Data on cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of synthesized Fe3O4 nanoparticles using Malva sylvestris

Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi; Seyyed Alireza Hashemi; Maryam Zarei; Sonia Bahrani; Amir Savardashtaki; Hossein Esmaeili; Chin Wei Lai; Sargol Mazraedoost; Mohsen Abassi; Bahman Ramavandi

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104929

Data on cytotoxic and antibacterial activity of synthesized Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles using Malva sylvestris

Data Brief. 2019 Dec 9:28:104929. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104929. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
² Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Center, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences and Technologies, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
⁵ Department of Chemical Engineering, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.
⁷ Systems Environmental Health and Energy Research Center, The Persian Gulf Biomedical Sciences Research Institute, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran.

Abstract

The biosynthesis of materials using medicinal plants can be a low-cost and eco-friendly approach due to their extraordinary properties. Herein, we reported a facile synthesis of Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles using Malva sylvestris. The surface morphology, functional groups, and elemental analysis were done to characterize the synthesized nanoparticles. The cytotoxicity performance of the synthesized nanoparticles was analyzed by exposing nanoparticles to MCF-7 and Hep-G2 cancer cell lines through MTT colorimetric assay and the IC50 value was defined as 100 μg/mL and 200 μg/mL, respectively. The antibacterial performance of synthesized nanoparticles against four different bacterial strains including Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae were assessed through microdilution broth method. The synthesized Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles using Malva sylvestris demonstrated higher antibacterial effects against Gram-positive strains with MIC values of 62.5 μg/mL and 125 μg/mL which increase the inhibitory percentage to more than 90%.

Keywords: Antibacterial; Anticancer; Cytotoxicity performance; Fe3O4 nanoparticles; Malva sylvestris.