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Hindi Research Article, J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol Vol: 5 Issue: 4
Biological Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs), using Plant Extracts
| Chávez-Sandoval Blanca Estela1,2*, Ibáñez-Hernández Miguel Angel A1, García-Franco Francisco3, Galindo-Pérez Ezel Jacome2,3, Abrica González Paulina5, Martínez-Jiménez Anatolio3 and Balderas López José Abraham5 | |
| 1Department of Biochemistry, National School of Biological Sciences, Instituto Politecnico Nacional. Prolongación de Carpio and Plan de Ayala s/n, Miguel Hidalgo 11340, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 2Department of Energy, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Azcapotzalco. San Pablo av. 180 Col. Reynosa Tamaulipas, Azcapotzalco 02200, Ciudad de México, México | |
| 3Department of Basic Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco. San Pablo av. 180 Col. Reynosa Tamaulipas, Azcapotzalco 02200, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| 4Faculty of Professional Studies Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. De los Barrios av. 1. Col. Los Reyes Iztacala. Tlalnepantla C.P. 54090, Estado de México. Mexico. | |
| 5Department of Basic Sciences, Professional Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, Instituto Politecnico Nacional. Acueducto de Guadalupe av. s/n, Gustavo A Madero 07340, Ciudad de México, Mexico | |
| Corresponding author : Blanca Estela Chávez Sandoval Department of Biochemistry, National School of Biological Sciences, Instituto Politecnico Nacional. Prolongación de Carpio and Plan de Ayala s/n, Miguel Hidalgo 11340, Mexico Tel: (55) 53189000 E-mail: blanchavez29@gmail.com |
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| Received: March 16, 2016 Accepted: June 16, 2016 Published: June 22, 2016 | |
| Citation: Estela CB, Angel IMA, Francisco G, Jacome GE, Paulina AG, et al. (2016) Biological Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs), using Plant Extracts. J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol 5:4. doi:10.4172/2324-8777.1000192 |
Abstract
Biological Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs), using Plant Extracts
This work, conducted biological synthesis and characterization of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) through environmentally friendly technology using plant extracts: cactus (Opuntia sp.), onion (Allum sp.), pear (Pyrus sp.), coffee (Coffea sp.) and laurel (Laurus sp.), as a reducing agent and stabilizers. The methodology consists in merging Turkevich et al., 1951 and Rico-Moctezuma et al., 2010 techniques. The characterization with UV-Visible spectrophotometry determined maximum absorbance at 527-537 nm, corresponding with previously reported AuNPs absorbance, while transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) confirmed that the gold nanoparticles biosynthesis produced different shapes, including spheres, cubes, cones, cylinders and others with a size of 5-100 nm depending on the extract used, so that the proposed method is useful, eco-friendly, quick and inexpensive to synthesize AuNPs. Furthermore these AuNPs can be functionalized.
