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SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 2836-2855Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.01.001
Keywords
Green synthesis; Medicinal plant; Antidiabetic Anti-inflammatory; Anti-Alzheimer; Anti-cancer
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This study synthesized gold nanoparticles with a size of 25.31 nm using Hylocereus polyrhizus (Red Pitaya) extract as a reducing and stabilizing agent. The nanoparticles showed biocompatibility and physiological stability, and exhibited therapeutic effects in various biological assays. In addition, the nanoparticles demonstrated dose-dependent cytotoxic activity against HCT-116, HepG2, and MCF-7 cell lines.
Gold nanoparticles with tiny sizes and biostability are particularly essential and are employed in a variety of biomedical applications. Using a reducing agent and a stabilising agent to make gold nanoparticles has been reported in a number of studies. Gold nanoparticles with a particle size of 25.31 nm were synthesized in this study utilising Hylocereus polyrhizus (Red Pitaya) extract, which functions as a reducing and stabilising agent. The extract of Red Pitaya is said to be a powerful antioxidant and anti-cancer agent. Because of its substantial blood biocompatibility and physiological stability, green production of gold nanoparticles with H. polyrhizus fruit extract is an alternative to chemical synthesis and useful for biological and medical applications. The formation and size distribution of gold nanoparticles were confirmed by HPLC, UV-Vis spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Zeta potential, Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The well-analysed NPs were used in various biological assays, including anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-Alzheimer, and antioxidant (DPPH), and cytotoxic investigations. The NPs also showed a dose-dependent cytotoxic activity against HCT-116, HepG2 and MCF-7 cell lines, with IC50 of 100 mg/mL for HCT-116 cells, 155 mg/mL for HepG2, and for MCF-7 cells the value was 165 mg/mL respectively. Finally, the outstanding biocompatibility of Au-NPs has led to the conclusion that they are a promising choice for various biological applications. (c) 2022 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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