%0 Journal Article
%T <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i> Oil Synthesized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Characterization and Antibacterial Activity
%A Hind Baballa Gasmalla
%A Ahmed Mahmoud Idris
%A Mahgoub Ibrahim Shinger
%A Dongdong Qin
%A Duoliang Shan
%A Xiaoquan Lu
%J Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology
%P 154-165
%@ 2158-7043
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jbnb.2016.73016
%X Antibacterial activity of iron oxide nanoparticles, <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">an
employing </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">B. aegyptiaca</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> oil (L.) Del., was used as natural stabilizer
by modifying a co-precipitation method. In this work, we chose </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">B. aegyptiaca</span></i> <span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">oil as the new </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">surfactant</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> coating
agent, and synthesized </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">B. aegyptiaca</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> oil coating with iron oxide </span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">nanoparticles</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> which were characterized with a variety of methods, including Gas Chromatography
(GC) to determine the fatty acids composition of the seeds oil,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Fourier Transform-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Transmission Electron
Microscopy (TEM) equipped with Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray Powder
Diffractometer (XRD) and Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM). In antibacterial studies,
disk diffusion susceptibility test was used to measure efficacy of iron oxide nanoparticles
against Gram-positive bacteria </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Staphylococcus aureus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">S. aureus</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">), </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Bacillus subtilis</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">(B. subtilis)</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and Gram-negative bacteria </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Escherichia
coli</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> (</span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">E. coli</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">) in terms of zone inhibition. The </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">B. aegyptiaca</span></i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> coated on the surface of iron oxide nanoparticles; its particle size was found to
be nanoscale below 50 nm, and the magnetization (<span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">&lt;sup&gt;</span><sup><i></i></sup></span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size:6.5pt;font-family:;\" \"=\"\">¦Ä</span></span></i><span
%K Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
%K &lt
%K i&gt
%K Balanites aegpyptiaca&lt
%K /i&gt
%K Oil
%K Antibacterial Activity
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=67880