Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus
Natural contamination of agricultural products like crops (red chilies, peanuts, pistachio, walnut, rice, corn, cottonseed, and wheat) by various fungi and their metabolites, may occur at pre and post-harvest levels. Ten thousand Mycotoxins have been known that are produced by various fungi but the...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2024-01-01
|
Series: | Results in Chemistry |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715624000080 |
_version_ | 1797356069960286208 |
---|---|
author | Abdul Qadir Ahmad Naila Attique Rizwan Ali Waneeza Abbas Muhammad Nadeem Muhammad Junaid Noor Ul Ain |
author_facet | Abdul Qadir Ahmad Naila Attique Rizwan Ali Waneeza Abbas Muhammad Nadeem Muhammad Junaid Noor Ul Ain |
author_sort | Abdul Qadir Ahmad |
collection | DOAJ |
description | Natural contamination of agricultural products like crops (red chilies, peanuts, pistachio, walnut, rice, corn, cottonseed, and wheat) by various fungi and their metabolites, may occur at pre and post-harvest levels. Ten thousand Mycotoxins have been known that are produced by various fungi but the metabolites of the genus Aspergillus called aflatoxins are well known due to their most toxic potential. Among the twenty identified types of aflatoxins four types B1 (AFB1), B2 (AFB2), G1 (AFG1), and G2 (AFG2) are well known due to carcinogenic potential. It is a very difficult task to inhibit their growth from food and feed products to get rid from the exposure of aflatoxins. The process of inhibition was employed for this purpose and natural materials with their modified surface was used as antifungal agents. This method was found to be very beneficial and effective for the inhibition of Aflatoxogenic A. flavus from agricultural commodities. This method of inhibition of growth of A. flavus being cost effective and economical to preserved food and feed products before its consumption. In this research work, Fe/Mg nanoparticles was prepared by using leaf extract of Azadirachta indica. Optimum conditions for efficient inhibition of A. flavus was initial concentration 5 mg/mL while dose rate for both of these was 15 and 20 mg/mL. For the characterization of synthesized Fe/Mg nanoparticles Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy were used. Statistical analysis was done by calculating standards errors at 0.05 level of significance. |
first_indexed | 2024-03-08T14:21:20Z |
format | Article |
id | doaj.art-8be916a2dbbd431fa2b26c63036eaecb |
institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
issn | 2211-7156 |
language | English |
last_indexed | 2024-03-08T14:21:20Z |
publishDate | 2024-01-01 |
publisher | Elsevier |
record_format | Article |
series | Results in Chemistry |
spelling | doaj.art-8be916a2dbbd431fa2b26c63036eaecb2024-01-14T05:38:23ZengElsevierResults in Chemistry2211-71562024-01-017101312Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavusAbdul Qadir Ahmad0Naila Attique1Rizwan Ali2Waneeza Abbas3Muhammad Nadeem4Muhammad Junaid5Noor Ul Ain6Institute of Chemistry, Government College University Lahore, 54000 Lahore, PakistanInstitute of Chemistry, Government College University Lahore, 54000 Lahore, PakistanInstitute of Chemistry, Government College University Lahore, 54000 Lahore, PakistanInstitute of Chemistry, Government College University Lahore, 54000 Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad Layyah campus, 31200 Layyah, Punjab, PakistanInstitute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100 Bahawalpur Pakistan; Corresponding author.Institute of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100 Bahawalpur PakistanNatural contamination of agricultural products like crops (red chilies, peanuts, pistachio, walnut, rice, corn, cottonseed, and wheat) by various fungi and their metabolites, may occur at pre and post-harvest levels. Ten thousand Mycotoxins have been known that are produced by various fungi but the metabolites of the genus Aspergillus called aflatoxins are well known due to their most toxic potential. Among the twenty identified types of aflatoxins four types B1 (AFB1), B2 (AFB2), G1 (AFG1), and G2 (AFG2) are well known due to carcinogenic potential. It is a very difficult task to inhibit their growth from food and feed products to get rid from the exposure of aflatoxins. The process of inhibition was employed for this purpose and natural materials with their modified surface was used as antifungal agents. This method was found to be very beneficial and effective for the inhibition of Aflatoxogenic A. flavus from agricultural commodities. This method of inhibition of growth of A. flavus being cost effective and economical to preserved food and feed products before its consumption. In this research work, Fe/Mg nanoparticles was prepared by using leaf extract of Azadirachta indica. Optimum conditions for efficient inhibition of A. flavus was initial concentration 5 mg/mL while dose rate for both of these was 15 and 20 mg/mL. For the characterization of synthesized Fe/Mg nanoparticles Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy were used. Statistical analysis was done by calculating standards errors at 0.05 level of significance.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715624000080 |
spellingShingle | Abdul Qadir Ahmad Naila Attique Rizwan Ali Waneeza Abbas Muhammad Nadeem Muhammad Junaid Noor Ul Ain Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus Results in Chemistry |
title | Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus |
title_full | Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus |
title_fullStr | Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus |
title_full_unstemmed | Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus |
title_short | Green synthesis and characterization of Fe/Mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic A. flavus |
title_sort | green synthesis and characterization of fe mg nanoparticles for their potential applications against aflatoxogenic a flavus |
url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715624000080 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT abdulqadirahmad greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus AT nailaattique greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus AT rizwanali greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus AT waneezaabbas greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus AT muhammadnadeem greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus AT muhammadjunaid greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus AT noorulain greensynthesisandcharacterizationoffemgnanoparticlesfortheirpotentialapplicationsagainstaflatoxogenicaflavus |