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  • Research Article   
  • J Biotechnol Biomater 2022, Vol 12(4): 272
  • DOI: 10.4172/2155-952X.1000272

In Vitro Cytotoxicity Testing of Carbon Dot Nanoparticles

Sharath R*
Department of Biotechnology, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum) Bangalore, India
*Corresponding Author : Sharath R, Department of Biotechnology, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum) Bangalore, India, Email: sharatsarati@gmail.com

Received Date: Apr 13, 2022 / Accepted Date: Apr 29, 2022 / Published Date: Apr 30, 2022

Abstract

Cancer remains as one of the deadliest disease, causing large number of deaths worldwide. The expanding use of cancer immunotherapy has revealed that the survival patients suffer from various serious side effects due to the use of available anti-neoplastic medicines. The development of nanoparticle-based drugs seems to be effective providing low side effects and targeted action on cancer cells. The metal nanoparticles pose some side effects due to their toxicity whereas the Non-metallic Carbon dots (C-dots) are non –toxic and their applications in the field of medicine are less known. In the present study C-dots were synthesized by a simple single step wet chemical method from three different compounds namely Glucose (GCD), Sucrose (SCD) and Fructose (FCD) and characterized with UV-Visible and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. The C-Dots were screened for the cytotoxicity against two cancer cell lines human Liver carcinoma cells (HepG2) and human breast carcinoma cells (MCF -7) by the MTT assay. The IC50 of the C-dot nanoparticles (SCD, GCD, FCD) on HepG2 cells were 67.24, <50 and and<50 μg/ml respectively and on MCF-7 cells were 105, <50 and <50 μg/ml respectively. The study reveals that the C-dots possess cytotoxic activity against the cancer cell lines and can be further used for the anticancer drug discovery.

Keywords: C-dot nanoparticles (SCD, GCD, FCD); IC50; Cytotoxicity

Citation: Sharath R (2022) In Vitro Cytotoxicity Testing of Carbon Dot Nanoparticles. J Biotechnol Biomater, 12: 272. Doi: 10.4172/2155-952X.1000272

Copyright: © 2022 Sharath R. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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