Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles in Photosynthetic Plants

Table 1

Synthesis of metal nanoparticles by photosynthetic plants.

Plant species	Plant parts	Nanoparticles	Size (nm)	Reference
Sorghum bicolor	Bran	Ag and Fe	—	[3]
Vitex negundo	Leaf	Ag	—	[4]
Ocimum sanctum	Leaf	Ag	—	[15]
Medicago sativa	Leaf	Au and Ag	20–40	[16]
Jatropha curcas	Latex	Ag	10–20	[18]
Cinnamomum camphora	Leaf	Au and Ag	55–80	[19]
Capsicum annuum	Leaf	Ag	15–20	[20]
Allium cepa	Extract	Ag	—	[21]
Azadirachta indica	Leaf	Ag, Au, and Ag/Au bimetallic	50–100	[22]
Avena sativa	Leaf	Au	25–85	[23]
Sesbania drummondii		Au	6–20	[24]
Pelargonium graveolens	Leaf	Ag	16–40	[25]
Aloe vera	Leaf	Ag	15–15.6	[26]
Emblica officinalis	Leaf	Ag and Au	10–20 and 15–25	[27]
Tamarindus indica	Leaf	Au	20–40	[28]
Chilopsis linearis	Leaf	Au	—	[29]
Humulus lupulus	Leaf	Au	—	[30]
Trapa bispinosa	Peel	Ag	—	[31]
Brassica juncea	Leaf	Au	—	[32]
Gliricidia sepium	Leaf	Ag	10–50	[33]
Euphorbia hirta	Leaf and bark	Ag	—	[34]
Argemone mexicana	Leaf	Ag	—	[35]
Boswelliaovali foliolata	Bark and leaf	Ag	—	[36]
Cycas circinalis	Leaf	Ag	2–6	[37]
Nerium indicum	Leaf	Ag	—	[38]
Bacopa monniera	Leaf	Ag	15–120	[39]
Rhizophora apiculata	Leaf	Ag	13–19	[40]
Nicotiana tobaccum	Leaf	Ag	8	[41]
Memecylonedule	Leaf	Ag and Au	50–90 and 10–45	[42]
Saraca indica	Leaf	Ag	13–50	[43]
Bauhinia variegata L.	Leaf	Au	43–145	[44]
Ficus benghalensis	Leaf	Ag	16	[45]
Murraya koenigii	Leaf	Ag	10–25	[46]
Dalbergia sissoo	Leaf	Au and Ag	50–80 and 5–55	[47]
Ipomea carnea	Leaf	Ag	30–130	[48]
Phyllanthus maderaspatensis	Leaf	Ag	59–76	[49]
Santalum album	Leaf	Ag	80–200	[50]
Syzgium cumini	Leaf	Ag	100–160	[51]
Syzgium cumini	Bark	Ag	20–60	[52]