1. Rambutan peels promoted biomimetic synthesis of bioinspired zinc oxide nanochains for biomedical applications.
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Yuvakkumar R, Suresh J, Saravanakumar B, Joseph Nathanael A, Hong SI, and Rajendran V
- Subjects
- Cell Count, Cell Shape drug effects, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Hep G2 Cells, Humans, Nanoparticles ultrastructure, Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Spectrum Analysis, Raman, Thermogravimetry, X-Ray Diffraction, Zinc Oxide pharmacology, Biomedical Technology, Biomimetics methods, Nanoparticles chemistry, Sapindaceae chemistry, Waste Products, Zinc Oxide chemical synthesis
- Abstract
A naturally occurring rambutan peel waste was employed to synthesis bioinspired zinc oxide nanochains. Rambutan peels has the ability of ligating zinc ions as a natural ligation agent resulting in zinc oxide nanochains formation due to its extended polyphenolic system over incubation period. Successful formation of zinc oxide nanochains was confirmed employing transmission electron microscopy studies. About 60% and ∼40% cell viability was lost and 50% and 10% morphological change was observed in 7 and 4 days incubated ZnO treated cells compared with control. Moreover, 50% and 55% of cell death was observed at 24 and 48 h incubation with 7 days treated ZnO cells and hence alters and disturbs the growth of cancer cells and could be used for liver cancer cell treatment., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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