Green synthesis and antibacterial activities of silver nanoparticles against Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

Abalaka, Moses Enemaduku and Akpor, O.B. and Osemwegie, Omorefosa (2017) Green synthesis and antibacterial activities of silver nanoparticles against Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Advancements in Life Sciences, 4 (2). pp. 60-65. ISSN 2310-5380

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Abstract

Over the last two decades infectious agents have become more dangerous, most especially in developing countries, due to their ability to develop resistance against orthodox medicines. Many in these countries are suffering from the debilitating effects of these pathogens without any remedies in sight. The recent researches in nanoparticles derived from medicinal plants seem to be yielding positive results. Methods: We carried out synthesis of silver nanoparticles from AgNO3 and using Hyaluronic acid as a stabilizing agent to avoid aggregation in green synthesis from Ziziphus spinachristi and Garcinia kola. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was used to determine particle size and shape. Disc diffusion technique was used to study the susceptibility patterns of the particles on the test organisms- Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Result: The nanoparticles exhibited very high activity against the pathogens at very low concentration and showed remarkable higher activity than the crude extracts and standard antibiotics (control) with very wide zones of inhibition. The zones of inhibition ranged from 12.4±0.11 - 15.1±0.22 for the nanoparticles as against, 8.7±0.21 - 9.2±0.32 for the crude and 10.7±0.22 - 12.7±0.88 for the standard antibiotics. Conclusion: Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles may give the long awaited breakthrough against these infectious agents to ameliorate, if not completely, win the war against these pathogens.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology
Depositing User: Mr DIGITAL CONTENT CREATOR LMU
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2019 08:22
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2019 14:47
URI: https://eprints.lmu.edu.ng/id/eprint/2088

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