Plant-Mediated Green Synthesis of Ag NPs and Their Possible Applications: A Critical Review

Table 7

Morphology of green synthesized Ag NPs and their pesticide activity on different species.

Phytoconstituent present	TEM with morphology	Nanopesticide activity			Reference
		Test species	Time of exposure	LC50
Alkaloids, acids, and terpenoids	TEM 20 nm with polyhedral shape	Culex quinquefasciatus	72 hours	1.26 ppm	[190]
		Anopheles stephensi	72 hours	1.33 ppm
Tannins, phenols, flavonoids, saponin, and terpenoids	TEM 5–25 nm with spherical, hexagonal, triangular, and polyhedral shape	Aedes aegypti	24 hours	4.63 mg/L	[191]
		Anopheles stephensi	24 hours	4.04 mg/L
		Culex quinquefasciatus	24 hours	3.52 mg/L
Flavonoids, triterpenoids, and polyphenols	TEM 18–35 nm with spherical shape	Anopheles subpictus	24 hours	31.56 μg/mL	[192]
		Aedes albopictus	24 hours	35.21 μg/mL
		Culex tritaeniorhynchus	24 hours	38.08 μg/mL
Flavonoids, triterpenoids, and polyphenols	TEM ∼6.48 ± 1.2 to 8.13 ± 0.18 nm with spherical shape	Aedes aegypti	24 hours	4.43 μg/mL	[193]
Flavonoids, terpenoids, steroids, and alkaloids	TEM 32 nm average size with spherical, triangular, truncated triangular, and decahedral shape	Anopheles stephensi	24 hours	22.44 μg/mL	[194]
		Aedes aegypti	24 hours	25.77 μg/mL
		Culex quinquefasciatus	24 hours	27.83 μg/mL