Antifungal Activity of Biogenic Platinum Nanoparticles: An in vitro Study

Fungi are very important group of microorganisms with maximum number of representatives. Fungi provide several direct or indirect benefits to mankind such as decomposition of organic material, bioremediations of toxic materials, production of antibiotics and other industrial products etc (Rani et al., 2014; Kawaguchi et al., 2013; Sunna et al., 1997). In contrast to the benefits, fungi can also leads a variety of diseases in plants, humans and animals. Fungal infection such as, Aspergillosis, Candidiasis and Mucormycosis etc. pose a significant negative impact on human health, most of the fungi produces slow and long term infection in human body and is quite difficult to eliminate. Development of drug resistance in pathogenic strains is an important virulence factor of fungi, therefore there is a constant need to develop newer products with antifungal potential (Vanden et al., 1997). Nanotechnology is a science that deals with the synthesis, development, manipulation and applications of tinny molecules that measure 100 nanometers or less. Due to their very small size, they carry unique properties and can be utilize for the development of new products. Most recently, there is a global interest among the scientists to develop, improve, employ and use nanoparticles for solving various problems encountered by mankind. In recent past, a variety of metallic and non-metallic nanoparticles are extensively used in various fields such as pharmaceuticals, optical devices, catalyst, bioremediation, electronic and sensor technology (Praetorius et al., 2007; Karthik et al., 2013; Anderson et al., 2006; Jiang et al., 2005; Agarwal et al., 2014; Sharpe et al., 2014). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 4 (2017) pp. 334-340 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com