Review Article
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 |
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