Synthesis of silver nanoparticles by using Aloe vera and Thuja orientalis leaves extract and their biological activity: a comprehensive review
Background Nanotechnology's rapid development has been in great demand, particularly for silver nanoparticles, which are useful in a variety of industries including medicine, textiles, and home appliances. Silver nanoparticles are extremely essential due to their unique physicochemical and anti...
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| Published in: | Bulletin of the National Research Centre Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
30-10-2021
Springer Nature B.V SpringerOpen |
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| Summary: | Background
Nanotechnology's rapid development has been in great demand, particularly for silver nanoparticles, which are useful in a variety of industries including medicine, textiles, and home appliances. Silver nanoparticles are extremely essential due to their unique physicochemical and antibacterial properties, which can be used in a variety of applications. Green synthesis is an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional synthesis because it uses fewer chemical reagents and lowers temperature and pressure.
Aloe vera
and
Thuja orientalis
have a wide medical use because it contains a large number of compounds derived and was decided to use for the synthesis of nanoparticles.
Main text
The combination of silver nanoparticles has a wide range of applications, which has encouraged researchers to focus on the methods for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles from
Aloe vera
and
Thuja orientalis
leaves extract, characterization techniques of synthesized silver nanoparticles, and evaluation of their antimicrobial and antifungal activities. The synthesized AgNPs can be characterized by using various analytical techniques including UV–visible spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), etc. The various types of silver nanoparticles, various strategies for silver nanoparticle synthesis, nano-based drug delivery systems, taxonomy and chemical constituents of
Aloe vera
and
Thuja orientalis
plants, the general mechanism of action of silver nanoparticles in bacteria, and various applications of silver nanoparticles have also been discussed.
Conclusion
This review covers a wide range of research on silver nanoparticles to gain a better understanding of their physicochemical feature characterization, production, mechanisms of action, and applications. Various AgNP factors, such as size, surfactant, and structural shape, influence the unique physicochemical properties of these nanoparticles. Even though there are a variety of ways to make AgNPs, green synthesis has a high yield and biocompatibility because it uses natural agents and harmless chemicals. In this paper, we describe the green manufacture of silver nanoparticles utilizing
Aloe vera
and
Thuja orientalis
leaf extracts, as well as the method to test their antimicrobial and antifungal activity
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| ISSN: | 2522-8307 2522-8307 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s42269-021-00639-2 |