Antibacterial Applications of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Aqueous Extract of Azadirachta Indica (Neem) Leaves

Tripathi, A and Chandrasekaran, N and Raichur, AM and Mukherjee, A (2009) Antibacterial Applications of Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized by Aqueous Extract of Azadirachta Indica (Neem) Leaves. In: Journal Of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 5 (1). pp. 93-98.

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Abstract

Silver nanoparticles are known to have bactericidal effects. A new generation of dressings incorporating antimicrobial agents like silver nanoparticles is being formulated to reduce or prevent infections. The particles can be incorporated in materials and cloth rendering them sterile. Recently, it was found that aqueous silver ions can be reduced by aqueous extract of plant parts to generate extremely stable silver nanoparticles in water. Apart from being environmentally friendly process, use of Neem leaves extract might add synergistic antibacterial effect of Neem leaves to the biosynthesized nanoparticles. With this hypothesis the biosynthetic production of silver nanoparticles by aqueous extract of Neem leaves and its bactericidal effect in cotton cloth against E. Coli were studied in this work. Silver nanoparticles were synthesized by short term (1 day) and long term (21 days) interaction of Neem extract (20% w/v) and 0.01 M AgNO3 solution in 1:4 mixing ratio. The synthesized particles were characterized by UV visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and incorporated into cotton disks by (i) centrifuging the disks with liquid broth containing nanoparticles, (ii) in-situ coating process during synthesis, and (iii) coating with dried and purified nanoparticles. The antibacterial property of the nanoparticles coated cotton disks was studied by disk diffusion method. The effect of consecutive washing of the coated disks with distilled water on antibacterial property was also investigated. This work demonstrates the possible use of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticles by its incorporation in cloths leading them to sterilization.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal Of Biomedical Nanotechnology
Publisher:	American Scientific Publishers
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Scientific Publishers.
Keywords:	Silver Nanoparticles;Biosynthesis;Neem Leaves Extract;Antibacterial Activity.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	22 Apr 2009 05:18
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:29
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/19565

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