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Alabyadh T, Albadri R, Es-haghi A, Yazdi MET, Ajalli N, Rahdar A, Thakur VK. ZnO/CeO 2 Nanocomposites: Metal-Organic Framework-Mediated Synthesis, Characterization, and Estimation of Cellular Toxicity toward Liver Cancer Cells. J Funct Biomater 2022; 13:jfb13030139. [PMID: 36135574 PMCID: PMC9503907 DOI: 10.3390/jfb13030139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The Zinc-doped cerium oxide nanocomposite (ZnO/CeO2 NC) was synthesized using a metal-organic framework as a precursor through the combustion method. It was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), field emission electron microscopy (FESEM), energy dispersive analysis (EDX), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and ξ-potential. The PXRD demonstrated the successful synthesis of ZnO/CeO2 NC with a crystallite size of 31.9 nm. FESEM and TEM images displayed hexagonal and spherical morphologies, and the solid-phase size was 65.03 ± 30.86 nm for ZnO/CeO2 NCs. DLS, TEM, and FESEM showed that the NCs have a high tendency for agglomeration/aggregation in both aqueous media and solid phase. The anticancer attributes of ZnO/CeO2 NC were investigated against Liver cancer cells (HepG2), which showed inhibition of cancer cell growth on a concentration-dependent gradient. The cell toxicity effects of ZnO/CeO2 nanocomposites were also studied toward NIH-3T3, in which the data displayed the lower toxicity of NC compared to the HepG2 cell line.
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Affiliation(s)
- Toqa Alabyadh
- Department of Biology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad 91871-47578, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad 91871-47578, Iran
| | - Ali Es-haghi
- Department of Biology, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad 91871-47578, Iran
- Correspondence: (A.E.-h.); (M.E.T.Y.); (A.R.); (V.K.T.)
| | - Mohammad Ehsan Taghavizadeh Yazdi
- Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad 91388-13944, Iran
- Correspondence: (A.E.-h.); (M.E.T.Y.); (A.R.); (V.K.T.)
| | - Narges Ajalli
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 14179-35840, Iran
| | - Abbas Rahdar
- Department of Physics, University of Zabol, Zabol 98613-35856, Iran
- Correspondence: (A.E.-h.); (M.E.T.Y.); (A.R.); (V.K.T.)
| | - Vijay Kumar Thakur
- Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
- School of Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India
- Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali 140413, Punjab, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun 248002, Uttarakhand, India
- Correspondence: (A.E.-h.); (M.E.T.Y.); (A.R.); (V.K.T.)
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