Antioxidant Activities of Silver and Iron Nanoparticles of Psephellus pyrrhoblepharus (Boiss) Wagenitz
Articles > Article · 2021
Authors: PELİN TAŞTAN, Bijen KIVÇAK
RIVISTA ITALIANA DELLE SOSTANZE GRASSE, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2021, vol 98, pp 85-91
Summary
Interest in nanotechnology is increasing day by day. Silver and iron nanoparticles of the chloroform extract of Psephellus pyrrhoblepharus were prepared for this study by green synthesis method. The characterisation of the nanoparticles was carried out with some methods like the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray Diffraction Analysis (XRD), zeta potential and particle size. The antioxidant activities and total phenolic capacities of nanoparticles and three different extracts of P. pyrrhoblepharus (chloroform, methanol:water (1:1) and n-hexane) were compared. Silver nanoparticles were the most active ones by antioxidant activities and total phenolic capacity. Although the iron nanoparticles showed activity, they did not show a successful activity as silver nanoparticles. This research is essential because it contains the first nanoparticle studies prepared from the plant P. pyrrhoblepharus.