Evaluation of Antibacterial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Prepared via Green Route Using Elaeocarpus ganitrus (Rudraksha) Beads Extract

摘要

The global expansion of antimicrobial resistance has necessitated different domains of antimicrobial sciences to work in concurrence and surface effective remedy for confronting the quandary. Elaeocarpus ganitrus or Rudraksha comes to the rescue of mankind, whose medicinal propertiesmay be utilized to enhance the renowned antimicrobial properties of nanosilver formulations. The present study aims at fabricating green silver nanoparticles (GSNPs) possessing significant antibacterial properties. Green reduction of Ag~(+) ions was carried out using the phytochemicalspresent in the Rudraksha beads extracts (RBE) at room temperature. The RBE-GSNPs thus produced were characterized using techniques viz. UV-Vis Spectral analysis, XRD, FTIR and SEM, followed by the assessment of their antibacterial potential against important food borne bacterial pathogens,depicted in the form of MIC, MBC and tolerance level. The Rudraksha extracts mediated green silver nanoparticles (RBE-GSNPs) were found to be mostly spherical in shape and in the size range of 13.6–36.3 nm. The medicinal potential of Rudraksha augments the therapeutic value of RBE-GSNPsdepicted in the form of its significant antibacterial properties against notable food borne pathogens, thus enhancing the role of silver nanoparticles to be employed in the nanomedicine domain, subjected to further scrutiny.