Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activity of Gallic Acid–Cu(II) Hybrid Nanoflowers and Gallic Acid–Zn(II) Hybrid Nanoflowers
Burcu Somtürk Yılmaz
Abstract
Abstract Herein, synthesis and characterization of hybrid nanoflowers (hNFs) using gallic acid as organic components, and Cu(II), and Zn(II) ions which were involved as the inorganic component was carried out. In the first part of the study, the morphologies of the synthesized hNFs were investigated using SEM, EDX, XRD, FT-IR, and mapping. In the second part of the study, the antimicrobial activities of the synthesized hNFs were examined. Antimicrobial activities of hNFs were systematically studied against Staphylococcus aureus , Escherichia coli , P. aeruginosa , and Candida albicans with broth microdilution and short time-kill assay. In addition, the anticancer activity of hNFs was examined. For this, A549 and MCF7 cell lines were used. Graphical Abstract