Abstract
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have attracted the attention of researchers because of their unique properties and applications in various fields, such as medicine, catalysis, textile engineering, and pollution treatment. The green synthesis of AgNPs has many advantages, such as less time requirement, highly stable AgNPs, better control over crystal growth, morphology, ease for scale up, and economic viability. Syzygium aromaticum (clove) was used for the extracellular biosynthesis of AgNPs. Eugenols are the active biomolecules present in clove, responsible for the bioreduction of AgNO3 (Ag+) leading to the formation and capping of AgNPs (Ag0). One molecule of eugenol releases two electrons and these two electrons will be taken by 2 Ag+ ions and these will get reduced to 2 Ag0. The synthesis of AgNPs was confirmed by the appearance of brown colour. The synthesized AgNPs were characterised by various techniques, such as UV-VIS spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy. The synthesised AgNPs have λ max of 440 nm. It was evaluated that the AgNPs were biphasic in nature (cubic + hexagonal) with an average size of 50.0 nm. The synthesized AgNPs showed significant antimicrobial activity against Bacillus cereus NCDC 240 as they are nano-sized and have high surface area to volume ratio. AgNPs inhibit the growth of bacteria by various ways, such as by disrupting the cell membrane of bacteria, uncoupling the oxidative phosphorylation, inhibiting the DNA replication, forming free radicals and affecting the cellular signalling of bacteria leading to cell death.
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