Silver and silver-iron nanoparticles synthesized by photoreduction for applications in cancer therapy

• Autor(a) principal: GON??ALVES, KARINA de O.
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: COURROL, LILIA C., CORAZZA, FULVIO, VIEIRA, DANIEL P., SBFOTON INTERNATIONAL OPTICS AND PHOTONICS CONFERENCE
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional do IPEN
• Texto Completo: http://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/30284

Metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied for various purposes including therapeutic applications for cancer. In this study, nanoparticles of silver and silver-iron with aminolevulinic acid (ALA) were synthesized using (ALA:AgNPs and ALA:AgFeNPs) the photoreduction method with a 300 W xenon lamp, characterized by UV/vis absorption, zeta potential, x-rays diffraction, FTIR and transmission electron microscopy. The sizes obtained were ~ 23 nm for silver and ~ 12 nm for iron. Cytotoxicity assays were performed on breast tumor cells (MCF-7) and prostate cancer cells (LNCaP). The results obtained showed that it was possible to synthesize silver and silver-iron nanoparticles by the photoreduction method, and to functionalize their surfaces with ALA, which was delivered to the cells and converted to protoporphyrin IX (PpIX).