1. Assessing the antioxidant, cytotoxic, apoptotic and wound healing properties of silver nanoparticles green-synthesized by plant extracts.
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Ahn, Eun-Young, Jin, Hang, and Park, Youmie
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SILVER nanoparticles , *PLANT extracts , *COLLOIDAL stability , *CELL death , *STABILIZING agents , *WOUND healing - Abstract
We synthesized silver nanoparticles using thirty Chinese plant extracts via a green synthetic strategy. UV–visible spectra showed that the silver nanoparticles have an absorbance at 450 nm. Among the thirty extracts, seven extracts (Cratoxylum formosum , Phoebe lanceolata , Scurrula parasitica , Ceratostigma minus , Mucuna birdwoodiana , Myrsine africana and Lindera strychnifolia) exhibited the successful synthesis of silver nanoparticles. These seven extracts showed higher 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and reducing power than the other extracts. The silver nanoparticles synthesized using these seven extracts were mostly spherical with high colloidal stability. The cytotoxicity of these seven silver nanoparticle samples on human lung cancer cells (A549) was clearly higher than that of the extracts alone. Furthermore, the cytotoxicity was affected by the presence or absence of fetal bovine serum. Moreover, the cytotoxicity of the silver nanoparticles synthesized with Cratoxylum formosum and Mucuna birdwoodiana extracts resulted in apoptotic cell death in A549 cells. The wound healing activity observed by the cell scratch method on mouse fibroblast cells (NIH3T3) suggested that the Lindera strychnifolia extract produced silver nanoparticles with decent activity. These results provide ample and systematic information for researchers on the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant extracts. Unlabelled Image • Thirty plant extracts are used for green synthesis of silver nanoparticles. • Synthetic process is totally green and eco-friendly. • Plant extracts play a role as a reducing and a stabilizing agent. • Silver nanoparticles exert biological activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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