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Evaluation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized from Punica gratum Extracts

Tambe N.A., Tumane P.M

Abstract


Nanotechnology is a branch of science which has open many routes of technologies. With the rapid development of nanotechnology, application has been extended further and now silver is the engineered nanomaterial most commonly used in consumer products. Green nanotechnology is an area with significant focus at present on the important objective of facilitating the manufacture of nanotechnology-based products that are eco-friendly and safer for all beings, with sustainable commercial viability. In the present study, we have used a green route for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles by using plant extracts of Punica gratum. These eco-friendly Ag-NPs were characterized by UV–Vis spectrophotometery which exhibited maximum absorbance in specific nanometre range in UV–Vis spectroscopy. Further characterization was confirmed by TEM, FTIR, X-RD analysis and LM-20 analysis. The antimicrobial activity of synthesised nanoparticles from Punica gratum shows its efficacy to be a good antimicrobial agent.

Keywords


antimicrobial assay, characterization studies, Punica gratum, silver nanoparticles

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijpb.v2i1.64

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