Green Chemistry Based Benign Routes for Nanoparticle Synthesis

Table 6

Major plant species employed for nanoparticle synthesis.

Plant involved	Type of nanoparticle	Morphology and size	References
Acalypha indica	Ag	20–30 nm, spherical	[30]
Aloe vera	Au and Ag	50–350 nm, spherical, triangular	[31]
Azadirachta indica (neem)	Ag/Au bimetallic	50–100 nm	[32]
Cinnamomum camphora	Au and Pd	3.2–20 nm, cubic hexagonal crystalline	[33]
Datura metel	Ag	16–40 nm, quasilinear superstructures	[34]
Geranium leaf	Au	16–40 nm	[14]
Jatropha curcas L. latex	Pb	10–12.5 nm	[35]
Nelumbo nucifera (lotus)	Ag	25–80 nm, spherical and triangular	[36]
Rhododedendron dauricam	Ag	25–40 nm, spherical	[37]