Studies on Biosynthesis of Antimicrobial Silver Nanoparticles Using Endophytic Fungi Isolated from the Ethno-medicinal Plant Gloriosa superba L.

Green Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles of Endophytic Fungi Aspergillus terreus

“…It was predicted to be round and oval shape of nanoparticles may be due to capping and stabilization of nanoparticles by secondary metabolites present in extract of A. terreus. TEM observations are in line with many earlier reports for AgNPs synthesized using various fungal extracts [33,34]. In present method, synthesis of silver nanoparticles was done extracellularly.…”

A Study on Extracellular Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Endophytic Fungi, Isolated from Ethanomedicinal Plants <i>Curcuma longa</i> and <i>Catharanthus roseus</i>

“…Verma et al, [21] also reported SPR peak at 415 nm by endophytic fungus Aspergillus clavatus isolated from the surface sterilized stem tissues of Azadirchta indica. While Sophiya Devi et al, [22] revealed SPR sharp peak at 415nm and 403nm by endophytic fungi Alternaria solani and Penicillium funiculosum respectively isolated from the ethno medicinal plant Gloriosa superb L. All these reports suggest that the peaks shown by almost all the endophytic fungi as per the literature lie in the range of 390-440 nm. Our results correlate with all these above said authors.…”

“…Verma et al, [21] reported biosynthesis of AgNps by Aspergillus clavatus an endophytic fungus isolated from sterilized stem tissues of Azadirachta indica. Sophiya Devi et al, [22] also used endophytic fungi Alternaria solani GS1 and Penicillium funiculosum GS2 isolated from the ethno medicinal plant Gloriosa superb L for extracellular biosynthesis of AgNps. …”

“…Afreen et al, [5] revealed spherical shaped AgNps with the size ranging between 3 and 20 nm by R. stolonifer. Sophiya Devi et al, [22] revealed synthesis of AgNps with distinct shape and size. They reported particles are spherical in shape and uniformly distributed without significant agglomeration from the synthesized AgNps by Alternaria solani (GS 1) and Penicillium fumiculosum (GS 2) isolated from medicinal plant Gloriosa superb (L) with size ranging from 5-20 nm and 5-10 nm respectively.…”

Biogenesis of silver nanoparticles using endophytic fungus <em>Pestalotiopsis microspora </em>and evaluation of their antioxidant and anticancer activities

“…As fungi being eukaryotes, secrete more amounts of enzymes and proteins, significantly increase productivity, and ensure protein coating and high stability along with preventing agglomeration of the nanoparticles. Various fungal extracts including Alternaria solani, Penicillium funiculosum, 24 Aspergillus terreus, 25 Amylomyces rouxii, 26 Coriolus versicolor, 27 Fusarium solani, 28 Fusarium oxysporum , 29 Humicola sp., 30 Puccinia graminis, 31 Aspergillus niger, 32 Aspergillus versicolor, 33 Schizophyllum radiatum, 34 Trichoderma viridae, 35 Alternaria alternata, 36 and Phaenerochaete chrysosporium 37 have been extensively used for the biosynthesis of AgNPs.…”