Red wine gold nanoparticles for wound healing
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have unique properties giving them a wide range of applications
in various fields including the biomedical fields. Their synthesis through chemical and physical
methods has been explored and demonstrated to be toxic and harmful to the environment. The
introduction of biogenic synthesis offers a more effective, less toxic, and cost-effective
alternative route for the synthesis of AuNPs. In the biogenic synthesis, phytochemicals present
in plants or biomolecules from microorganisms are used as reducing and stabilizing agents in
the reduction of gold precursor to AuNPs. Plants and their products such as red wines in our
case are preferred over microorganisms as they are readily available, inexpensive, and can
synthesize AuNPs in a single step. The AuNPs have shown great potential in wound healing,
by demonstrating anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and antibacterial activities.
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>Magister Scientiae - MSc
Keywords
Antioxidant activity, Green synthesis, Nanotechnology, Red wine, Wound healing