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ABSTRACT
Author
Dr. G. Valli
Department of Chemistry,
S.F.R. College, Sivakasi 626123, Virudhunagar
District, Tamilnadu.
antidiabetic,
antiperoxidative
and
antihyperglyceamic[4],
antimicrobicidal[5] and antihyperlipidaemic activities.[6] The flowers are used to treat urinary
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discharges, nocturnal emissions, diabetes and throat irritation.[7] They are one of the
constituent of polyherbal formulation Diasulin in the concentration range of 40 mg/dl which
is proven to have antidiabetic activity.[8] Cassia auriculata medicinal properties are due
mainly to the content of hydroxyanthraquinone derivative. The uses of Cassia auriculata plant
bio-active compounds for pharmaceutical purpose have been gradually increased.[9] Titanium
dioxide (TiO2) is thermally stable, non-flammable, poorly soluble and it occurs in nature as
well-known minerals rutile, anatase and brookite.[10] The most important application areas are
paints and varnishes as well as paper and plastics, which account for about 80% of the
world's titanium dioxide consumption. Titanium dioxide is also used as a material in the
memristor, which can be employed for solar energy conversion based on Titanium dioxide
solar cells using conjugated polymers as solid electrolytes.[11] Synthetic single crystals and
films of Titanium dioxide are used as a semiconductor.[12] A significant amount of research
on TiO2 have been performed over the last five decades and a number of reviews on various
aspects of TiO2 have been published[13-18] to understand and summarize the progress in this
field. The properties of TiO2 that make it suitable to act as a photo catalyst and various
methods including dye sensitization, doping, coupling and capping are used to improve its
efficiency.
Knowing the importance of Cassia auriculata leaves extract and titanium dioxide nano
particles biological importance, a green method for the synthesis of titanium dioxide
nanoparticles using cassia auriculata leaves extract was performed.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
a) Materials
Cassia auriculata leaves (collected from the Jameen Nathampatti village, Rajapalayam,
virudhunagar district), titanium tetra isopropoxide and ethanol were used.
b) Methods
i) Preparation of Cassia Auriculata Leaves in Ethanol Extract
Dried leaves of Cassia auriculata were grinded to fine powder. The ethanol extract was
prepared by refluxing 15gm of leave powder and 150ml of ethanol solution by using soxhlet
apparatus to maintain carefully the temperature level at 50 600C for 3 hours. Then, the
extracts were collected in an airtight bottle and were kept in deep freezer for further use.
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Figure-1: UV-Visible Spectrum of TiO2 Nanoparticles
b) Fourier Transform - Infrared Spectroscopy
The FT-IR spectrum was recorded in Shimadzu FT-IR spectrometers 7600 and the
measurement of the samples were performed in transmission mode. In order to identity the
binding groups of the plant extract with titanium dioxide, FT-IR spectra of Cassia auriculata
leaves extract (Figure-2) and titanium dioxide nanoparticles (Figure-3) were recorded.
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