Bio-approach: Plant mediated synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and their catalytic reduction of methylene blue and antimicrobial activity

Antimicrobial property of zinc based nanoparticles

“…Physical-chemical characterization by X-ray diffraction FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM-EDX assessment showed small crystalline size at higher volume of extract, functional groups present from the leaf extract such as alcohols, phenols, 10 amines, aromatic and aliphatic amines and the presence of pure aspect zinc and oxygen without a different impurity peaks. It was shown that green synthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles are more useful in both environmental purification and clinical laboratory [5]. Antimicrobial efficacy of ZnO has been investigated against Escherichia coli in simple model systems and in typical topical products containing antioxidants, chelating agents, electrolytes, titanium dioxide pigment resulting that antibacterrial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles was partially inhibited by NaCl and MgSO4 salts.…”

Genotoxic Potentials of Biosynthesized Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

“…Although common use of ZnO nanoparticles with various specifications has been beneficial and rapidly expanded in recent decades, the lack of sufficient information on their hazardous potential on living organisms and the environment has increased concerns in public and scientific societies [18][19][20][21]. In this regard, many reports on the toxicological effects of ZnO nanoparticles produced by using conventional methods including chemical and physical routes has been published and corroborated the importance of the present concerns, which has resulted in some restrictions on the use of ZnO nanoparticles and the search for alternative synthesis methods that produce less harmful compounds [22][23][24][25][26].…”

“…Recently, the biosynthesis of ZnO nanoparticles has been more attractive and biosynthetically produced nanoparticles have been mainly considered as safe owing to the fact that many biological production processes occur under mild conditions and produce biocompatible compounds and environmentally friend byproducts [24,[27][28][29]. Contrary to this common thought, current studies have noticed that biologically synthesized nanoparticles may also show hazardous effects on living organisms and the environment; likewise, conventionally produced ones do [18,[30][31][32].…”

Biosynthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles From Plectranthus Amboinicus and Its Photocatalytic Effect on Wastewater Treatment

“…Enhancement of ZnO activity is improved by the advent of nanotechnology, also has a significant impact in photocatalysis [1,2]. Green synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles from plant-derived materials provide massive importance due to eco-friendly and improve sustainability [3,4]. The synthesis of nanomaterials is done by the polyphenols present in the plant materials [5].…”