Cytotoxic and genotoxic assessment of glycolipid-reduced and -capped gold and silver nanoparticles
- 24 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in New Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 34 (2), 294-301
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b9nj00277d
Abstract
A systematic cytotoxic and genotoxic evaluation of glycolipid-conjugated silver and gold nanoparticles is carried out. These glycolipid nanoparticle conjugates are obtained by exploiting the reductive capability of a class of glycolipids called sophorolipids that play the role of capping agent as well. Further, when tested for their cytotoxicity and genotoxicity on HepG2 cells, these nanoparticles are found to be cytocompatible up to 100 μM metal concentrations. Of the two metallic systems investigated, gold nanoparticles are found to be more cytocompatible than the same concentrations of silver nanoparticles. Similarly, it is also demonstrated that at 100 μM, silver nanoparticles cause more DNA damage compared to gold nanoparticles of similar concentrations.Keywords
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