SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION OF CURCUMIN-BISMUTH NANOPARTICLES
Abstract Elemental bismuth has been reported to exhibit antimicrobial activity, but it does so only at relatively high millimolar concentrations due to its limited solubility in water. However, its solubility can be increased upon chelation with other materials like curcumin thereby increasing its potential as antimicrobial agent even at much more lower concentration. In this study, a novel Bismuth nanoparticless were prepared from non-toxic curcumin as stabilizing and capping agent to elim...