Biofabrication of gold nanoparticles using marine endophytic fungus - Penicillium citrinum.

ABSTRACT: Nanotechnology is one of the promising fields of research and generating new avenues and applications in medicine. Recently, marine floras such as, marine endophytes are gaining the attention of many researchers due to the myriad of bioactive molecules that they possess. In addition, they find applications in many pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. In this study, they have studied the green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from Penicillium citrinum (P. citrinum) and its antioxidant activity. P. citrinum was isolated from brown algae. The identity of the fungus was established by comparing its 18S rDNA sequence. AuNPs were synthesised using P. citrinum and were characterised by UV-visible spectrophotometer (UV-vis), field emission scanning electron mi

SUBMITTER: Manjunath HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8676454 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature