Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11102666
Keywords
Pd-NPs; antimicrobial; anticancer
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- Qassim University, KSA [10209-cos-2020-1-3-I]
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Palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) synthesized using Saudi propolis exhibit environmental, fast, controlled, and cost-effective characteristics; the average particle size of Pd-NPs ranges from 3.14 to 4.62 nm, at the quantum scale; Saudi propolis-derived Pd-NPs demonstrate enhanced antimicrobial and anticancer activities.
Due to their unique physicochemical characteristics, palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) have shown tremendous promise in biological applications. The biosynthesis of Pd-NPs employing Saudi propolis has been designed to be environmental, fast, controlled, and cost-effective. The formation and stability of biosynthesized Pd-NPs by Saudi propolis extract were proved by ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry (UV-Vis), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Zeta potential analysis. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) findings show that the average particle size of Pd-NPs is between 3.14 and 4.62 nm, which is in quantum scale. The Saudi propolis enhanced the antimicrobial activity against B. subtilis, S. aureus, E. coli, K. pneumoniae, and C. albicans. Pd-NPs show effective anticancer activity against ductal carcinoma (MCF-7) with IC50 of 104.79 mu g/mL.
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