Potential Therapeutic Activity of Bio-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles as Anticancer and Antimicrobial Agent

Abstract

Aloevera is one of the oldest medicinal plants and it possesses different types of pharmacological properties including anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and antioxidant activity. More over Aloevera contains 75 bioactive compounds such as polyphenol, flavonoids, alkaloids, anthraquinone etc. Such bioactive compounds can be used to reduce silver ions to produce silver nanoparticles. In this study, we are trying to formulate bio-synthesised silver nanoparticle (b-AgNps) by green chemistry approach. It is a very simple, efficient and eco-friendly approach for silver nanoparticle synthesis that is formed by reduction of silver nitrate (AgNO3) solution using Aloe vera leaf extract as a reducing agent.