Cissus quadrangularis mediated ecofriendly synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles and its antifungal studies against Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus

- Ecofriendly synthesis of CuO NPs was achieved using Cissus quadrangularis aqueous extract.
- Further the synthesized CuO NPs were spherical in shape with 30 nm size.
- CuO NPs proves to be an fungicidal agent while compare to commercial available standards

Recently, non-toxic source mediated synthesis of metal and a metal oxide nanoparticle attains more attention due to key applicational responsibilities. This present report stated that the eco-friendly synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) using Cissus quadrangularis (C. quadrangularis) plant extract. Further the eco-friendly synthesized CuO NPs were characterized using a number of analytical techniques. The observed results stated that the synthesized CuO NPs were spherical in shape with 30 ± 2 nm. Then the eco-friendly synthesized CuO NPs were subjected for anti-fungal against two strains namely Aspergillus niger (A. niger) resulted in 83% at 500 ppm, 86% of inhibition at 1000 ppm and Aspergillus flavus (A. flavus) resulted in 81% at 500 ppm, 85% of inhibition at 1000 ppm respectively. Despite the fact that compared to standard Carbendazim, eco-friendly synthesized CuO NPs exhibits better results were discussed in this manuscript.