Tragacanth gum biopolymer as reducing and stabilizing agent in biosonosynthesis of urchin-like ZnO nanorod arrays: A low cytotoxic photocatalyst with antibacterial and antifungal properties

- Application of Tragacanth gum biopolymer as reducing and stabilizing agent.
- Green sonochemical synthesis of ZnO nanorods by using Tragacanth gum.
- Low cytotoxic ZnO photocatalyst with degradation efficiency of 92.2%.
- Safe ZnO nanorods as antibacterial and antifungal agent.
- Reduced cytotoxicity of ZnO nanorods due to presence of Tragacanth.