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Saira Sehar ¹, Mohsin Sher Ali Khan ², Amiza ³, Touqir Hussain ⁴, M. Zahid ⁵, Moazina Mobeen ⁶, Imran Raza ⁷, Minnatullah ⁷

Affiliations
1 Department of Chemistry, Minhaj University, Lahore, PK
2 School of Chemical Engineering Dailan University of Technology, China. 3Department of Chemistry, UMT Lahore, PK
3 Department of Chemistry, UMT Lahore, PK
4 Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, PK
5 School of Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale University of Science and Technology of China, CN
6 Department of Physics, Comsats University Islamabad, PK
7 Department of Chemistry, GCUF, PK

Abstract

The extracted material from Moringa oleifera is used for synthesis of the ZnO nanoparticles. The extracted material from plants is used as stabilizing and reducing agent. Plant extracts are also used for the formation of nanoparticles this is called green synthesis method which decreases the formation of unsafe materials. With the help of various Analytical techniques for example scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy and UV (Ultra violet) Spectroscopy, the manufactured ZnO nanoparticles are distinguished. The range of the size of ZnO nanoparticles is from 48nm by SEM and XRD. The peak of ZnO is observed at 500 cm-1 by FTIR. Ultraviolet visible spectroscopy shows the spectrum of ZnO at 290-315nm range. Moringa oleifera mediated ZnO revealed high activity against gram positive and gram negative bacteria. Smaller sized Nanoparticles shows excellent antimicrobial activity.

Keywords

Nanoparticles, Moringa Oleifera, SEM and Antimicrobial Exercise.

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Amiza ¹, Abdul Rauf ¹, Ayesha Mohy ud Din ¹, Fatima Ahmad ², Saira Sehar ¹, Adeel Ahmad Khawaja ¹, Shah Muhammad Haroon ³, Rehana Iqbal ¹

Affiliations
1 1Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Management and Technology, CII, Johar Town, Lahore, 54770,, PK
2 2Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh,, IN
3 Department of Chemistry, School of Science, University of Management and Technology, CII, Johar Town, Lahore, 54770,, PK

Abstract

The recent advancements in field of genomics and synthetic biology has paved the way for determination and utilization of pharmaceutical properties of beneficial plants. Foeniculum vulgare is a member of Apiaceae family, commonly known as fennel. It is globally distributed aromatic medicinal herb. F. vulgare falls in the category of World’s most important medicinal herb because of its economic status and pharmaceutical industrial applications. It has been used as herbal treatment for a longer period of time as an effective medicine to cure different ailments such as liver pain, kidney disorders, swollen stomach, abdominal pain, and mouth ulcerand no documented severe side effects reported. Essential oil, flavonoids and phenolic compounds are major chemical constituents of F.vulgare. Volatile and non-volatile compounds of this plant are responsible for its biological activities. The Pharmacological experiments performed by in vitro and in vivo models, revealed that F. vulgare has strong therapeutic effects. This review is supposed to shed the light on anti-bacterial, antioxidant, antidiabetic, antifungal, antimicrobial, antianxiety, hepatoprotective, memory protective, acaricidal, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-mutagenic activities.

Keywords

Medicinal herb, Foeniculum vulgare, therapeutic, anti-oxidant, antianxiety, anticancer, memory protective.

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