Review Article

Raw Materials Synthesis from Heavy Metal Industry Effluents with Bioremediation and Phytomining: A Biomimetic Resource Management Approach

Table 2

Plant extract-based biosynthesis of metal or metal-based ion nanoparticles.

Plant/plant part extractScientific nameMetal NPsNPs size (nm)Reference

Leaf LemonSe60–80[82]
LeafGreen teaFe ion[83]
LeafEcliptaprostrata TiO36–68[84]
LeafCinnamomum tamala Au/TiO28–20[85]
Plant Cacumen platycladi Pt2.4 ± 0.8[86]
LeafOcimum tenuiflorum (Tulasi)Ag 7–15[87]
LeafChenopodium murale Ag 30–50[88]
Gum olibanumBoswellia serrata Ag 7.5 ± 3.8[89]
LeafCissus quadrangularis LinnAg 15–23[90]
LeafAloeAg 20[91]
Fruit Tribulus terrestris Ag 16–28[92]
LeavesStevia rebaudiana Ag 2–50[93]
LeafArtemisia nilagirica Ag 70–90[94]
RootMorinda citrifolia Ag 30–55[95]
Leave Rhizophora apiculata Ag 19–42[96]
LeafProsopis juliflora Ag 35–60[97]
LeafOlive Ag 20–25[98]
FruitTerminalia chebula Ag 25[99]
CoirCocos nucifera Ag 23 ± 2[100]
LeafMalva parviflora Ag 19–25[101]
LeafMangifera indica Ag 20[102]
PeelMangifera indica Linn (Mango)Ag 7–77[103]
LeafOriganum vulgare Ag136 ± 10.09[104]
LeafPepper Ag5–60[105]
LeafCoccinia grandis Ag 20–30[106]
LeafCatharanthus roseus Linn G. DonnAg 27–32[107]
PeelCitrus unshiu Ag 5–20[108]
PlantScutellaria barbata D. DonAu 5–30[59]
SeedBenincasa hispida Au10–30[55]
PodGymnocladus assamicus Au4.57 ± 0.23–22.57 ± 1.24[109]
LeafPiper betle Au50 (mean size)[110]
PulpBeta vulgaris AuNanorod (25 nm) 
Nanowire (30 nm)
[111]
Leaf, stem, rootIpomoea carnea Au3–100[112]
Marine plant Sargassum muticum Au[113]
Glucan of mushroomPleurotus florida Au5.33–18[114]
PlantZingiber officinale Au5–15[115]
Crocus sativus Au11–20[116]
LeafHibiscus rosasinensis Au[117]
LeafGreen teaAu20[118]
FlowerRosa damascena Au, Ag10–30[119]