Synthesis, characterization and concentration dependant antibacterial potentials of nickel oxide nanoparticles against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2020-11-2-237-245
Abstract
Bacterial resistance to antibiotic treatment is a major emerging clinical and public health issue across the globe. Advancements in the field of metal oxide nanomaterials in the last few years have improved the potential of metal oxides in different applications. Metal oxides, of which, nickel oxide (NiO) is one, also possess antibacterial activities. This investigation was planned to synthesize NiO nanoparticles to study their antibacterial potential in comparison with bulk NiO and standard antibiotics at different concentrations. Synthesis and characterization of NiO nanoparticles was done by standard procedures. The antibacterial potentials of different compounds were determined at different concentrations against S. aureus and E. coli. The diameter of zone of inhibition showed that the antibacterial effect of NiO nanoparticles against S. aureus was better than E. coli at the same concentration. The concentration-dependent effect of NiO nanoparticles was observed from 0.125 to 128 µg/ml. The effect of NiO nanoparticles was markedly better than bulk NiO at all concentrations. Tetracycline and gentamicin did not show effect below 1.0 µg/ml and 2.0 µg/ml, respectively. The activity index and fold increase of NiO nanoparticles were both higher than 1 and positive, with respect to tetracycline, gentamicin and bulk NiO against S. aureus and E. coli at all the tested concentrations. In conclusion, the NiO nanoparticles seemed to be a more potent antibacterial agent than their bulk form, tetracycline and gentamicin, and in future, their applications may be extended in biomedical field and other areas to reduce microbial infections and incidences of antibacterial resistance.
Keywords
nickel oxide nanoparticles,
S. aureus,
E. coli,
Antibacterial activity,
activity index,
fold increase
Supporting agencies: The authors are thankful to Department of Chemistry and Department of Biotechnology, University of Jammu, for providing necessary facilities and support for conducting present study. The authors also acknowledge the support of SAIF STIC (Kochi), SAIF Chandigarh, CIL Chandigarh for providing the facilities for characterization.
About the Authors
V. Gupta
Department of Chemistry, University of Jammu
India
India
J&K
V. Kant
Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, IVRI
India
India
Bareilly, UP
A. Gupta
Department of Physics, University of Jammu
India
India
J&K
M. Sharma
Department of Chemistry, University of Jammu
India
India
J&K
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Gupta V., Kant V., Gupta A., Sharma M. Synthesis, characterization and concentration dependant antibacterial potentials of nickel oxide nanoparticles against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. 2020;11(2):237–245. https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2020-11-2-237-245
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