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

Table 1

Agri-food waste extracts used for the sustainable green synthesis of silver nanoparticles.

Resource	Agri-food waste	Size (nm)	Shape	Reference
Vegetable	Fresh skins and fresh/damaged leaves	10–90	Spherical	[116]
Banana	Peel	23.7	Spherical	[117]
Vegetable	Peel	Up to 20	Spherical	[118]
Pomegranate	Peel	60-150	Spherical and agglomeration	[119]
Grape; Orange	Peel; Peel	3-14; 5–50	Nearly spherical	[120]
Wheat	Bran xylan	20-45	Spherical	[121]
Corn	Straw	20	Spherical	[122]
Rice	Straw	30	Mainly spherical	[123]
Rice	Husk	20	NS	[124]
Wheat	Straw	≈20	Spherical	[125]
Sugarcane	Bagasse	22	Spherical	[126]
Sugarcane	Bagasse	8-30	Semi-spherical	[127]
Coconut	Oil cake	10–70	Spherical	[128]
Cottonseed	Oil cake	10-90	Spherical	[129]
Sesame	Oil cake	6.6-14.80	Spherical	[130]
Annona squamosa	Peel	20-60	Irregular, spherical	[131]
Mandarin	Peel	5-20	Spherical	[132]
Cocoa	Pod husk	4-32	Spherical	[133]
Neem	Cake	30-50	Spherical	[134]
Vigna mungo	Seed hull	28.21-91.28	Agglomeration	[135]
Rambutan	Peel	100-200	Triangle and hexagonal	[136]
Lansium fruit	Peel	NS	NS	[137]
Cavendish banana	Peel	23–30	Spherical	[138]
Orange	Peel	10-135	Nanowires, irregular, spherical, and aggregates	[139]
Arachis hypogaea	Peel	20-50	Spherical	[140]
Pomegranate	Peel	5-45	Irregular and spherical	[141]
Dragon fruit	Peel	25.3-26.2	Spherical	[142]
Carica papaya	Peel	10–35	Spherical	[143]
Banana	Peel	10	Spherical	[144]
Kinnow mandarian	Peel	NS	NS	[145]
Carica papaya	Peel	15-20	Spherical and a few agglomerated	[146]
Punica granatum	Peel	20-40	Spherical	[147]
Citrus limon; Citrus sinensis; Citrus limetta	Peel	9–46	Spherical	[148]
Citrus × clementina	Peel	5-25	Spherical and small agglomeration	[149]
Pomegranate	Peel	3–13	Spherical	[150]
Pomegranate	Peel	89	Different	[151]
Citrus sinensis	Peel	3–12	Spherical	[152]
Pomegranate	Peel	NS	Spherical	[153]
Parkia speciosa	Hassk pods	20–50	Mainly spherical	[154]
Citrus sinensis	Soda lignin bagasse	19.1	Spherical	[155]
Wheat	Straw	9-24	Nearly spherical	[156]
Rice	Straw	NS	NS	[157]
Peach	Kernel shell	<20	Spherical	[158]
Sal	Deoiled seed cake	35–70	Polygonal and irregular	[159]
Tea	Stalks and dust	45	Torispherical	[160]
Grape	Seed	25-35	Spherical and polygonal	[161]
Grape	Stalk	9-55.8	Spherical	[162]
Orange	Hesperidin and nanocellulose peel	25.4	Spherical	[163]
Sapota	Pomace powder	8-16	Isotropic	[164]
Coconut	Shell	14.20–22.96	Spherical	[165]
Pineapple	Peel	11-26	Spherical	[166]
Banana	Blossom peel	NS	NS	[167]