Highly stable dispersions of nanosized silver particles were synthesized using a straightforward, cost-effective, and ecofriendly method. Nontoxic glucose was utilized as a reducing agent and poly-α, γ, L-glutamic acid (PGA), a naturally occurring anionic polymer, was used as a capping agent to protect the silver nanoparticles from agglomeration and render them biocompatible. Use of ammonia dur...

Silver nanoparticles are increasingly used in various fields of biotechnology and applications in the medicine. Objectives of this study were optimization of production of silver nanoparticles using biotransformations by Fusarium oxysporum, and a further study on the location of nanoparticles synthesis in this microorganism. The reaction mixture contained the following ingredients (final concen...

This study was focused on the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Acalypha hispida leaf extract and the characterization of the particles using UV-Vis spectroscopy, XRD, FT-IR, and TEM. The results showed the formation of silver nanoparticles, crystalline in nature, with an average size of 20-50 nm. The leaf extract components were analyzed with GC-MS and exhibited a high content of Phytol ...

In 1884, Metchnikoff (1) presented his studies of phagocytosis and concluded that the process was a general reaction that removed particulate matter from the circulation. Highly mobile cells, the polymorphonuclear leukocytes, were observed to ingest microorganisms and other particulate matter, such as pus, corpuscular elements of extravasated blood, and foreign cells. In addition to these circu...

correspondence: Magdalena Stevanović Institute of Technical Sciences of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Knez Mihailova 35/IV, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Tel +38 11 1263 6994 Fax +38 11 1218 5263 email [email protected] Abstract: Highly stable dispersions of nanosized silver particles were synthesized using a straightforward, cost-effective, and ecofriendly method. Nontoxic g...