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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Green Route to Produce Silver Nanoparticles Using the Bioactive Flavonoid Quercetin as a Reducing Agent and Food Anti-Caking Agents as Stabilizers.

Sofia L Ramírez-Rosas, Enrique Delgado-Alvarado, Luis O Sanchez-Vargas, Agustin L Herrera-May, Mariana G Peña-Juarez, J Amir Gonzalez-Calderon

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sofia L Ramírez-RosasFaculty of Science, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí 78290, Mexico.
Enrique Delgado-AlvaradoMicro and Nanotechnology Research Center, Universidad Veracruzana, Boca del Rio 94294, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-6354-5222
Luis O Sanchez-VargasOral Biochemistry and Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Stomatology, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Manuel Nava No. 64, San Luis Potosí 78290, Mexico.
Agustin L Herrera-MayMicro and Nanotechnology Research Center, Universidad Veracruzana, Boca del Rio 94294, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7373-9258
Mariana G Peña-JuarezInstitutional Doctorate in Engineering and Materials Science, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Sierra Leona No. 550 col. Lomas 2da. Sección, San Luis Potosí 78210, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-3576-3476
J Amir Gonzalez-CalderonCátedras Conacyt- Institute of Physics, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Álvaro Obregón 64, San Luis Potosí 78000, Mexico.
Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí · MXUniversidad Veracruzana · MX

Funding

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 744689Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología Cátedras-ConacytNational Technological Institute of Mexico 15279.22-PD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In previous work, the isolated polyphenolic compound (PPC) quercetin was used as a reducing agent in the formation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), testing two types of quercetin. This PPC is a bioactive molecule that provides the electrons for the reduction of silver ions to zerovalent silver. The results demonstrated that quercetin in dietary supplement presentation was better than reagent grade quercetin for the synthesis of AgNPs, and the difference between them was that the dietary supplement had microcrystalline cellulose (CM) in its formulation. Therefore, this dietary anti-caking agent was added to the reagent-grade quercetin to validate this previously found improvement. AgNPs were obtained at neutral pH by a green route using quercetin as a reducing agent and microcrystalline cellulose and maltodextrin as stabilizing agents. In addition, different ratios were evaluated to find the optimum ratio. Ultraviolet-Visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS), Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), Z-potential, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and X-ray Powder Diffraction (XRD) were used for characterization. The antibacterial activity of the

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AgNPsenvironmentally protectivenanostructureX-ray Diffraction (XRD)

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PMID36234674
PMCPMC9565511
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