GREEN SYNTHESIS CHARACTERIZATION BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES CATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND ANTI- OXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING LAGERSTROEMIA LEAF EXTRACT

Abstract

Nano-technological development has groomed the creativity which led to the innovative ideas that have produced innovative methods and innovations. Nanotechnology has unlocked different methods such as physical, chemical, biological and green methods to synthesize the nanoparticles. Though each method has its own significance and necessity at its own time yet green method is preferred over these methods because of its cost-effectiveness and eco-friendliness. We have used green method i.e. lagerstroemia plant leaves to synthesize the silver nanoparticles and subjected them to characterization using different techniques such as Ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometry, Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transformer Infrared (FT-IR), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). All these techniques are used to study the morphological parameters. The so-prepared silver nanoparticles were further studied for various activities such as anti-diabetic activity, anti-oxidant activity, catalytic activity, antimicrobial activity.