Green Synthesis of Cadmium Oxide Nanoparticles with Various Plant Extracts and their Use as an Anticancer Agent

Abstract

The co-precipitation method was used to produce cadmium oxide nanoparticles (CdO NPs) with different plant extracts such as Tinospora Cardifolia (stems), Rhododendron arboretum (flower), Pichrorhiza Kurroa (roots), Nardostachys jatamansi (roots), Acorus Calamus (roots), Corylus Jacquemontii (seeds), and Emblica Officinalis (fruit). To extract organic matter from the as-prepared sample, it was calcined at a temperature ranging from 500-600⁰ C. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used to investigate the structure and morphology of the calcined oxide nanoparticles. The CdO NPs were well amorphous particle form and had an average particle size of 20-55 nm. The cytotoxicity of the Pichrorhiza Kurroa shows strong antiproliferative activity against rat skeletal myoblast cell lines (L-6).