Seaweed-mediated biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using Gracilaria corticata for its antifungal activity against Candida spp.

Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 495-500

  Kumar, P ^a   Senthamil Selvi, S ^a   Govindaraju, M ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Antifungal activity; Gracilaria corticata; Marine seaweed; Phenolic compounds

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANDIDA; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHENOLS; SEAWEED; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YEAST;

AG NANOPARTICLE; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; GRACILARIA; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL VALUES; RAPID SYNTHESIS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 85059742616     PISSN: 21905509     EISSN: 21905517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13204-012-0151-3     Document Type: Article

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