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PubMed: 37893319 DOI: 10.3390/mi14101882

Biosynthesis of Copper Nanoparticles with Medicinal Plants Extracts: From Extraction Methods to Applications.

Micromachines (Basel) 14(10)

Authors: Aurora Antonio-Pérez, Luis Fernando Durán-Armenta, María Guadalupe Pérez-Loredo, Ana Laura Torres-Huerta

Affiliations

  • Departamento de Bioingeniería, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México, Av. Lago de Guadalupe KM 3.5, Margarita Maza de Juárez, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Ciudad López Mateos 52926, Mexico.
  • VIB-VUB Center for Structural Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
  • Departamento de Bioingeniería, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México, Av. Lago de Guadalupe KM 3.5, Margarita Maza de Juárez, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Ciudad López Mateos 52926, Mexico. División Académica de Tecnología Ambiental, Universidad Tecnológica Fidel Velázquez, Av. Emiliano Zapata S/N, El Tráfico, Nicolás Romero C.P.54400, Mexico.

Abstract

Copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) can be synthesized by green methods using plant extracts. These methods are more environmentally friendly and offer improved properties of the synthesized NPs in terms of biocompatibility and functional capabilities. Traditional medicine has a rich history of utilization of herbs for millennia, offering a viable alternative or complementary option to conventional pharmacological medications. Plants of traditional herbal use or those with medicinal properties are candidates to be used to obtain NPs due to their high and complex content of biocompounds with different redox capacities that provide a dynamic reaction environment for NP synthesis. Other synthesis conditions, such as salt precursor concentration, temperature, time synthesis, and pH, have a significant effect on the characteristics of the NPs. This paper will review the properties of some compounds from medicinal plants, plant extract obtention methods alternatives, characteristics of plant extracts, and how they relate to the NP synthesis process. Additionally, the document includes diverse applications associated with CuNPs, starting from antibacterial properties to potential applications in metabolic disease treatment, vegetable tissue culture, therapy, and cardioprotective effect, among others.

MeSH

Medicine, Traditional, Terpenes, Environment, Plants, Medicinal, Plant Extracts, Therapeutics, Nanoparticles, Flavonoids, Polyphenols

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