Biogenic Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles, Characterization and Their Applications-A Review

With the growing awareness for the need of sustainable environment, the importance of synthesizing and the application of green nanoparticles has gained special focus. Among various metal nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have gain significant attention. AgNPs are synthesized conventionally by physical and chemical methods using chemicals such as reducing agents, which are hazardous to environment due to their toxic properties, provoking a serious concern to create and develop environment friendly methods. Thus, biological alternatives are emerging to fill gaps, such as green syntheses that use biological molecules taken from plant sources in the form of extracts, which have shown to be superior to chemical and physical approaches. These biological molecules derived from plants are assembled in a highly regulated manner to make them suitable for metal nanoparticle synthesis. The current review outlines the wide plant diversity that may be used to prepare a rapid and single-step procedure with a green path over the traditional ones, as well as their antifungal activity.

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With the increasing awareness of the need for sustainable environment, the synthesis and application of green nanoparticles, particularly silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), have gained significant attention. Traditional methods using chemical reducing agents for AgNPs synthesis have raised concerns due to their toxic properties. In this regard, the use of biological molecules extracted from plants in the form of green syntheses has shown superiority over chemical and physical approaches. This review outlines the diverse plant resources that can be used for a rapid and one-step green synthesis, as well as their antifungal activity.