{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Eshun GB"],"funding":["Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["21781-21792"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10354592"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(31)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> (<i>F. oxysporum</i>) is linked to the widespread fusarium wilt in plants affecting the quality and yield of food crops. Management of fusarium wilt by synthetic fertilizers poses safety concerns. Safer-by-design nanomaterials synthesized with a greener approach can meet the needs of commercial antifungal drug resistance. Herein, a simple aqueous reduction method has been adopted for the synthesis of anisotropic gold nanostars (AuNSs) using quercetin-<i>para</i> aminobenzoic acid (QPABA) as both a reducing and stabilizing agent at room temperature for the treatment of <i>F. oxysporum</i>. QPABA was used to control the growth of Au<sup>3+</sup> star-shaped nanoparticles at increasing concentrations in the ratio of 2 : 1 (QPABA : Au<sup>3+</sup> ions) respectively. "],"journal":["RSC advances"],"pubmed_title":["Controlled synthesis and computational analysis of gold nanostars for the treatment of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>."],"pmcid":["PMC10354592"],"funding_grant_id":["IOS-1543944"],"pubmed_authors":["Eshun GB","Osonga FJ","Sadik OA","Golcu A","Erdogan T"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Controlled synthesis and computational analysis of gold nanostars for the treatment of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i>.","description":"<i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> (<i>F. oxysporum</i>) is linked to the widespread fusarium wilt in plants affecting the quality and yield of food crops. Management of fusarium wilt by synthetic fertilizers poses safety concerns. Safer-by-design nanomaterials synthesized with a greener approach can meet the needs of commercial antifungal drug resistance. Herein, a simple aqueous reduction method has been adopted for the synthesis of anisotropic gold nanostars (AuNSs) using quercetin-<i>para</i> aminobenzoic acid (QPABA) as both a reducing and stabilizing agent at room temperature for the treatment of <i>F. oxysporum</i>. QPABA was used to control the growth of Au<sup>3+</sup> star-shaped nanoparticles at increasing concentrations in the ratio of 2 : 1 (QPABA : Au<sup>3+</sup> ions) respectively. ","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Jul","modification":"2026-03-18T14:08:16.308Z","creation":"2025-08-23T03:09:02.034Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10354592","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37476037"],"doi":["10.1039/d3ra04088g"]}}