Amr Fouda, Ebrahim Saied, Ahmed M Eid, Fayza Kouadri, Ahmed M Alemam, Mohammed F Hamza, Maha Alharbi, Amr Elkelish, Saad El-Din Hassan
The peel aqueous extract of Punica granatum was utilized to fabricate zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) as a green approach. The synthesized NPs were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning electron microscopy, which was attached to an energy dispersive X-ray (SEM-EDX). Spherical, well arranged, and crystallographic structures of ZnO-NPs were formed with sizes of 10-45 nm. The biological activities of ZnO-NPs, including antimicrobial and catalytic activity for methylene blue dye, were assessed...
April 7, 2023: Journal of Functional Biomaterials