European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

GREEN BIOSYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING MAYTENUS EMARGINATA FRUIT EXTRACT

Hemali Padalia, Pooja Moteriya and Sumitra Chanda*

ABSTRACT

In the present study, an attempt has been made to synthesis AgNPs using Maytenus emarginata fruit. Biosynthesis of AgNPs was achieved by a novel, ecofriendly, simple, pollutant free, green chemistry procedure using aqueous fruit extract of M. emarginata as a reducing and capping agent. Rapid formation of stable silver nanoparticles was observed on exposure of the aqueous fruit extract with solution of 1 mM silver nitrate. The successful synthesis of AgNPs formation was confirmed by various spectral analysis like UV-visible spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Zeta potential and Fourier Transform Infra-Red spectroscopy (FTIR). The UV-visible spectrum showed maximum absorption band at 436 nm. The particle size as determined by zeta potential was - 24.33. The average size of the nanoparticles was found to be 0.244 nm. The results of various techniques confirmed the formation of sliver nanoparticles.

Keywords: Sliver nanoparticles, Maytenus emarginata, XRD, SEM, FTIR.