Mohammadi Ali, Hashemi Negin, Ghassabzadeh Mohaddeseh, Sharafi Ali, Yazdinezhad Alireza, Danafar Hossein
Zanjan Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 1;15(1):20853. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-05544-6.
The green synthesis approach for nanoparticle production offers several advantages over traditional physical and chemical methods. Notably, it avoids the use of hazardous chemicals and acts as a cost-effective and eco-friendly process. This study focuses on the green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO- NPs) using the Punica granatum fruit peel extract. Punica granatum fruit peel extract was chosen for the environmentally friendly synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles due to its rich composition of bioactive compounds, including polyphenols, flavonoids, and tannins, which function as natural reducing and stabilizing agents. The morphological, structural, and optical observations were confirmed through various techniques such as X- ray diffraction (XRD), UV-Vis spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE- SEM), Fourier- transform infrared spectroscopy (FT- IR), EDAX and dynamic light scattering (DLS). To further investigate the impact of synthesized nanoparticles, hemolysis and MTT (3-[4, 5- dimethylthiazol- 2- yl]- 2, 5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assays were conducted. The morphology of the resulting nanoparticles was found to be spherical and homogeneous. DLS results show the hydrodynamic size of nanoparticles with a Z-average of 187 nm with polydispersity index (PdI) of nanoparticles to be 0.298 and zeta potential of nanoparticles is -17.6 mV. The results showed that green synthesis using Punica granatum fruit peel extract resulted in significantly higher cell viability in culture compared to traditional chemical synthesis. This finding highlights the project's aim to emphasize the advantages of the green synthesis approach on HFF-2 cell lines. These results offer powerful evidence for the potential capability of green synthesis ZnO nanoparticles with Punica granatum fruit peel extract opens up a new avenue of research in this area.
与传统的物理和化学方法相比,纳米颗粒生产的绿色合成方法具有几个优点。值得注意的是,它避免了使用危险化学品,是一种经济高效且环保的工艺。本研究重点关注使用石榴果皮提取物绿色合成氧化锌纳米颗粒(ZnO-NPs)。由于石榴果皮提取物富含生物活性化合物,包括多酚、黄酮类化合物和单宁,这些化合物可作为天然还原剂和稳定剂,因此被选用于环境友好型的ZnO纳米颗粒合成。通过各种技术,如X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外可见光谱、场发射扫描电子显微镜(FE-SEM)、傅里叶变换红外光谱(FT-IR)、能谱分析(EDAX)和动态光散射(DLS),对其形态、结构和光学特性进行了确认。为了进一步研究合成纳米颗粒的影响,进行了溶血和MTT(3-[4,5-二甲基噻唑-2-基]-2,5-二苯基四氮唑溴盐)测定。结果发现所得纳米颗粒的形态为球形且均匀。DLS结果显示纳米颗粒的流体动力学尺寸,Z平均直径为187nm,纳米颗粒的多分散指数(PdI)为0.298,纳米颗粒的zeta电位为-17.6mV。结果表明,与传统化学合成相比,使用石榴果皮提取物进行绿色合成可使培养物中的细胞活力显著提高。这一发现突出了该项目强调绿色合成方法对HFF-2细胞系优势的目标。这些结果为石榴果皮提取物绿色合成ZnO纳米颗粒的潜在能力提供了有力证据,为该领域开辟了一条新的研究途径。