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Antioxidant, anticancer and enhanced photocatalytic potentials of gold nanoparticles biosynthesized by common reed leaf extract

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This research discloses a single step, facile, cost-effective, and eco-friendly fabrication of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) using the aqueous extract of common reed (Phragmites australis) leaf. Various techniques were employed to characterize the resultant AuNPs such as UV–Vis spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) mapping, fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), Zeta potential, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) to confirm the bioformation of AuNPs. The results showed the formation of violet-colored, mainly spherical shaped AuNPs with about 18 nm diameter. The XRD results proved the crystalline structure of AuNPs. Furthermore, P. australis-AuNPs exhibited notable anticancer efficacy with an IC50 equals 129 μg/mL, good quenching for DPPH free radical with a scavenging percentage equals 10.26% and a superior photocatalytic activity as they completely removed methylene blue in just 1 min. The current study also provides an open option for the environmental management of the unwanted biomass of common reed.

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This work was financially supported by SMARTWATIR, ERANETMED-3-227 project, Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology and Young Scientist Research Grant 2020. Egyptian National MAB Committee for UNESCO. Egypt Ministry of Higher Education code: IPH1-021-KAF.

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    Ola M. El-Borady

  2. Green Technology Group, Environmental Sciences Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21511, Egypt

    Manal Fawzy & Mohamed Hosny

  3. National Egyptian Biotechnology Experts Network, National Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology, Cairo, Egypt

    Manal Fawzy

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El-Borady, O.M., Fawzy, M. & Hosny, M. Antioxidant, anticancer and enhanced photocatalytic potentials of gold nanoparticles biosynthesized by common reed leaf extract. Appl Nanosci 13, 3149–3160 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-021-01776-w

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