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Feasibility of quercetin dietary supplement as reducing and stabilizing agent: Green route of silver nanoparticles using a bioactive flavonoid

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This work focused on investigating whether quercetin from a dietary supplement can be used as an efficient reducing and stabilizing agent to obtain suitable silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) through a green synthesis. Antibacterial activity was tested against S. aureus, E. coli, and P. mirabilis for finding high inhibition values using this new route, even more significant than the values reported in current literature. Results stated that it is possible to synthesize spherical AgNPs with excellent stability and antimicrobial activity using a dietary supplement (low purity 20%). The success of this filing is due to the significant solubility provided by the other ingredients present in the dietary supplement.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge Joazet Ojeda and Claudia Hernández for their support during the TEM and XRD analyses.

Funding

M.G. Peña-Juarez and J.A. Gonzalez-Calderon are grateful to Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt México) for Ph.D. scholarship (No: 744689) and the “Cátedras-Conacyt” program, respectively.

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  1. Doctorado Institucional en Ingeniería y Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Sierra Leona No. 550 Col. Lomas 2da. Sección, 78210 SLP, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    M. G. Peña-Juarez

  2. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava Martínez No. 6, Zona Universitaria, 78210 SLP, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    P. C. Mayorga-Colunga & C. A. Rivera-Hernandez

  3. Cátedras CONACYT-Instituto de Metalurgia, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Sierra Leona 550, Lomas 2da Sección, 78210, San Luis Potosí, SLP, Mexico

    E. J. Gutierrez-Castañeda

  4. Tecnológico Nacional de México/CRODE Celaya, Diego Arenas Guzmán 901, Fracc. Zona de Oro 1, 38020, Guanajuato, Mexico

    J. Navarrete-Damián

  5. Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Alvaro Obregón 64, 78000 SLP, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    E. Pérez

  6. Cátedras CONACYT-Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Alvaro Obregón 64, 78000 SLP, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

    J. A. Gonzalez-Calderon

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Peña-Juarez, M.G., Mayorga-Colunga, P.C., Rivera-Hernandez, C.A. et al. Feasibility of quercetin dietary supplement as reducing and stabilizing agent: Green route of silver nanoparticles using a bioactive flavonoid. MRS Communications 11, 498–503 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-021-00063-7

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