Abstract
Biogenic synthesis of nanoparticles is gaining popularity worldwide because of being ecofriendly as well as economical, with minimal production of hazardous by-products. The present study was targeted to determine the antibacterial, free radical scavenging and catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles synthesized from Solanum virginianum L. (Sv-AuNPs). After addition of auric chloride, the color of aqueous plant extract changed from light yellow to purple-red, indicating the formation of nanoparticles. A strong peak at 536 nm affirmed synthesis of Sv-AuNPs, and negative zeta potential (− 30.7) indicated their being wrapped in anions. They exhibited face-centered cubic and crystalline nature as revealed by X-ray diffraction. Elemental composition of Sv-AuNPs was ascertained by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and a sharp peak at 2.2 keV confirmed the presence of gold. The shape of Sv-AuNPs synthesized was spherical with size ranging from 29.1 ± 1 nm to 51.2 ± 0.7 nm. Antibacterial potential was evaluated against E. coli, C. violaceum, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis, M. smegmatis, and S. aureus and was found to be greater than aqueous plant extract. Sv-AuNPs exhibited antioxidant potential comparable to ascorbic acid, demonstrating their vital role in the prevention of reactive oxygen species related diseases. Apart from their pharmaceutical potential, these nanoparticles also exhibited promising catalytic efficacy. They degraded harmful dyes i.e. 4-nitro phenol (4-NP) and congo red (CR) at a very low concentration of 50 µg/ml. This is the first report on the antibacterial, antioxidant, and catalytic properties of Sv-AuNPs and we hope it will lead the way for nanoparticles multifunctionality.
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Nanotechnology has been an enthralling topic for almost three decades now, and is gaining more prominence these days due to its vast biomedical applications. Nanoparticles surpass their mass counterparts as they possess small size, large surface area to volume ratio, and diverse morphologies [1, 2]. Although a number of noble metals are used for nanoparticles synthesis [3,4,5,6], but AuNPs are more favorable as their synthesis is relatively simple and does not require high temperature and pressure. Moreover, they possess remarkable optical, electrical, and physicochemical characteristics and exhibits high stability [7,8,9,10]. Due to inert nature, their use in diagnosis, photodynamic and photothermal therapy, drug delivery, and imaging is becoming more acceptable [11,12,13,14]. As traditionally used physical and chemical approaches for synthesis of nanoparticles are expensive and ecologically harmful, the use of biomimetic method are becoming more prevalent [15, 16]. Biological materials used for synthesis of nanoparticles include bacteria, fungi, algae, viruses, plants and biomolecules. Plants however have an edge over these because they act as a good reducing and stabilizing vehicle and phytosynthesis of nanoparticles requires a shorter time span [17, 18]. Portability, simplicity in handling, absence of necessity to maintain cell cultures, and one-step simplicity of the procedure are another beneficial aspects of phytosynthesis [19,20,21].
Solanum virginianum L. (Solanaceae family) commonly known as ‘Kantakari’ is a main component of an ayurvedic formulation ‘Dashmoola’ used for treating inflammation, respiratory and gastric problems. The plant is widely distributed in Malaya, Sri Lanka, China, India, Bangladesh, Australia, Asia and Polynesia region [22, 23]. Modern pharmacological properties of the plant such as anticancer, antipyretic, anti-diabetic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory have claimed its traditional uses [24,25,26,27]. Due to its significant contribution to human health, the current study was aimed to fabricate gold nanoparticles from fresh aerial vegetative parts of S. virginianum and assess them for their antibacterial and antioxidant potential. Efforts were also made to explore their potential in preventing environment degradation through reduction of harmful dyes. Though Sv-AuNPs have been reported to possess anticancer activity against NCP cell lines [28], this is the very first report regarding their antibacterial, antioxidant, and dye degradation properties.
Materials and Methods
Materials Auric chloride (HAuCl4) and DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl) were obtained from Merck Sigma-Aldrich, India. Ascorbic acid, nutrient agar, nutrient broth, sterile antibiotic discs were supplied by HiMedia. Sodium borohydride (NaBH4), Congo red (CR), and 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) were obtained from Qualigens. All the bacterial strains were procured from Microbial Type Culture Collection (MTCC), CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh, India.
Collection of Plant Material and Preparation of Extract Fresh aerial vegetative parts of S. virginianum were collected from Rohtak district, Haryana, India. Plant parts were washed twice with distilled water (DW) to remove impurities and foreign particles. 10 g of plant parts were crushed in 100 ml DW (1:10 w/v) and extraction was carried out in water bath at 60˚C for 30 min. The extract prepared was filtered through Whatman filter paper no. 1 and supernatant obtained was stored in refrigerator till further use.
Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles (Sv-AuNPs) 5 ml of aqueous plant extract was mixed with 45 ml (1:9 v/v) of freshly prepared auric chloride (1 mM HAuCl4) solution [29]. The change in color of the solution after 15–20 min. from light yellow to purple-red confirmed the synthesis of Sv-AuNPs (Fig. 1). Sv-AuNPs were separated from the reaction solution by centrifugation at 14,000 ×g rpm for 20 min. After 2–3 washings of the pellet with DW, sample was lyophilized using 120,890-d, Alpha 2–4 LD plus, Martin Christ Freeze Dryer, Germany.
Instrumental Analysis UV–Vis spectrum of plant extract, HAuCl4 and biosynthesized Sv-AuNPs was recorded using Shimadzu UV-3600 Plus, spectrophotometer. UV–Vis spectra of Sv-AUNPs was recorded at different time intervals upto six months to check their stability. Zeta potential and hydrodynamic size distribution report of Sv-AuNPs were estimated using Zetasizer Nano ZS Malvern (version 2.3) at Aryabhata Central Instrumentation Laboratory, MDU, Rohtak. FTIR spectrum of plant extract, HAuCl4 and Sv-AuNPs was recorded using Thermo ScientificTMNicoletTMiS50 FTIR Spectrometer over the wavelength range of 500–4000 cm−1 at the resolution of 4 cm−1 using KBr pellet method to identify the functional groups. XRD was carried out with a Cu-Ka (k = 1.54 A°) at 40 kV voltage and 20 mA electric current and the spectrum was recorded between 2θ values from 10–70 degrees using MAXima_X XRD-7000 Shimadzu, Tokyo, Japan. FE-SEM images were captured at different magnifications to check the morphology and size of Sv-AuNPs. The powdered sample was secured with double-sided carbon tape, coated with a thin layer of gold and monograph was recorded using FE-SEM (JSM-7610F Plus/JEOL Schottky Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope). Elemental composition was analyzed using EDS Bruker X-flash detector (Bruker, Germany). FE-SEM and EDS was performed in Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Central Instrumentation Laboratory at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar.
Downstream Applications of Sv-AuNPs
Antibacterial Studies Antibacterial potential of plant extract and SV-AuNPs was assessed against Escherichia coli (MTCC-41), Chromobacterium violaceum (MTCC-2656), Klebsiella pneumoniae (MTCC-109), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC-2453), Bacillus subtilis (MTCC- 2057), Mycobacterium smegmatis (MTCC-992), and Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC-96) using disc diffusion assay [30]. To prepare the inoculum, bacterial strains were cultured in HiMedia nutrient broth over the night in shaker cum B.O. D incubator at 37˚C. Thereafter, bacterial cultures were calibrated to 0.5 McFarland (1.5 × 108 CFU/ml) and used for further experiments. After being inoculated with 100 µl of bacterial inoculum, nutrient agar plates were impregnated with sterile discs having varying concentrations of Sv-AuNPs (5 mg/ml, 2 mg/ml and 1 mg/ml) and aqueous plant extract (100 mg/ml). DMSO and ampicillin (0.1 mg/ml) were used as negative and positive controls, respectively. The assay was performed in triplicate and average diameter of ZOI was recorded.
Antioxidant Studies DPPH assay was carried out to determine the antioxidant activity of aqueous plant extract and Sv-AuNPs [31]. 2 ml of 0.3 mM DPPH solution was added to different concentration of plant extract and Sv-AuNPs (20-100 μg/ml). Ascorbic acid was used as standard. After incubating the sample under dark conditions for 30–35 min, absorbance was recorded at 517 nm. Experiment was performed in triplicate, and mean value was recorded. The following equation was used to calculate the antioxidant activity:
Here,
Abscontrol- absorbance of DPPH; Abssample- absorbance of Sv-AuNPs/ plant extract/ascorbic acid.
Catalytic activity The catalytic potential of Sv-AuNPs was analyzed against degradation of CR and 4-NP [32]. Freshly prepared solution of CR (1 mM)/ 4-NP (0.4 mM) and NaBH4 (0.15 M) was diluted to make a volume of 3 ml and treated with 200 µl of Sv-AuNPs (50 µg/ml). Solution without Sv-AuNPs was used as the control.
Statistical analysis Graphical analysis was done using Microsoft Excel and Origin Pro-2021. Data is presented as mean value ± SE and p < 0.05 was taken as statistically significant.
Results and Discussion
Plausible Mechanism for Synthesis of Nanoparticles It is anticipated that biogenic synthesis involves two steps: firstly, phytoconstituents aid in the reduction of Au3+ to Au0 and then agglomeration and stabilization leads to the formation of nanoparticles. The probable mechanism for synthesis of Sv-AuNPs is depicted in Fig. 2.
