Experimental investigation on synthesis, characterization and antibacterial properties of silver nanoparticles from Cinnamon zeylanicum extract

Abstract

The nanoparticles can be synthesized by biological, physical and chemical routes, among these three routes the biological synthesis is more effective, convenient, cost effective, eco-friendly and result uniform size nanoparticles though many researches have been conducted on this area there is very less work reported on silver nanoparticles synthesis from Cinnamon zeylanicum as a green approach. In this research work experimental investigation is done on synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from Cinnamon zeylanicum plant extract as a green approach, followed by characterization was done by UV-Spectrophotometer, XRD, FTIR, AFM and SEM analysis. The silver nanoparticles synthesis was monitored with double beam UV spectrophotometer with the scan range 200 – 800 nm, the highest absorbance at 460 nm indicated the presence of AgNPs. Further synthesized silver nanoparticles were found to be of size 20-40 nm by SEM and AFM analysis. The silver nanoparticles were later treated with 4 different antibiotics wherein Penicillin showed three-fold increments in its efficiency.