Trends in Sustainable Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Agri-Food Waste Extracts and Their Applications in Health

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Development of silver nanoparticles from pectin waste extract: (a) pectin extraction from citrus peel and obtaining of AgNp, (b) base structure of pectin and its individual components, (c) synthesis mechanism of silver nanoparticles, and (d) (d1–d2) TEM and SEM of silver nanoaparticles. Adapted from Devasvaran et al. [243] Wang et al. [244].

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