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Allamanda cathartica flower’s aqueous extract-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent antioxidant and antibacterial potential for biomedical application

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The present study aimed to develop an easy method to synthesis silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using Allamanda cathartica flower extracts. The phytocompounds converted silver nitrate into AgNPs. UV-visible spectra show the maximum absorbance between 350 and 450 nm and x-ray powder diffraction results reveal AgNPs crystallized in cubic phase. Fourier transform infrared spectrum reveals that phytochemicals act as a reducing, stabilizing, and capping agent. Energy-dispersive spectrum, particle size distribution, and transmission electron microscopy analyses show that the nanoparticles are pure, spherical shaped with size of 39 nm. In addition, AgNPs show significantly antibacterial and antioxidant activity compared with commercial antibiotic. Hence, A. cathartica flower extracts mediated AgNPs which will be a new candidate for biomedical applications.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in the framework of Increase Competitiveness Program of NUST “MISiS” (No. K4-2015-017).

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  1. Department of Functional Nanosystems and High-Temperature Materials, National University of Science and Technology “MISiS,”, Leninskiy Pr. 4, Moscow, 119049, Russia

    Gopalu Karunakaran, Alexander Gusev, Evgeny Kolesnikov, Arup Ratan Mandal & Denis Kuznetsov

  2. Department of Biotechnology, K. S. Rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Tiruchengode-637215, Tamil Nadu, India

    Gopalu Karunakaran

  3. Department of Bio-chemistry/Bio-technology/Bio-informatics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Mettupalayam Road, Bharathi Park Road, Coimbatore-641 043, Tamil Nadu, India

    Matheswaran Jagathambal

  4. G.R. Derzhavin Tambov State University, 33, Internatsionalnaya Street, Tambov, 392000, Russia

    Alexander Gusev

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Karunakaran, G., Jagathambal, M., Gusev, A. et al. Allamanda cathartica flower’s aqueous extract-mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles with excellent antioxidant and antibacterial potential for biomedical application. MRS Communications 6, 41–46 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/mrc.2016.2

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