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Green Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Using Brassica oleracea and Punica granatum Peels and their Anticancer and Photocatalytic Activity

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.17965
P. Sugirtha
School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India
R. Divya
1School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India
R. Yedhukrishnan
Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India
K.S. Suganthi
Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India
N. Anusha
School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India
V. Ponnusami
School of Chemical & Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India
K.S. Rajan
Centre for Nanotechnology & Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA University, Thanjavur-613 401, India

Corresponding Author(s) : N. Anusha

anusha@scbt.sastra.edu

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 27 No. 7 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 7, 2015

Abstract

Experiments were carried out on the synthesis of magnesium oxide nanoparticles using the water extract of cauliflower and the water extract of pomegranate peels. The primary particles were of sizes 30-45 and 50-65 nm in the powder synthesized using the water extract of cauliflower and the water extract of pomegranate peels respectively. Polycrystalline powders were obtained when synthesis was carried out using the water extract of pomegranate peels, white crystalline powders were obtained when using the water extract of cauliflower. The green-synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles exhibited good anticancer activity, with 31.2 μg/mL being the nanoparticles concentration required for destruction of 50 % of HeLa cells. The green-synthesized magnesium oxide nanoparticles were found to possess photocatalytic activity both under UV irradiation and sunlight.

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MgO Nanoparticles Green synthesis Anticancer Photocatalytic
Sugirtha, P., Divya, R., Yedhukrishnan, R., Suganthi, K., Anusha, N., Ponnusami, V., & Rajan, K. (2015). Green Synthesis of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Using Brassica oleracea and Punica granatum Peels and their Anticancer and Photocatalytic Activity. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 27(7), 2513–2517. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.17965
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