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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 157-163Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.jes.2016.04.027
Keywords
Root extract; Silver nanoparticles; Antimicrobial properties
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- BK 21 PLUS programme
- DST-PURSE Programme [SR/S9/2-23-2015]
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The current research study focuses to formulate the biosynthesized silver nanoparticles for the first time from silver acetate using methanolic root extracts of Diospyros sylvatica, a member of family Ebenaceae. TEM analysis revealed the average diameter of Ag NPs around 8 nm which is in good agreement with the average crystallite size (10 nm) calculated from X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis. Further the study has been extended to the antimicrobial activity against test pathogenic Gram (+) ye, Gram (-) ve bacterial and fungal strains. The bioinspired Ag-NP showed promising activity against all the tested bacterial strains and the activity was enhanced with increased dosage levels. (C) 2016 The Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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