Green Synthesized Phytochemically (Zingiber officinale and Allium sativum) Reduced Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles Confirmed Bactericidal and Catalytic Potential

• Published in: Nanoscale research letters Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 50
• Main Authors: Haider, Ali, Ijaz, Muhammad, Ali, Sidra, Haider, Junaid, Imran, Muhammad, Majeed, Hamid, Shahzadi, Iram, Ali, Muhammad Muddassir, Khan, Jawaria Ali, Ikram, Muhammad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 02-03-2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Allium sativum; Bactericidal activity; Chemical synthesis; Chemistry and Materials Science; Diseases; Drug resistance; Fourier transforms; Garlic; Ginger; Infrared spectroscopy; Materials Science; Metal oxide; Methylene blue; Molecular Medicine; Multidrug resistance; Nano Express; Nanochemistry; Nanoparticles; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nickel; Nickel oxides; Organic chemistry; Particle size; Photoelectron spectroscopy; Photoelectrons; Pleomorphism; Scanning electron microscopy; Spectrum analysis; Textile industry; Toxicity; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; X-ray spectroscopy; Zingiber officinale; Metal oxide; Particle size; Diseases
• ISSN: 1931-7573; 1556-276X
• DOI: 10.1186/s11671-020-3283-5

Phyto-synthesized nanoparticles (NPs) having reduced chemical toxicity have been focused globally and become essential component of nanotechnology recently. We prepared green phytochemically (ginger and garlic) reduced NiO-NPs to replace synthetic bactericidal and catalytic agent in textile industry. NPs were characterized using ultra-violet visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The synthesis of NPs was confirmed by XRD and UV-Vis having strong absorption at 350 nm with size ranged between 16–52 nm for ginger and 11–59 nm for garlic. Scanning and transmission electron microscopy confirmed pleomorphism with cubic- and more spherical-shaped NPs. Moreover, exact quantities of garlic and ginger extracts (1:3.6 ml) incorporated to synthesize NiO-NPs have been successfully confirmed by FTIR. Phytochemically reduced NPs by garlic presented enhanced bactericidal activity against multiple drug-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus
at increasing concentrations (0.5, 1.0 mg/50 μl) and also degraded methylene blue (MB) dye efficiently. Conclusively, green synthesized NiO-NPs are impending activists to resolve drug resistance as well as environment friendly catalytic agent that may be opted at industrial scale.