title: Vegetable Peel Waste for the Production of ZnO Nanoparticles and its Toxicological Efficiency, Antifungal, Hemolytic, and Antibacterial Activities.
abstract: Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are important materials when making different products like sun screens, textiles, and paints. In the current study, the photocatalytic effect of prepared ZnO NPs from Moringa oleifera (M. oleifera) was evaluated on degradation of crystal violet (CV) dye, which is largely released from textile industries and is harmful to the environment. Preliminarily, ZnO NP formation was confirmed using a double beam ultraviolet visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometer; further, the NP size was estimated using XRD analysis and the functional group analysis was determined using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The morphology of the synthesized NPs was found to be a hexagonal shape using SEM and TEM analysis and elemental screening was analyzed using EDX. ZnO NPs were shown sized 40-45 nm and spherical in shape. The degradation percentage of ZnO NPs was calculated as 94% at 70 min and the rate of the reaction -k = 0.0282. The synthesized ZnO NPs were determined for effectiveness on biological activities such as antifungal, hemolytic, and antibacterial activity. ZnO NPs showed good antifungal activity against Alternaria saloni and Sclerrotium rolfii strains. Further, we have determined the hemolytic and antibacterial activity of ZnO NPs and we got successive results in antibacterial and hemolytic activities.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry of Heterocycles & Natural Product Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, 632 014, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Surendra
authors.affiliation: Chemistry of Heterocycles & Natural Product Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore, 632 014, Tamilnadu, India. selvarajmohanaroopan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Selvaraj Mohana
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Roopan
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Microbiology, Addiriyah Chair for Environmental Studies, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Naif Abdullah
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Al-Dhabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany and Microbiology, Addiriyah Chair for Environmental Studies, College of Science, King Saud University, P. O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mariadhas Valan
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Arasu
authors.affiliation: Marine Biotechnology and Byproducts Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Bioscience and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632 014, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: Gargi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: Marine Biotechnology and Byproducts Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Bioscience and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, 632 014, Tamilnadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suthindhiran
keywords: Antibacterial activity; Antifungal activity; In vitro hemolytic activity; Photocatalytic activity; Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticle (NP) synthesis