Compositions and antimicrobial properties of binary ZnO-CuO nanocomposites encapsulated calcium and carbon from Calotropis gigantea targeted for skin pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Calotropis gigantea (C. gigantea) extract with an ecofriendly nanotechnology approach could provide promising antimicrobial activity against skin pathogens. This study investigates the antimicrobial capability of green synthesized binary ZnO-CuO nanocomposites from C. gigantea against non-MDR (Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli) and MDR (Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and methicillin-resistant S. aureus) skin pathogens. Scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy revealed the size and shape of B3Z1C sample. Results of X-ray powder diffraction, energy-dispersive spectroscopy, FTIR and UV-Vis spectroscopy analyses confirmed the presence of mixed nanoparticles (i.e., zinc oxide, copper oxide, carbon and calcium) and the stabilising phytochemical ag

SUBMITTER: Govindasamy GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7794424 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature