Activity Of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles Research Articles

Antimicrobial activities of bio-synthesized silver nanoparticles on strains of clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis

Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) have been known to possess unique antimicrobial properties which help in medicine and water treatment, but their potentials in agriculture have not been fully utilized. This study was conducted to determine the inhibitory activity of bio-synthesized Silver nanoparticles on strains of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Michiganensis, causative agents of canker disease of tomato plant. The Ag-NPs were synthesized using Cladosporium cladosporioides, leaf extracts of Azadirachta indica and Vernonia amygdalina. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized using UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. The antibacterial activities of bio-synthesized Ag-NPs on strains of C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis were evaluated using agar well diffusion method. UV-visible spectroscopic analysis revealed rapid reduction of silver ions by C. cladosporioides, A. indica and V. amygdalina extracts where surface Plasmon absorption maxima were observed at 400nm – 450nm from the UV-visible spectra. The in-vitro antibacterial activities revealed that Ag-NPs synthesized using V. amygdalina and A. indica extracts inhibited the growth of C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis strains with zones of inhibition ranging from 15.70 mm - 24.70mm and 21.00mm – 30.00mm, respectively, while those synthesized using C. cladosporioides showed zones of inhibition ranging from 0.00mm – 12.00mm. Growth curves of C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis strains in the presence of biosynthesized Ag-NPs showed inhibition of growths after 4 – 10 hours of exposure. The results of this study indicated that the bio-synthesized silver nanoparticles could be effective in controlling bacterial canker disease of tomato plant caused by strains of C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis thereby reducing the toxic effects of chemical bactericides on important agricultural products.Keywords: Silver nanoparticles; inhibitory activity; canker, tomato; zones of inhibition

Potential Therapeutic Activity of Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles as Anticancer and Antimicrobial Agent

Aloevera is one of the oldest medicinal plants and it possesses different types of pharmacological properties including anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and antioxidant activity. More over Aloevera contains 75 bioactive compounds such as polyphenol, flavonoids, alkaloids, anthraquinone etc. Such bioactive compounds can be used to reduce silver ions to produce silver nanoparticles. In this study, we are trying to formulate bio-synthesised silver nanoparticle (b-AgNps) by green chemistry approach. It is a very simple, efficient and eco-friendly approach for silver nanoparticle synthesis that is formed by reduction of silver nitrate (AgNO3) solution using Aloe vera leaf extract as a reducing agent.Hydrothermal method was used to prepare b-AgNps using aloe vera leaf extract as both reducing and stabilizing agent. Then b-AgNps were characterized by FESEM, XRD, DLS and UV-VIS spectroscopy. Biological activity of b-AgNps were evaluated by performing cytotoxic test (MTT assay) against breast cancer cell lines and Fibroblast normal cell lines as well as screening antimicrobial activity using agar well diffusion method. The results revealed that there was significant amount of cell growth inhibition against breast cancer cell lines as well as microbes compare to normal healthy fibroblast cell lines.