Anticancer activity of green synthesized silver nano particles of Polysiphonia algae extracts

What is it about?

Breast cancer is one of the most frequent malignant tumor that starts in the breast cells and occurs particularly in women. Today, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have emerged up as a novel and effective tools for cancer therapeutics due to their unique properties and non-toxicity for normal human cells at very low concentration and without any side effects. Owing to the significance of silver nanoparticles in cancer treatment and the necessity for using ecofriendly, safe, reliable, and clean methods for the preparation of nanoparticles, we focused on the study of biological synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles by Polysiphonia alga cell free extract. In addition, we tried to validate the possible In-vitro anti-proliferative effects of these biogenic AgNPs against the breast cancer cell lines (MCF-7). According to, rapid, simple, and cost-effective proliferation of Polysiphonia alga in large scale, we believe it is a good candidate organism for green synthesize of AgNPs in large-scale with lower cost.

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Why is it important?

Given that Polysiphonia is native red alga in most of the marine ecosystem, it is a great potential for most countries to use it for green synthesize of AgNPs in large-scale with lower cost.