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Can animals too negotiate nano transformations?

  • Jha, Anal K. (Aryabhatta Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Aryabhatta Knowledge University) ;
  • Prasad, K. (University Department of Physics, T.M. Bhagalpur University)
  • Received : 2012.06.12
  • Accepted : 2013.03.04
  • Published : 2013.03.25
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Abstract

Cockroach (Periplaneta americana) broth has been employed to assess its potential as a candidate source animal tissue for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles. The synthesis is performed akin to room temperature in the laboratory ambience. X-ray and transmission electron microscopy analyses are performed to ascertain the formation of nanoparticles. The synthesis of nanoparticles might have resulted due to the activity of chitin, metallothioneine and tropomyosin. A possible involved mechanism for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles has also been proposed. This work further indicates that the animal wastes too can effectively participate in nano-transformations thereby helping in controlling the environmental pollution and subsequently the different diseases.

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