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ArticleCurrent microbiology2024

Biological Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Lavandula mairei Humbert: Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activities.

Soufiane El Megdar, Lahbib Fayzi, Raja Elkheloui, Asma Laktib, Mohamed Bourouache, Abdellah El Boulani, Hicham Abou Oualid, Khalil Cherifi, Fouad Msanda, Mohamed Hassi and 2 more

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Article in Current microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Green Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles UsingInternational journal of nanomedicine · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Soufiane El MegdarLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Lahbib FayziLaboratory of Biotechnologies and Valorization of Natural Resources, Biology Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Raja ElkhelouiLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Asma LaktibLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Mohamed BourouacheLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Abdellah El BoulaniLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Hicham Abou OualidGreen Energy Park, Institut de Recherche en Energie Solaire Et Energies Nouvelles (IRESEN), Benguerir, Morocco.
Khalil CherifiLaboratory of Biotechnologies and Valorization of Natural Resources, Biology Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Fouad MsandaLaboratory of Biotechnologies and Valorization of Natural Resources, Biology Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Mohamed HassiLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Rachida MimouniLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
Fatima HamadiLaboratory of Microbial Biotechnology and Plants Protection. Biology, Department. Sciences Faculty, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco. f.hamadi@uiz.ac.ma.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-1948
Université Ibn Zohr · MAInstitut of Research in Solar Energy and New Energies · MA

Funding

the Morrocan national center of technical and scientific resaerch n 576/2021the Morrocan national center of technical and scientific resaerch VPMA3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hospital-acquired infections involving carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) and extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae pose significant challenges in the intensive care units. The lack of novel antimicrobial drugs amplifies the urgency to explore innovative management strategies. Nanotechnology, with its ability to generate nanoparticles possessing specific properties beneficial in drug delivery and nanomedicine, stands as a pivotal research domain. The objective of this study was to synthesize, for the first time, biologically silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) from Lavandula mairei Humbert (L. mairei) plant. The biosynthesized Ag-NPs were characterized by UV-visible spectral analysis, X-Ray diffraction Analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Subsequently, the antibacterial and antioxidant activities of Ag-NPs were assessed using the micro-dilution method, DPPH test and FRAP assay, respectively. The green-synthesized Ag-NPs exhibited high antibacterial activity against ESBL-producing multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains and against carbapenem-resistant and non-carbapenem-resistant strains of A. baumannii, as well as a very interesting antioxidant activity. The present study suggests that these results hold very promising for the potential application of biologically synthesized Ag-NPs from L. mairei (Ag-LM-NPs) in the invention of novel antibacterial and antioxidant agents.

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Acinetobacter baumanniiAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsMetal NanoparticlesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsSilverPlant ExtractsSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsPlant ExtractsSilver

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