Rapid synthesis of biocompatible silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of Rosa damascena petals and evaluation of their anticancer activity

Balaji Venkatesan; Vimala Subramanian; Anusha Tumala; Elangovan Vellaichamy

doi:10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60249-2

Rapid synthesis of biocompatible silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of Rosa damascena petals and evaluation of their anticancer activity

Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2014 Sep:7S1:S294-300. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60249-2.

Authors

Balaji Venkatesan¹, Vimala Subramanian¹, Anusha Tumala¹, Elangovan Vellaichamy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai-600 025, India.
² Department of Biochemistry, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai-600 025, India. Electronic address: vellaie@gmail.com.

PMID: 25312140
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60249-2

Abstract

Objective: To optimize the process parameters involved in the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (G-SNPs) by aqueous extract of Rosa damascena petals and to evaluate the biocompatibility and anti cancer activity of the synthesized silver nanoparticles against human lung adenocarcinoma (A549).

Methods: The process variables that include concentration of extract, mixing ratio of reactants, silver salt concentration and interaction time were analyzed. The compatibility of the G-SNPs was verified by incubating with erythrocytes and the anticancer property of the G-SNPs against A549 cells was performed by MTT assay.

Results: Formation of G-SNPs was confirmed by the visual change in the colour of the reaction mixture from pale yellow to brown yellow. Surface plasmon resonance of synthesized G-SNPs was observed at 420 nm; the size of G-SNPs were analyzed by DLS and found to be in the range of (84.00±10.08) nm. Field emission scanning electron microscope and high resolution transmission electron microscopy analysis confirmed that the G-SNPs were fairly spherical. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction revealed the characteristic peaks of G-SNPs. Energy dispersive X-ray analysis showed a signal of silver around 3 keV. The synthesized G-SNPs exhibited anticancer activity as evidenced by the MTT assay. IC50 value of G-SNPs was found to be 80 μg/mL.

Conclusion: The results of the present study suggest that G-SNPs can be synthesized rapidly within first minute of the reaction; they are biocompatible and possess anticancer activity against human lung adenocarcinoma.

Keywords: Anticancer activity; Green synthesis; Hemolytic activity assay; Human lung cancer cell line; Rosa damascena; Silver nanoparticles.