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ArticleJournal, genetic engineering & biotechnology2022

Phytogenic silver nanoparticles from tissue-cultured Kaempferia angustifolia - an underutilized medicinal herb: a comparative antibacterial study on urinary pathogens.

Avijit Chakraborty, Sk Moquammel Haque, Diganta Dey, Swapna Mukherjee, Biswajit Ghosh

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Avijit ChakrabortyPlant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata, 700118, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6875-7657
Sk Moquammel HaquePlant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata, 700118, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2396-9004
Diganta DeyDepartment of Microbiology, Ashok Laboratory Clinical Testing Centre Private Limited, Kolkata, 700068, India.
Swapna MukherjeeDepartment of Microbiology, Dinabandhu Andrews College, Garia, Kolkata, 700084, India.
Biswajit GhoshPlant Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Botany, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, Kolkata, 700118, India. ghosh_b2000@yahoo.co.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4396-2088
Ashok Leyland (India) · INRamakrishna Mission Vidyamandira · INRamakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute · INUniversity of Calcutta · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEthnomedicinally important Kaempferia angustifolia is a rhizomatous aromatic herb belonging to the family Zingiberaceae. The present manuscript deals with the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles through a rapid reduction process mediated by the rhizome extract of tissue culture-raised plants. The present study was conducted to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the bio-nanoparticles, and the plant extracts themselves against seven multidrug-resistant urinary tract infecting (MDR-UTI) pathogens.

resultThe ethanolic extracts of the rhizomes of the plant executed a very rapid synthesis of silver bio-nanoparticles, and the generation of the nanoparticles was confirmed through UV-vis spectrophotometry, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and electron dispersion spectroscopic (EDS) analysis. Finally, the precise shapes and dimensions of these nanoparticles were confirmed under the transmission electron microscope (TEM). The shapes of the nanoparticles obtained were diverse in nature and varied from rod, triangular, spherical, to oval shaped, with the size, ranging from 10-60 nm. Silver nanoparticles exhibited a maximum zone of inhibition (ZI) of 16.93 ± 0.04 mm against isolate no. 42332. The ex vitro and in vivo extracts exhibited ZI 14.03 ± 0.04 mm and 11.56 ± 0.04 mm, respectively, against the same strain, which are comparatively lower than the nanoparticles but unignorable.

conclusionAlthough the pathogens used in the present study are resistant to at least three or more types of pharmacologically important antibiotics, nanoparticles, as well as the plant extracts, exhibited significant inhibition to all the seven MDR-UTI pathogens, which confirms that they are highly antimicrobic. Hence, this underutilized medicinal plant extracts of K. angustifolia and the bio-nanoparticles synthesized from these can be explored in pharmaceutical industries to treat multidrug-resistant human pathogenic bacteria. Furthermore, their broad-spectrum activity leads to the opportunity for the synthesis of future generation drugs.

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Antimicrobial activityKaempferia angustifoliaMultidrug resistantNanoparticleUrinary tract infection

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