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Table 1 Biosynthesis of AgNPs from different plants parts with its respective size and shape

From: Medicinal herbs as a panacea for biogenic silver nanoparticles

S. no

Name of plant

Plant part used

Shape

Size (nm)

Reference

1

Aegle marmelos

Leaves

Fruit

Spherical

60

159–181

Rao and Paria (2013)

Devi et al. (2020)

2

Acorus calamus

Rhizome

Spherical

31.83

Nakkala et al. (2014)

3

Asparagus racemosus

Roots

Leaves

Spherical

30–50

5–15

Khanra et al. (2016)

Satyanarayana et al. (2020)

4

Boerhaavia diffusa

Whole plant

Spherical

25

Kumar et al. (2014)

5

Aristolochia indica

Leaves

Spherical/cubical

30—55

Murugan et al. (2015)

6

Moringa oleifera

Leaves

Rectangle

11

Nayak et al. (2015)

7

Justicia adhathoda

Leaves

Spherical

5–50

Bose and Chatterjee (2015)

8

Abutilon indicum

Leaves

Crystalline

106

Prathap et al. (2014)

9

Hemidesmus indicus

Leaves

Spherical

25.24

Latha et al. (2015)

10

Calotropis gigantea

Latex

Spherical

5–30

Rajkuberan et al. (2015)

11

Centella asiatica

Leaves

Spherical

30–50

Rout et al. (2013)

12

Tribulus terrestris

Fruit

Spherical

16–28

Gopinath et al. (2012)

13

Aloe vera

Leaves

Spherical, triangular

50–350

Chandran et al. (2006)

14

Ocimum tenuiflorum

Leaves

Cuboidal

50

Banerjee et al. (2014)

15

Eucalyptus hybrida

Leaves

Crystalline, spherical

50–150

Dubey et al. (2009)

16

Euphorbia hirta

Leaves

Spherical

40–50

Elumalai et al. (2010)

17

Catharanthus rosesus

Leaves

Spherical

27–30

Kotakadi et al. (2013)

18

Gloriosa superba

Leaves

Triangular

20

Gopinath et al.(2016)

19

Piper logum

Fruits

Spherical

17.6–41

Jacob et al. (2012)

20

Piper nigrum

Fruits

Spherical

32–100

Mohapatra et al. (2015)

21

Plectranthus amboinicus

Leaves

Spherical

18

Ajitha et al. (2014)

22

Pistacia atlantica

Seeds

Spherical

10–50

Sadeghi et al. (2015)

23

Lansiumdomesticum

Fruit peel

Spherical

10–30

Shankar et al. (2014)

24

Solanum xanthocarpum

Fruit

Spherical

10

Amin et al. (2012)

25

Zingiber officinale

Rhizomes

Spherical

10

Singh et al. (2011)

26

Alstonia scholaris

Bark

Spherical

50

Shetty et al. (2014)

27

Tinospora cordifolia

Leaves

Spherical

30

Selvam et al. (2017)

28

Morinda citrifolia

Roots

Spherical

30–55

Suman et al. (2013)

29

Tephrosia tinctoria

Stem

Spherical

73

Rajaram et al. (2015)

30

Allium sativum

Leaves

Spherical

4–22

Ahamed et al. (2011)