Green Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles by Justicia adhatoda Leaves and Their Antimicrobial Activity

Zinc oxide is recognized as one of the best antimicrobial agents. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were fabricated through a green approach using zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, and zinc acetate dihydrate as precursors and an extract of Justicia adhatoda leaves as a reducing agent. The synthesized zinc oxide na...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemical engineering & technology Jg. 44; H. 3; S. 551 - 558
Hauptverfasser: Pachaiappan, Rekha, Rajendran, Saravanan, Ramalingam, Gomathi, Vo, Dai-Viet N., Priya, P. Mohana, Soto-Moscoso, Matias
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2021
Schlagworte:
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
Antimicrobial activity
Antimicrobial agents
Bacterial strains
E coli
Fungal strains
Nanoparticles
Precursors
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Reducing agents
Zinc acetate
Zinc oxide
Zinc oxide nanoparticles
Zinc oxides
Zinc precursors
ISSN:0930-7516, 1521-4125
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Zusammenfassung:Zinc oxide is recognized as one of the best antimicrobial agents. Zinc oxide nanoparticles were fabricated through a green approach using zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, and zinc acetate dihydrate as precursors and an extract of Justicia adhatoda leaves as a reducing agent. The synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles were checked for their antimicrobial activity against the bacterial strains Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and the fungal strains Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus, and Aspergillus fumigates. All three zinc oxide nanoparticles were found to inhibit the growth of microbes by the release of zinc ions and production of reactive oxygen species followed by destruction of microbes. Antimicrobial results of zinc oxide nanoparticles from the three different precursors were compared. Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles was performed with zinc sulfate, zinc nitrate, and zinc acetate dihydrate as precursors by employing Justicia adhatoda leaf extract as a reducing and capping agent. All three zinc oxide nanoparticles successfully inhibited the growth of microbes by releasing zinc ions and production of reactive oxygen species followed by destruction of the microbes.
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ISSN:0930-7516
1521-4125
DOI:10.1002/ceat.202000470