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Biomediated synthesis, characterization, and biological applications of nickel oxide nanoparticles derived from Toona ciliata, Ficus carica and Pinus roxburghii

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Biomediated ecofriendly method for the synthesis of nickel oxide nanoparticles using plants extracts (Toona ciliata, Ficus carica and Pinus roxburghii) has been reported. The nanoparticles so obtained were characterized by various techniques such as ultraviolet–visible, powder X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, attenuated total reflectance spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and fluorescence spectroscopy. Formation of nickel oxide nanoparticles was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction where the former technique ascertains the formation of bond between nickel and oxygen. The nickel oxide nanoparticles were found to be crystalline cubic face centered and show intense photoluminescence emission at 416, 414 and 413 nm, respectively. The antibacterial activity was studied against gram positive and gram negative bacterial species by agar well diffusion method. The nickel oxide nanoparticles show better activity against some bacterial strains with reference to the standard drugs Ciprofloxacin and Gentamicin. The anthelmintic activity against Pheretima posthuma of nanomaterials obtained from Pinus roxburghii was found to be greater than that derived from Toona ciliata and Ficus carica using the standard drug Albendazole. This method takes the advantage of the sustainable and economic approach for the synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles.

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The Head, Department of chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi is acknowledged for providing necessary facilities to carry out the research work. One of the author Azar Ullah Mirza acknowledged UGC-New Delhi for Non-NET Fellowship and also thankful to CIF JMI, USIF AMU, Aligarh and AIIMS, New Delhi for characterization facilities.

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    Azar Ullah Mirza, Abdul Kareem, Shahnawaz Ahmad Bhat, Abdulrahman Mohammad, Paramjit Singh & Nahid Nishat

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    Mohd Shoeb Khan

  3. Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India

    Shahab A. A. Nami

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Mirza, A.U., Khan, M.S., Kareem, A. et al. Biomediated synthesis, characterization, and biological applications of nickel oxide nanoparticles derived from Toona ciliata, Ficus carica and Pinus roxburghii. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 44, 1461–1476 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-021-02528-4

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