TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olaifa,Mumeen Adedayo
AU  - Akhayere,Evidence
TI  - SYNTHESIS AND OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES FROM NERIUM OLEANDER FOR ANTI-MICROBIAL TREATMENT OF WASTE WATER
PY  - 2023///
KW  - Oleander
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Phytochemicals
KW  - Sewage
N1  - Thesis (Msc) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Bioengineering Department; Includes bibliography (sheets 39-43)
N2  - ABSTRACT
Nerium oleander has been used by traditional herbalist to treat many diseases in 
African traditional medicine. There is a widespread anxiety about the scourge of 
diseases caused by excessive free radicals in the body and lack of standardization of 
medicinal herbal products. Therefore, this research is aimed at evaluating the chemical 
and antioxidant activity of Nerium oleander Leaves extracts. The powdered Leaves 
was evaluated for its biological profiles and then extracted successively by maceration 
method using water. The extracts obtained was concentrated using rotary evaporator 
and the percentage yields of the extracts were determined. Phytochemical constituents 
of both qualitatively and quantitatively using standard protocols were done. Elemental
analysis of Synthesized Nanoparticles (AgNp) was carried out using SEM, XRD and 
Zeta size machine. The plant’s identity has been established to be Nerium oleander. 
The qualitative phytochemical analysis shows that saponin, tannins, flavonoids, 
Steroids, cardiac glycosides and terpenoids are present, while alkaloids and 
anthraquinone are absent. This indicates that the antibacterial activity demonstrated is 
concentration dependent. The tested multidrug-resistant strains of bacteria were 
susceptible to the potential antibacterial action of the produced AgNPs. In order to 
clean waste water in the community and stop the spread of water related diseases, these 
AgNPs could potentially be a source for the creation of extremely effective 
antimicrobial coatings.
Keywords: Nerium oleander; Phytochemicals; SEM; Waste-Water; XRD
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