This study demonstrates green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using propolis extracts, suggesting enhanced antimicrobial properties.
Silver nanoparticle (AgNP) biosynthesis using propolis extracts as capping and reducing agents presents multiple opportunities for solving many biological challenges. This study demonstrates a sustainable, low toxicity, and high production cost phytochemical synthesis of AgNPs using propolis extracts and microwaves. Biosynthesized with propolis, AgNPs are analyzed by various methods: phytochemical, physicochemical, and morphological, such as TEM. The determined antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of propolis extracts is compared with the activity of green synthesized AgNPs with propolis. The green synthesized AgNPs are spherically shaped with an average size ranging from 6 to 40 nm. The biosynthesized AgNPs demonstrate potential antibacterial activity on tested microorganism strains two folds higher than pure propolis extracts.
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