Foroogh Mirzania, Iraj Salimikia, Javad Ghasemian Yadegari, Abdolrazagh Marzban, Amirmasoud Firouzi, Alireza Nazarzadeh, Javid Aalaei
BACKGROUND: Dracocephalum kotschyi Boiss. is known as a native medicinal plant of Iran. OBJECTIVE: In this study, aqueous extract of D. kotschyi was used to synthesize ZnO-NPs. To produce ZnO-NPs, aerial parts of D. kotschyi were powdered and then macerated for obtaining aqueous extract, after that, aqueous extract was used to reduse zinc nitrate to ZnO-NPs. METHODS: To confirm nanoparticles synthesis, SEM, TEM, UV-Vis, FTIR, and XRD were used...
December 27, 2023: Current Drug Discovery Technologies