Beta
180619

Gold Nanoparticles: Green Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activities

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

Biochemistry

Abstract

This study aims to introduce a green, eco-friendly, fast and cost effective method to synthesis gold nano-sized particles (Au NPs) from actinomycete strain; Streptomyces sp. U30 (KP109810), isolated from metal containing rock. The biosynthesized gold nanoparticles were formed at lower conditions of pH, mass weight and incubation time (7 hours only). The bio-formed Au NPs were fully characterized with different techniques to study their nano-metrological measurements. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) were used to determine the crystal structure, size and shape of Au NPs. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) studies were done to investigate the distinct functional groups present on the surface. The zetasizer technique was used to define the stability of biosynthesized gold nanoparticles. The antimicrobial activities of biosynthesized gold nanoparticles were studied against gram positive and gram negative bacteria at three different concentrations, 10, 30 and 50 μg/disc, using agar well diffusion method. The obtained results prove that the biosynthesized Au NPs gave different antimicrobial action which was strain dependent. All the tested bacterial strains were inhibited by the examined concentrations with variations in the inhibition zone diameters, except Candida albicans showed resistant to the biosynthesized Au NPs. The bio-formed gold nanoparticles can be used in different applications.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.68846.3553

Keywords

Gold nanoparticles, characteristics, ISO, Nanometrological measurments, antimicrobial activity

Authors

First Name

Rania

Last Name

Sayed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Nanotechnology and Nanometrology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards, Giza, Egypt

Email

rania_sayed80@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-9450-5186

First Name

Heba

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.

Email

heba_taher@science.suez.edu.eg

City

Ismailia

Orcid

-

Volume

64

Article Issue

12

Related Issue

27765

Issue Date

2021-12-01

Receive Date

2021-03-31

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

7,213

Page End

7,222

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_180619.html

Detail API

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=180619

Order

36

Type

Original Article

Type Code

297

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Publication Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023