A facile green synthesis of silver nanoparticle using the medicinal plant Leucas aspera and their antibacterial activity

Nano Biomedicine and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-98

  Vijayaraj, D ^a   Anarkali, J ^a   Rajathi, K ^a   Sridhar, S ^a  

^a Govt Arts College   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; FTIR; Leucas aspera; Silver nanoparticles; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUCAS ASPERA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84863634330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21505578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5101/nbe.v4i2.p95-98     Document Type: Article

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