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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Watermelon Rind Mediated Biosynthesis of Bimetallic Selenium-Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization, Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activities.

Amr H Hashem, Gharieb S El-Sayyad, Abdulaziz A Al-Askar, Samy A Marey, Hamada AbdElgawad, Kamel A Abd-Elsalam, Ebrahim Saied

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Amr H HashemBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City 11884, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0024-3606
Gharieb S El-SayyadMicrobiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ahram Canadian University, 6th of October City 12451, Giza, Egypt.
Abdulaziz A Al-AskarDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Samy A MareyDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Hamada AbdElgawadIntegrated Molecular Plant Physiology Research (IMPRES), Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-9764-9006
Kamel A Abd-ElsalamPlant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12619, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4042-4022
Ebrahim SaiedBotany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City 11884, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-5622-7912
Al-Azhar University · EGKing Saud University · SAAgricultural Research Center · EGSuez University · EGUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

King Saud University RSPD2023R752
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the most hazardous diseases that influences human health globally is microbial infection. Therefore, bimetallic nanoparticles have received much attention for controlling microbial infections in the current decade. In the present study, bimetallic selenium-silver nanoparticles (Se-Ag NPs) were effectively biosynthesized using watermelon rind WR extract through the green technique for the first time. UV-visible spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) methods were used to characterize the produced NPs. The results indicated that the bimetallic Se-Ag NPs had synergistic antimicrobial activity at low concentrations, which helped to reduce the toxicity of Ag NPs after the bimetallic Se-Ag NPs preparation and increase their great potential. Se-Ag NPs with sizes ranging from 18.3 nm to 49.6 nm were detected by TEM. Se-Ag NP surfaces were uniformly visible in the SEM picture. The cytotoxicity of bimetallic Se-Ag NPs was assessed against the Wi38 normal cell line to check their safety, where the IC

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anticancer activityantimicrobial activitybimetallic nanoparticlesgreen biosynthesiswatermelon rind

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PMID37765453
PMCPMC10535481
OpenAlexW4386837919

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