“…Plant and animal products mediated synthesis of nanoparticles gains attention as these derivatives can act as both reducing and capping agent for nanoparticles (Harikrishnan et al, 2022, Najlaa et al, 2022, Kamaraj et al, 2022, Khan et al, 2022, Mihir et al, 2021. Of these, chitosan is gaining wide importance and the glucosamine units will exist in open chain forms at the end of chitosan chains and the oxidation of these groups helps in nanoparticle formation.…”