Naz, MisbahQureshi, M. Z.Shahbaz, A.Haider, A.Ikram, M.Nafees, M.Shahzadi, A.Bashir, T.Ali, S.Blackburn, AnnekeChen, HongjunTricoli, Antonio2021-04-152021-04-151941-4900http://hdl.handle.net/1885/229983Green route was adopted for the synthesis of stable silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) using Cenchrus ciliaris (C. ciliaris) seeds exudates. A variety of techniques were deployed for the characterization of the bio-synthesized Ag-NPs using ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer-UV_Vis, X-ray diffraction-XRD, scanning electron microscopy-SEM, transmission electron microscopy-TEM and fourier transform infrared spectrometry-FTIR. Increasing C. ciliaris concentration leads to a reduction in the particle size accompanied with agglomeration between the NPs. The results demonstrate that Ag-NPs (1-3CC) are less agglomerated and exhibited significant antimicrobial potential against various bacterial strains compared to 4-5CC. In this project performance of nanocatalyst was evaluated on toxic contaminants that exhibit excellent degradation of methylene blue (MB) and congo red (CR) by NaBH4 in an eco-friendly manner. In addition, Ag-NPs were loaded with anticancer drugs (ACD) [doxorubicin (Dox) hydrochloride, and daunorubicin (Dono)] to develop novel drug carrier with high loading capacity and rapid drug adsorption rate to hampered the side effects of ACD. The loading capacity of ACD was investigated as a function of contact time and adsorption dosages had a maximum adsorption capacity of 404.19 and 253.85 mg/g for Dox and Dono respectively. Moreover, kinetic models were conducted to evaluate the adsorption kinetics.Authors would like to thanks higher education commission (HEC) Pakistan through indigenous 5000 PhD fellowship program and gratefully acknowledges the support of Australian Research Council DP150101939, Australian Research Council DE160100569, and Westpac 2016 Research Fellowship.application/pdfen-AU© 2018 American Scientific PublishersCenchrus ciliarisAg NanoparticlesGreen SynthesisDegradationDrug Loading2018-07-0110.1166/nnl.2018.27112020-11-23