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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2023

An Analysis of the Toxicity, Antioxidant, and Anti-Cancer Activity of Cinnamon Silver Nanoparticles in Comparison with Extracts and Fractions of Cinnamomum Cassia at Normal and Cancer Cell Levels.

Y G El-Baz, A Moustafa, M A Ali, G E El-Desoky, S M Wabaidur, M M Faisal

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. 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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6 authors.

Y G El-BazBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
A MoustafaBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
M A AliBiochemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1717-8265
G E El-DesokyChemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
S M WabaidurChemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3858-5556
M M FaisalCentre of Materials Physics, Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.

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Abstract

In this work, the extract of cinnamon bark was used for the green synthesis of cinnamon-Ag nanoparticles (CNPs) and other cinnamon samples, including ethanolic (EE) and aqueous (CE) extracts, chloroform (CF), ethyl acetate (EF), and methanol (MF) fractions. The polyphenol (PC) and flavonoid (FC) contents in all the cinnamon samples were determined. The synthesized CNPs were tested for the antioxidant activity (as DPPH radical scavenging percentage) in Bj-1 normal cells and HepG-2 cancer cells. Several antioxidant enzymes, including biomarkers, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and reduced glutathione (GSH), were verified for their effects on the viability and cytotoxicity of normal and cancer cells. The anti-cancer activity depended on apoptosis marker protein levels (Caspase3, P53, Bax, and Pcl2) in normal and cancerous cells. The obtained data showed higher PC and FC contents in CE samples, while CF showed the lowest levels. The IC

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anti-cancer activitycinnamon barkcinnamon-silver nanoparticlepolyphenols

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PMID36903823
PMCPMC10005684

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