Tyrosine was used to make silver nanomaterials with excellent antimicrobial properties
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal has developed a safe and easy procedure to produce silver nanomaterials that can be used as antimicrobial agents.
The researchers used the amino acid Tyrosine to produce nanomaterials of silver that had excellent antimicrobial properties. Tyrosine is present in many food items, including meat, dairy, nuts, and beans.
The nanoparticles thus formed were found to kill microbes such as S. cerevisiae (associated with pneumonia, peritonitis, UTI etc.), C. albicans (oral and genital infections), E. coli (stomach infection), and B. cereus (stomach infection), in about four hours.
“As our product comprises two components, it can be utilized for multiple purposes: from photophysical studies to applications in biological systems,” said the researchers.