Impact of silver nanoparticles on the nutritional properties of Arthrospira platensis

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Plant Biology

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Introduction

Methodology

Cultivation of A. platensis

Characterization of Ag NPs

Exposure of A. platensis to Ag NPs

Determination of cellular interaction of Ag NPs on A. platensis

Effects of Ag NPs to biomass of A. platensis

where

Effects of Ag NPs to proteins

Effects of Ag NPs to carbohydrates

Effects of Ag NPs to lipids

Effects of Ag NPs to chlorophyll-a, carotenoids, and C-phycocyanin

Effects of Ag NPs to total phenolic compounds

Statistical analysis

Results and discussion

Characterization of Ag NPs

Determination of cellular interaction of Ag NPs on the cells

Effects of Ag NPs to biomass

Effects of Ag NPs to proteins, carbohydrates and lipids

Effects of Ag NPs to chlorophyll-a, carotenoids, and C-phycocyanin

Effects of Ag NPs to total phenolic compounds

Conclusion

Supplemental Information

Raw data for SPSS.

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13972/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Sharolynne Xiao Tong Liang conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Sinouvassane Djearamane conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Anto Cordelia Tanislaus Antony Dhanapal conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Ling Shing Wong conceived and designed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw measurements are available in the Supplemental File.

Funding

This research was supported by Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Grant no: IPSR/RMC/UTAR RF/2019-C1/S03), and the Ministry of Higher Education (Grant no: FRGS/1/2020/STG03/INTI/01/1). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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