The Ability of Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale Rosc) Extract in Producing of Silver Nanoparticles and the Antibacterial activity of these nanoparticles

Abstract

Recently, using plant extract as a reducing agent for nanosilver particle synthesis has
been focused. This is a green technology utilizing the ready material in the nature to create the
nanoparticles with good properties and uniqe quality. In this study, ginger rhizome extract was
used to reduce the silver cation (Ag + ) to silver (Ag o ) as nanoparticles with uniqe quality and even
distribution in the solution. The size of the particles varied in the range of 20-40 nm. Reaction
conditions were investigated and optimized with AgNO 3 concentration of 3mM, extract
solution/AgNO 3 solution of 1/5, temperature of 80˚C, pH of 12 and reaction time of 30 min. The
results obtained from the antibacterial assays showed that silver nanoparticle solution had
antibacterial ability with an average effective diameter of 10 mm. It also indicated that the
antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticle solution on the Gram (-) bacterium (E. coli) is better
that on Gram (+) bacterium (S. aureus). In conclusion, we suggest that the ginger rhizome extract
can be used to produce silver nanoparticles in mild reaction conditions; the silver nanoparticle
solution expressed as a quite good antibacterial agent and therefore could be applied in decreasing
the effects of deleterious bacteria.
Keywords

Silver nanoparticle, plant extract, antibacterial, Zingiber officinale Rosc.

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