SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GREEN METALLIC SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF SETARIA VERTICILLATA AND ASSESSING ITS ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

Authors

  • A. PRABHU Research scholarDepartment of Chemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore -641021, Tamilnadu, India.
  • K. SHANKAR Research scholarDepartment of Chemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore -641021, Tamilnadu, India.
  • P. MUTHUKRISHNAN Research scholarDepartment of Chemistry, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore -641021, Tamilnadu, India.
  • K. PRABHAKARAN Department of Chemistry, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore -641014, Tamilnadu, India.

Keywords:

Setaria verticillata, silver nanoparticles, EDAX, SEM, FT-IR, antimicrobial activity.

Abstract

In this work, we reported synthesized silver nanoparticles using the aqueous extract of Setaria verticillata and assessing its antimicrobial activity. The synthesized silver nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Visible spectrophotometry, FT-IR spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy and Energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The antimicrobial activity was assessed using agar well diffusion method. The average particle’s size of synthesized silver nanoparticles was 12 ± 4 nm. EDAX analysis confirmed the presence of silver nanoparticles Ag (83.02 %). The antimicrobial activity study reveals that the maximum zone of inhibition was observed in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and lowest inhibition activity was found in Escherichia coli.The results indicated that Setaria verticillata mediated silver nanoparticles can be synthesized by green chemistry and eco-friendly approach.

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31.12.2015

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A. PRABHU, K. SHANKAR, P. MUTHUKRISHNAN, & K. PRABHAKARAN. (2015). SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GREEN METALLIC SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF SETARIA VERTICILLATA AND ASSESSING ITS ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 6(4), 423–429. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/4631

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Volume 6, Issue 4, 2015

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