Structural, bacteriostatic and antioxidant profiling of zinc oxide nanoparticles

Abstract

The bacterial infection and generation of free radicals inside the body are serious threats to human health globally and researchers show their serious concern for these issues. Thus, in this study, an attempt has been made to control bacterial growth and scavenge the ABTs free radicals. ZnO-NPs were synthesized by an economical method, and the characteristics were investigated using a range of analytical techniques. These methods included FTIR, SEM, EDX, XRD, and TEM. The agar-well diffusion process has been followed to control the growth of selected bacteria and the ABTs free radicals have been scavenged using a standard protocol. The effect of the dose on both activities has been studied where the results has explore that the effectiveness of the ZnO-NPs gradually increases with increasing concentration.