{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["9"],"submitter":["Salunke GR"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Nanoparticles (NPs) have gained significance in medical fields due to their high surface-area-to-volume ratio. In this study, we synthesized NPs from a medicinally important plant - Plumbago zeylanica.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Aqueous root extract of P. zeylanica (PZRE) was analyzed for the presence of flavonoids, sugars, and organic acids using high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC), gas chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS), and biochemical methods. The silver NPs (AgNPs), gold NPs (AuNPs), and bimetallic NPs (AgAuNPs) were synthesized from root extract and characterized using ultraviolet-visible spectra, X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scatter"],"journal":["International journal of nanomedicine"],"pagination":["2635-53"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4043712"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Rapid efficient synthesis and characterization of silver, gold, and bimetallic nanoparticles from the medicinal plant Plumbago zeylanica and their application in biofilm control."],"pmcid":["PMC4043712"],"pubmed_authors":["Ghosh S","Chopade S","Chopade BA","Pruthi V","Salunke GR","Kale T","Santosh Kumar RJ","Khade S","Kundu G","Vashisth P","Bellare JR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Rapid efficient synthesis and characterization of silver, gold, and bimetallic nanoparticles from the medicinal plant Plumbago zeylanica and their application in biofilm control.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Nanoparticles (NPs) have gained significance in medical fields due to their high surface-area-to-volume ratio. In this study, we synthesized NPs from a medicinally important plant - Plumbago zeylanica.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>Aqueous root extract of P. zeylanica (PZRE) was analyzed for the presence of flavonoids, sugars, and organic acids using high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC), gas chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS), and biochemical methods. The silver NPs (AgNPs), gold NPs (AuNPs), and bimetallic NPs (AgAuNPs) were synthesized from root extract and characterized using ultraviolet-visible spectra, X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scatter","dates":{"release":"2014-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2014","modification":"2025-04-21T20:11:02.288Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:14:29Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4043712","cross_references":{"pubmed":["24920901"],"doi":["10.2147/IJN.S59834"]}}