UV–Vis Spectrum A strong peak at 536 nm confirmed the synthesis of Sv-AuNPs. Appearance of this peak could be attributed to the surface plasmon resonance (SPR) of AuNPs [33]. Our findings are in line with Mie theory, which states that small-sized nanoparticles exhibits a single peak in UV spectra [34]. Other researchers have also reported SPR phenomenon for AuNPs synthesis and their absorption in the range of 500 to 550 nm [35,36,37]. UV analysis was carried out upto 180 days and the peak position remained constant indicating that no aggregation occurred and size of Sv-AuNPs was stable upto six months (Fig. 3) [38, 39].
Zeta Potential and DLS Zeta potential was recorded to identify the surface charge of fabricated Sv-AuNPs and negative value of zeta potential indicated them to be wrapped with anions (− 30.7 mV). High electrostatic repulsive forces helps in stabilization of nanoparticles and prevents their aggregation [40, 41]. The particle size in liquid or suspension form was measured using DLS analysis and each and every particle was found to have a hydrodynamic diameter of 160 nm (Fig. 4a, b). Low polydispersity index (PDI = 0.2) indicated Sv-AuNPs to have a narrow size distribution and monodisperse nature [28, 42].
FTIR Spectrum Characteristic peaks of alcohols, amines and aromatic compounds were observed from FTIR spectrum of Sv-AuNPs (Fig. 5). Here, strong and broad peak at 3290 cm−1 and 3460 cm−1 depicts O–H or N–H stretching of carbohydrates and proteins in the Sv-AuNPs and plant extract, respectively [43]. Other adsorption peaks at 2930 and 2370 cm−1 are due to C-H stretching of alkanes and O = C = O stretching respectively [44]. Plant extract also showed a peak at 2360 cm−1 which is attributed to stretching of O = C = O group. A strong peak at 1630 cm−1 represents the C = N and C = C stretching of imine/oxime and alkene respectively. IR band at 1240 and 1020 cm−1 shows O–H bending of phenols and S = O stretching and CO–O–CO stretching of sulfoxide and anhydride respectively. These peaks indicate that Sv-AuNPs are bound to proteins with the help of C = O group [45, 46]. Bands at 781 and 595 cm−1 represents the aromatic C–H bending and C–Cl stretching of halo compounds respectively [28, 47, 48]. All these peaks indicated the presence of different functional groups that aid in the reduction of Au cations to AuNPs and help in capping and stabilization of Sv-AuNPs.
XRD Analysis Sharp peaks at 2θ of 38.08, 44.32, and 64.68 degrees were recorded by XRD (Fig. 6). These are comparable to (111), (200), and (220) planes and Braggs reflections for face-centered cubic (fcc) and crystalline feature of Sv-AuNPs [28, 49, 50]. The absence of any additional peak in the spectrum signifies the purity of sample.
EDS Analysis A strong and clear peak at 2.2 keV in EDS spectrum confirmed the presence of gold in Sv-AuNPs (Fig. 7a). However, few signals of carbon and oxygen are also visible which might be attributable to various functional groups of plant extract. EDS mapping shows uniform distribution of carbon and oxygen along with gold metal ions and indicating that Sv-AuNPs are highly pure in nature (Fig. 7b). Similar findings are also reported by other researchers [28, 51, 52].
FE-SEM FE-SEM images showed synthesized Sv-AuNPs to be spherical in shape and size ranging from 29-51 nm (Fig. 8).
Antibacterial Studies When Sv-AuNPs and aqueous plant extract were assessed for their antibacterial potential against different bacterial strains, aqueous plant extract showed lower ZOI as compared to Sv-AuNPs (Figs. 9, 10). Highest inhibitory activity of Sv-AuNPs was observed against S. aureus (20.1 ± 0.4 mm) followed by E. coli, B. subtilis, P. aeruginosa, C. violaceum, M. smegmatis. Amidst having the lowest antibacterial efficacy against K. pneumoniae (16.1 ± 0.20 mm), Sv-AuNPs outperformed the positive control (10.3 ± 0.33 mm). In case of P. aeruginosa, C. violaceum and M. smegmatis no ZOI was detected with standard antibiotic. However, Sv-AuNPs exhibited a remarkable ZOI against P. aeruginosa (18.1 ± 0.20 mm), C. violaceum (16.5 ± 0.29 mm), and M. smegmatis (16.5 ± 0.28 mm). This clearly demonstrated the role of Sv-AuNPs as a potent substitute to antibiotics and in combating bacterial infections. High antibacterial potential of Sv-AuNPs is possibly due to nanoparticles' small size and large surface area, which allows them to easily pierce bacterial cell wall, causing DNA and mitochondrial damage leading to cell death [50, 53,54,55] Furthermore, it could be attributed to the synergistic effect of Sv-AuNPs capped with phytomolecules which are known to possess biological properties [56]. This is the first report on antibacterial activity of Sv-AuNPs. However researchers from different regions have reported significant antibacterial properties of gold, nickel, zinc, and silver nanoparticles synthesized from various other Solanum species [57,58,59].
