 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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