The ethanopharmacological aspect of carbon nanodots in turmeric smoke
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Smoke manifested ever since our ancient’s lit fire; today it has evolved to become an environmental concern. However, medicinal smoke is still part of man’s natural remedies, religious and cultural practices too. The Asiatic household practice of burning turmeric rhizomes to relieve nose and chest congestion is a well known yet never scientifically authenticated or studied practice. For the first time we investigate the components of these turmeric smudges, validate their antimicrobial and anticancer properties and their cell compatibility. With smoke there is always nanoparticulate carbon and turmeric smoke is no exception. If so, what is the role of the nano carbon (NC) in the turmeric smudge effect? This study isolated, characterized and exposed these secret natural NC undercover agents in turmeric smoke. Their unequivocal role in the ethanopharmocological activity of turmeric smudging has been demonstrated. This work opens a new avenue for use of such nano components of smoke for harnessing the ethanopharmacological property of various medicinal smokes, by excluding the smoke factor, through extracting the nano carbon material in them. This is a possibility to realizing the use of such naturally available nanomaterial, as an eco friendly substitute for the notorious anthropogenic nanomaterials.
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Tur and BR smudges showed absorption bands identical to those expected of carbon nanoparticles in smoke smudges, confirming presence of nanoparticulate carbon in the smudges.
“Thus, as observed from Figure 4B, the Tur and BR smudges showed absorption bands identical to those expected of carbon nanoparticles in smoke smudges, confirming the presence of nanoparticulate carbon in the smudges.”
From A Fumigation-Based Surface Sterilization Approach for Plant Tissue Culture (2021) · cites this paper as [30]
The Results section (‘Characterization of the Turmeric smudges’; page unavailable) reports that turmeric smudge had absorption bands matching those expected of carbon nanoparticles, supporting the Tur portion of the claim. The paper does not report absorption bands for BR smudges, so it cannot support that portion. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredOur group has reported characterization and properties of soot-acquired carbon nanomaterials.
“Our group has also reported the characterization and properties of soot-acquired carbon nanomaterials [30,31].”
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Role of carbon nanomaterials in turmeric smoke resulting in antimicrobial activity has been reported.
“Further, the role of carbon nanomaterials in turmeric smoke resulting in antimicrobial activity has also been reported [30].”
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Chun et al. described and confirmed nanoparticulate carbon role in antimicrobial activity of smoke.
“Chun et al. [30] described and confirmed the nanoparticulate carbon role in the antimicrobial activity of smoke in their recent article.”
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We have reported effective inhibition of bacteria by carbon dots functionalized with active turmeric ingredients in turmeric smoke.
“We have reported the effective inhibition of bacteria by the carbon dots functionalized with active turmeric ingredients in turmeric smoke [30,31].”
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Both these reports confirm role of carbon in the fumigation effect.
“Both these reports confirm the role of carbon in the fumigation effect.”
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All these reports narrowed down modulus operandi behind antimicrobial disinfection of carbon dots in smoke.
“All these reports narrowed down the modulus operandi behind the antimicrobial disinfection of the carbon dots in the smoke.”
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- Authors
- Chun, S., Muthu, M., Gansukh, E., Thalappil, P., & Gopal, J.
- Affiliations
- Konkuk University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Gopal, Judy
- ORCID
- Gopal, Judy
- Venue
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2016-11-02
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 35586-35586
- ISSN
- 2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5090208
- OpenAlex
- W2546488868
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 1.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Konkuk University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Medicinal Plant Research
- Keywords
- carbon nanodots, antimicrobial activity, anticancer activity, cell compatibility, turmeric rhizome, eco-friendly nanomaterials
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic, Bacteria, Carbon, Cell Survival, Dogs, Fires, Humans, Plants, Medicinal, Smoke, Curcuma, Cell Line, Tumor, Nanoparticles, Optical Imaging, Madin Darby Canine Kidney Cells
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