Chromatographic analysis of phytochemicals in the peel of Musa Paradisiaca to synthesize silver nanoparticles

• Published in: Revista Facultad de Ingeniería no. 103; pp. 130 - 137
• Main Authors: Buendia-Otero, María José, Jiménez-Corzo, Deisy Julieth, Caamaño De Ávila, Zulia Isabel, Restrepo, Juan Bernardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Medellín Universidad de Antioquía 01-04-2022; Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquia; Universidad de Antioquia
• Subjects: Antimicrobial agents; Biosynthesis; Butanediol; chromatographic analysis; Chromatography; Debye-Scherrer method; Diols; ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; Gas chromatography; musa paradisiaca; Nanoparticles; Phytochemicals; Precursors; Reducing agents; Silver; Silver nitrate; Solvents; Synthesis; nanoparticles; Biosíntesis; análisis cromatográfico; musa paradisiaca; nanopartículas; Biosynthesis; chromatographic analysis
• ISSN: 0120-6230; 2422-2844; 2422-2844
• DOI: 10.17533/udea.redin.20210427

This research work used Musa Paradisiaca (banana) peels as a natural solvent, assorted with the precursor AgNO3 (10 mM) to perform the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles. The phytochemical components present in the Musa Paradisiaca peel extracts were determined by gas chromatography coupled to a mass spectrometer (GC-MS), and it was possible to identify the compounds: 1.2 Ethanediol (60.0261 %) and 2.3 Butanediol (11.2 %); these -diols represent a highly reducing agent for metals, since they act as a solvent for the metal precursor behaving as a reducing agent, and facilitating the formation of nanoparticles. Likewise, the synthesized silver nanoparticles were subjected to a washing and drying treatment to be subsequently characterized by means of UV-Vis and XRD techniques, resulting in a wavelength of 411 nm, which is characteristic of these metallic nanoparticles, and achieving the identification of the face-centered cubic structure (fcc) of the metallic silver, with an average particle size of 21.8 nm according to the Debye-Scherrer equation.