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Monascus Pigments Mediated Rapid Green Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles with Possible Mechanism

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The present investigation is the first report for application of food grade Monascus pigments (MPs) as a reducing and capping agent for the green and rapid synthesis of nanosized gold particles in presence of sunlight. Present prodigious nano material synthesis methods are capital-intensive and health hazardous due to the use of toxic chemical reducing agents. Thus, still, there is a need of safe, nontoxic, and ecofriendly synthesis methods. On this background in the present study, the MPs mediated rapid synthesis of AuNPs was observed within 25 min as confirmed by UV–Vis Spectroscopy. The MPs synthesized gold nanoparticles are predominantly spherical, triangular and irregular shapes with an average size of 10–60 nm was confirmed with FE-SEM, TEM and EDAX show gold element. The stability and particle size distribution studies revealed that nanoparticles are stable (−10.5 mV) and disperse. The possible mechanism of MPs in reduction of gold chloride elucidated by FT-IR and TLC. The chemical changes in the fungal pigments (MPs) with the exposure of sunlight might be responsible for the reduction of metal salt into nanosized particles. Overall this is the ecofriendly rapid method for synthesis of metal nanoparticle without exploiting the additional energy and toxic chemical reducing agents.

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Authors are indebted to University Grants Commission and Department of Science and Technology, India for making the research facilities available under the UGC-SAP and UGC-FIST programs sanctioned to the School of Life Sciences. Mr. Sunil H. Koli also thankful to UGC-BSR for providing fellowship for research work (File No.-NMU/SLS/491/2015 UGC-BSR dated 11 August 2015). Authors are thankful to constant encouragement and support of Prof. Khanongnuch, Chartcha, Chiang Mai, University, Thailand and Prof. Dr. C. Hanny Wijaya, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia.

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    Sunil H. Koli, Bhavana V. Mohite, Hemant P. Borase & Satish V. Patil

  2. North Maharashtra Microbial Culture Collection Centre (NMCC), North Maharashtra University, Post Box 80, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, 425001, India

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UV–vis absorption spectrum of MPs pigments a) orange Monascus pigments (OMPs) and b) red Monascus pigments (RMPs), S1-B EDAX a) OMPs mediated synthesized and b) RMPs mediated synthesized AuNPs, S1-C Thin Layer Chromatography of MPs pigments and AuNPs, Lane 1- OMPs, 2-OMPs mediated AuNPs, 3-RMPs and 4- RMPs mediated AuNPs, S1- D Effect of pH on MPs mediated AuNPs synthesis. (DOCX 361 kb)

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Koli, S.H., Mohite, B.V., Borase, H.P. et al. Monascus Pigments Mediated Rapid Green Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles with Possible Mechanism. J Clust Sci 28, 2719–2732 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-017-1254-5

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