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Rapid synthesis of biocompatible silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of Rosa damascena petals and evaluation of their anticancer activity

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The results of the present study suggest that G-SNPs can be synthesized rapidly within first minute of the reaction; they are biocompatible and possess anticancer activity against human lung adenocarcinoma.
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This article is published in Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine.The article was published on 2014-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 94 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Silver nanoparticle & Rosa × damascena.

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Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles: biomolecule-nanoparticle organizations targeting antimicrobial activity

TL;DR: The recent advances in green synthesis of silver nanoparticles, their application as antimicrobial agents and mechanism of antimicrobial mode of action are discussed.
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Synthesis and biological characterization of silver nanoparticles derived from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria limnetica.

TL;DR: Synthesized Ag-NPs exhibited strong antibacterial activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria (Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus) as well as cytotoxic effects against both human breast and human colon cancer cell lines.
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Green synthesis of nanostructured silver particles and their catalytic application in dye degradation.

TL;DR: Green-synthesized nanostructured silver particles used as nanocatalysts are described as an excellent catalyst on reduction of hazardous dyes, which is confirmed by a decrease in absorbance maximum values.
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Fabrication of MgO nanostructures and its efficient photocatalytic, antibacterial and anticancer performance.

TL;DR: The cytotoxicity assay confirmed that the prepared nanostructures are non - toxic to normal healthy RBC's and in-vitro anticancer efficiency of MgO nanostructure against human lung cancer cell line (A549) was investigated.
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Rapid colorimetric assay for cellular growth and survival: Application to proliferation and cytotoxicity assays

TL;DR: A tetrazolium salt has been used to develop a quantitative colorimetric assay for mammalian cell survival and proliferation and is used to measure proliferative lymphokines, mitogen stimulations and complement-mediated lysis.
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Metal Oxide Nanoparticles as Bactericidal Agents

TL;DR: In this paper, reactive magnesium oxide nanoparticles and halogen (Cl2, Br2) adducts of these MgO particles were allowed to contact certain bacteria and spore cells, which yield insight into the biocidal action of these nanoscale materials.
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Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Acalypha indica leaf extracts and its antibacterial activity against water borne pathogens.

TL;DR: The antibacterial activity of synthesized silver nanoparticles showed effective inhibitory activity against water borne pathogens Viz., Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae.
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Mode of antiviral action of silver nanoparticles against HIV-1.

TL;DR: Silver nanoparticles bind to gp120 in a manner that prevents CD4-dependent virion binding, fusion, and infectivity, acting as an effective virucidal agent against cell-free virus and resistant strains, and inhibit post-entry stages of the HIV-1 life cycle.
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Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using mangosteen leaf extract and evaluation of their antimicrobial activities

TL;DR: In this article, a simple and eco-friendly biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Garcinia mangostana leaf extract as reducing agent was presented, where the aqueous silver ions when exposed to leaf extract were reduced and resulted in silver nanoparticle whose average size was 35nm.
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