| Literature DB >> 24681047 |
Karunamoorthy Vasanth1, Kaliappan Ilango1, Ramasamy MohanKumar1, Aruna Agrawal2, Govind Prasad Dubey3.
Abstract
Silver nanomaterial plays a crucial role in the growing field of nanotechnology as there is an increasing commercial demand for silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) owing to their wide biological applications. The present investigation aims at developing anti-cancerous colloidal silver using Moringa olifera stem bark extract. Electron and atomic force microscopic images were taken to analyze the surface morphology of the synthesized AgNPs. The effects of synthesized AgNPs were tested against human cervical carcinoma cells (HeLa) and cell morphology was further evaluated using 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) staining. The efficiency of green synthesized AgNPs was studied with the help of fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) and was shown to induce apoptosis through reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in HeLa cells.Entities:
Keywords: Apoptosis; Electron microscopy; Reactive oxygen species; Silver nanoparticles; Surface plasmon resonance
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24681047 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.02.052
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces ISSN: 0927-7765 Impact factor: 5.268