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Evaluation of plant-mediated Silver nanoparticles synthesis and its application in postharvest Physiology of cut Flowers

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Today the use of silver nanoparticles is becoming increasingly widespread due to their wide applications as antimicrobial agent. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (SNPs) using the petal extract of saffron (Crocus sativus) as a reducing agent from 5 mM AgNO3 has been investigated in this work. Diverse petal extracts quantities and reaction times were used for the synthesis of SNPs. The resulting SNPs were characterized by means of UV–Vis, XRD and FTIR techniques. SNPs were synthesized rapidly within 30 min of incubation period and synthesized SNPs showed an absorption peak at 380-400 nm in the UV-Vis spectrum. XRD spectrum confirmed the formation of metallic silver, too. Green synthesized SNPs were used as antimicrobial agent against three bacterial genera of Bacillus, Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter which contaminate preservative solution of cut-flowers, too. According to the results biosynthesized SNPs using saffron petals successfully controlled these bacteria and have made them promising candidates as new generation of antimicrobials. This route is rapid, simple without any hazardous chemicals and economical to synthesized SNPs.

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This work was supported by the vice President research of Arak University.

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Solgi, M. Evaluation of plant-mediated Silver nanoparticles synthesis and its application in postharvest Physiology of cut Flowers. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 20, 279–285 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-014-0237-3

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