The aqueous cashew leaves extract obtained was investigated for the preparation of gold nanoparticle (AuNPs). The obtained AuNPs were characterized by UV–Visible spectroscopy, FTIR and XRD analysis. Results indicated that the green synthesized AuNPs showed good antibacterial effect against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis and exhibited 74.47% viability on PBMC and 23.56% viability on MCF-7 cell lines at a maximum concentration of 100 µg/ml. Therefore, future studies on antibacterial application in food packing, wound dressing and antihelmintic applications will be studied.

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Oats (Avena sativa) is a cereal crop of utmost signi icance with rich therapeutic and nutritive value. Bioactive substances like tocopherols, phenolic acids, alkylresorcinols, beta-glucan, and avenanthramides present in Avena sativa signi icantly contribute towards its medicinal action. The current research study aims to assess the antioxidant and anti-cancer ef iciency of fermented (FO) and non-fermented (NFO) samples of Avena sativa. In vitro anticancer studies on oats were assessed using colon malignant growth cell lines (HT29) by MTT assay. In vitro studies revealed that fermented and non-fermented oats displayed higher antioxidant activity, having a corresponding IC 50 value of 201.03 µL and 236.46 µL, respectively. The cancer cell death percentage at 250 µg/mL concentration ranged between 58.19% and 51.85%, respectively.

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