Antioxidant studies For evaluating the antioxidant potential of plant extract, Sv-AuNPs and ascorbic acid; five different concentrations (20–100 µg/ml) of each were prepared from a stock solution of 1 mg/ml. A direct relationship between the concentration and percentage inhibition of Sv-AuNPs was observed in DPPH assay. % inhibition varied from 17.44 ± 0.53% to 68.47 ± 0.42% and 18.60 ± 0.55% to 49.41 ± 0.53% for Sv-AuNPs and aqueous plant extract, respectively (Fig. 11a). IC50 values obtained for Sv-AuNPs (72.58 μg/ml), plant extract (99.45 μg/ml), and ascorbic acid (29.25 μg/ml) are shown in Fig. 11b. Sv-AuNPs were found to possess higher antioxidant potential than plant extract. Because of the smaller size and large surface area of AuNPs, DPPH radicals are easily adsorbed onto the surface and trap H-atoms from AuNPs to form DPPH-H molecules, which accounts for their significantly high antioxidant activity [60]. Besides, different phytocompounds binds to the surface of the nanoparticles during the synthesis process and enhance antioxidant activity of nanoparticles [61]. Our findings are comparable to those reported by other research groups [62, 63].
Catalytic activity Catalytic efficacy of Sv-NPs (50 µg/ml) was analyzed against degradation of CR and 4-NP at room temperature. Time dependent degradation of the dye was observed visually by color change from red/pale yellow to colorless and by analyzing the UV–Vis spectrum in range of 300–700 nm (Figs. 12, 13). In accordance with the UV–Vis spectrum of CR, the initial absorption maxima recorded was at 570 nm, decreased gradually after the addition of Sv-NPs and it disappeared within one hour. 4-NP, on the other hand, showed a bright yellow color with a strong peak at 430 nm. The probable mechanism that aids in the reduction of 4-NP is that on addition of Sv-AuNPs, sodium phenolate is reduced to 4-aminophenol making the solution colorless and shift in peak from 430 to 300 nm. NaBH4 alone was not found to have any catalytic activity against harmful dyes and degradation occurs only after addition of Sv-AuNPs [32, 64]. Similar findings were also reported with nanoparticles synthesized from plants belonging to Arecaceae, Salicaceae, Solanaceae, and Zingiberaceae families from other parts of the world [65,66,67,68].
Conclusion
In present study, one-pot, simple and cost-effective approach for synthesis of Sv-AuNPs from S. virginianum was used. Phytochemicals present in aqueous plant extract served as reducing and stabilizing agents, enabling synthesis of Sv-AuNPs within 15–20 min. Microscopic and spectroscopic techniques were used to characterize Sv-AuNPs. UV–Vis spectrum showed them to be stable at room temperature for up to six months. Sv-AuNPs obtained were monodispersed, spherical in shape, and ~ 33 nm in size. They exhibited higher antibacterial and antioxidant potential as compared to the aqueous plant extract. Interestingly, Sv-AuNPs showed ZOI even higher than standard antibiotic against some of the tested bacterial strains. These properties make them an indispensable agent to fight against diseases of the diverse origin. Sv-AuNPs also aid in environmental remediation by rapidly degrading harmful dyes like CR and 4-NP. The above findings revealed that Sv-AuNPs can function as an antibacterial agent, DPPH radical scavenger and catalysts. The plant appears to be a promising candidate in nanotheranostics and environmental remediation being a repository of bioactive compounds. However, more research work is required to validate the role of biosynthesized nanoparticles in clinical and ecological fields.
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Abbreviations
- µg/ml:
-
Microgram per milliliter
- 4-NP:
-
4- Nitrophenol
- AuNPs:
-
Gold nanoparticles
- CR:
-
Congo Red
- DPPH:
-
2, 2-Diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl
- DW:
-
Distilled water
- EDS:
-
Energy dispersive spectroscopy
- FE-SEM:
-
Field emission scanning electron microscopy
- FTIR:
-
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
- mg/ml:
-
Milli gram per milli liter
- min:
-
Minutes
- mm:
-
Milli meter
- mM:
-
Milli molar
- NaBH4 :
-
Sodium borohydride
- SPR:
-
Surface plasmon resonance
- Sv-AuNPs:
-
Solanum virginianum gold nanoparticles
- UV-Vis:
-
Ultra violet-visible spectroscopy
- XRD:
-
X-ray diffraction
- ZOI:
-
Zone of inhibition
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Rohilla, P., Chhikara, A. & Dahiya, P. Biogenic synthesis of AuNPs using Solanum virginianum L. and their antibacterial, antioxidant and catalytic applications. Indian J Microbiol 63, 562–574 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-023-01114-4
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