Biogenic Synthesis of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Mediated by the Extract of Fruit Pericarp and Its Multifaceted Applications.

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) were biosynthesized by using the pericarp aqueous extract from Linn. These NPs were characterized using various analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and XRD studies of the nanoparticles reported mean size as 12.58 nm nanocrystals with highest purity.

Employing bioactive compounds derived from (L.) to evaluate potential inhibitor for SARS-CoV-2 main protease and ACE2 protein.

Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and main protease (M) are significant target proteins, mainly involved in the attachment of viral genome to host cells and aid in replication of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronaviruses or SARS-CoV genome. In the present study, we identified 11 potent bioactive compounds from ethanolic leaf extract of (L.) by using GC-MS analysis.