Promising Natural Products in Crop Protection and Food Preservation: Basis, Advances, and Future Prospects

Table 4

Green synthesized silver nanoparticles from plant and their applications in crop protection and food preservation.

Plants material	Extracts	Possible applications	References
Tithonia diversifolia leaf	Aqueous	As an antimicrobial agent in the pharmaceutical and food industries	[293]
Musa paradisiaca midrib	”	Nano-ice for the preservation of fish and other food products	[297]
Oolong tea	”	As a fruit coating to preserve postharvest qualities of fruits, e.g., cherry tomatoes	[280]
Melia azedarach leaf	”	As an antifungal agent against Verticillium dahliae in eggplants and edible fruit coating to preserve	[298, 299]
Zea mays L. corn flour	”	For cancer treatment and radical scavenging agent	[300]
Sesame cake oil	”	As an antibacterial and antitumor agent	[301]
Belladonna mother tincture	”	Antimicrobial agent and anti-inflammatory agent	[302]
Acalypha indica leaf	”	As a fruit coating, antioxidant, and good antifungal agent.	[303]
Phyllanthus emblica fruit	”	As an antimicrobial agent against Acidovorax oryzae strain	[281]
Annona reticulate leaf	”	As larvicidal agent against dengue vector (Aedes aegypti) and antimicrobial activity	[304]
Camellia sinensis leaf + polyethylene glycol (PEG)	”	As an antimicrobial agent against food pathogens	[305]
Grape pomace and orange peels	”	”	[306]
Persea americana seeds	”	”	[307]
Cocoa pod	”	Growth enhancer for root and shoot elongation for more nutrient absorption, a good antioxidant, prolongs shelf life, high tolerance level against fungi, and nematodes	[308]
Euphorbia tirucalli latex	”	As nematicides against Meloidogyne incognita in tomatoes	[309]
Suaeda maritima	Ethanol	As biopesticides to fight against Aedes aegypti and spodoptera litura	[310]
Lindera strychnifolia roots	Aqueous and ethanol	Antioxidants wound healing and anticancer agents	[311]