Extracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum

Priyabrata Mukherjee, Satyajyoti Senapati, Deendayal Mandal, Absar Ahmad, M. Islam Khan, Rajiv Kumar, Murali Sastry

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

442 Scopus citations

Abstract

A green chemistry approach to naoparticle synthesis is the exciting possibility opened up by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum. The fungus (show in the flask on the left), when exposed to aqueous AuCl4-ions, reduces the metal ions; this leads to the extracellular formation of gold nanoparticles (shown in the flask on the right).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)461-463
Number of pages3
JournalChemBioChem
Volume3
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2002

Keywords

  • Colloids
  • Enzymes
  • Gold
  • Nanostructures
  • Oxidoreductases

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Organic Chemistry

Access to Document

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Extracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

    • Cite this

    Mukherjee, P., Senapati, S., Mandal, D., Ahmad, A., Khan, M. I., Kumar, R., & Sastry, M. (2002). Extracellular synthesis of gold nanoparticles by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum. ChemBioChem, 3(5), 461-463. https://doi.org/10.1002/1439-7633(20020503)3:5<461::AID-CBIC461>3.0.CO;2-X