Research Article

Biosynthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Chenopodium ambrosioides

Table 2

Effect of extract volume on absorbance and wavelength of NPs synthesized.

TreatmentAbsorbance (a.u.)Wavelength (nm)Particle size (nm)

0.5 mL1.1015a436.5a
1 mL1.3488b434.0b
2 mL2.5529c437.9a
3 mL3.4824d437.0a
5 mL4.8135e432.7c

Absorbance and wavelength data are average of 3 experiments. Values in columns with different letters are statistically different (). Average size was obtained from 300 particles measured on TEM micrographs.