Silver Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using Achillea biebersteinii Flower Extract: Apoptosis Induction in MCF-7 Cells via Caspase Activation and Regulation of Bax and Bcl-2 Gene Expression

Baharara, Javad; Namvar, Farideh; Ramezani, Tayebe; Mousavi, Marzieh; Mohamad, Rosfarizan

doi:10.3390/molecules20022693

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Silver Nanoparticles Biosynthesized Using Achillea biebersteinii Flower Extract: Apoptosis Induction in MCF-7 Cells via Caspase Activation and Regulation of Bax and Bcl-2 Gene Expression

Published in Molecules • Feb 5, 2015

Authors:

Javad Baharara

Farideh Namvar

Tayebe Ramezani

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs), the most popular nanoparticles, possess unique properties. Achillea biebersteinii is a plant of the Asteraceae family rich in active antitumor components. The aim of this research was the characterization and investigation of the cytotoxic properties of Ag-NPs synthesi...

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DNA fragmentation

Nuclear chemistry

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

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