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Table 1 Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using different plant extracts

From: Plant-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Their Characteristic Properties and Therapeutic Applications

Plants

Plant parts

Size (nm)

Shape

References

Prunus yedoensis

Leaf

20–70

Circular, smooth edges

[84]

Tephrosia tinctoria

Stem

73

Spherical

[111]

Grewia flaviscences

Leaf

50–70

Spherical

[128]

Skimmia laureola

Leaf

46

Hexagonal

[81]

Clerodendrum serratum

Leaf

5–30

Spherical

[129]

Averrhoa carambola

Leaf

14

Spherical

[130]

Rosmarinus officinalis

Leaf

10–33

Spherical

[85]

Carica papaya

Leaf

50–250

Spherical

[131]

Plukenetia volubilis

Leaf

4–25

Optical

[132]

Cucurbita maxima

Petals

19

Crystalline

[97]

Moringa oleifera

Leaf

11

Rectangle

[97]

Acorus calamus

Rhizome

19

Spherical

[97]

Aristolochia indica

Leaf

30–55

Spherical or cubical

[133]

Euphorbia helioscopia

Leaf

2–14

Spherical

[134]

Datura metel

Leaf

40–60

Spherical

[135]

Momordica cymbalaria

Fruit

15.5

Spherical

[136]

Hypnea musciformis

Leaf

40–65

Spherical

[137]

Potentilla fulgens

Root

10–15

Spherical

[29]

Annona muricata

Leaf

20–53

Spherical

[138]

Justicia adhatoda

Leaf

5–50

Spherical

[139]

Hemidesmus indicus

Leaf

25.24

Spherical

[140]

Emblica officinalis

Leaf

15

Spherical

[141]

Quercus brantii

Leaf

6

Spherical and polydispersed

[142]

Helicteres isora

Root

30–40

Crystalline

[143]

Saraca indica

Leaf

23

Spherical

[144]

Abutilon indicum

Leaf

106

Crystalline

[145]

Prosopis farcta

Leaf

10.8

Spherical

[146]

Mukia maderaspatana

Leaf

13–34

Spherical

[147]

Ficus carica

Leaf

21

Crystalline

[148]

Sinapis arvensis

Seed

14

Spherical

[149]

Ziziphus Jujuba

Leaf

20–30

Crystalline

[65]

Calotropis gigantea

Latex

5–30

Spherical

[150]

Nelumbo nucifera

Root

16.7

Polydispersed

[151]

Aerva lanata

Leaf

18.62

Spherical

[152]

Myrmecodia pendan

Whole plant

10–20

Spherical

[153]

Piper longum

Fruit

46

Spherical

[57]

Enteromorpha flexuosa

Seaweed

2–32

Circular

[154]

Lansium domesticum

Fruit

10–30

Spherical

[155]

Onosma dichroantha

Root

5–65

Spherical

[86]

Crataegus douglasii

Fruit

29.28

Spherical

[156]

Vitex negundo

Leaf

≥20

Cubic

[69]

Alstonia scholaris

Bark

50

Spherical

[157]

Lycopersicon esculentum

Fruit

10–40

Spherical

[158]

Musa balbisiana

Leaf

50

Spherical

[159]

Azadirachta indica

Leaf

20

Triangular

[159]

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Leaf

50

Cuboidal

[159]

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Seed

10.78

Spherical and irregular

[71]

Cocos nucifera

Coir

22

Spherical

[160]

Eucalyptus chapmaniana

Leaf

60

Spherical

[52]

Morinda citrifolia

Root

30–55

Spherical

[161]

Thuja occidentalis

Whole plant

122

Spherical

[162]

Hydrastis canadensis

Whole plant

111

Spherical

[162]

Phytolacca decandra

Whole plant

90.87

Spherical

[162]

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