Green Synthesis of Copper and Copper‐Based Nanoparticles for Their Use in Medicine

Biogenic Synthesis, Characterization, and Antifungal Activity Studies of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Extract of Moringa oleifera Leaves

“…Literature survey revealed that besides catalytic, optical, and electrically conducting properties, copper-based nanoparticles have significant antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] In recent years, the biogenic synthesis of NPs using plant extract is being considered to be a preferred practice for green fabrication of nanomaterials. It is eco-friendly, economically viable, synthetic chemical-free and relatively easy to carry out.…”

“…In this regard, less expensive and easily available copper‐based nanoparticles are promising as they may replace traditional fungicides and other inorganics‐based nanomaterials for plant disease management. Literature survey revealed that besides catalytic, optical, and electrically conducting properties, copper‐based nanoparticles have significant antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities [11–20] …”

Nanoscale zerovalent copper (nZVC) catalyzed environmental remediation of organic and inorganic contaminants: A review

“…Further, with the emergence of field of nanochemistry, and due to its distinct variable oxidation states (Cu 0 , Cu I , Cu II , Cu III ), copper based nanomaterial found many application in diverse areas such as catalysis viz. electrocatalysis, photocatalysis and organic transformation ( Chen et al., 2021 ; Dong et al., 2019 ; Gawande et al., 2016 ; Ojha et al., 2017 ; Sambiagio et al., 2014 ; Shi and Buchwald, 2015 ), plant biology ( Lamichhane et al., 2018 ; Liu et al., 2018 ; Panagos et al., 2018 ), medicine ( Ahmedova et al., 2018 ; Mallick and Sabui, 2021 ) and environment remediation ( de Sousa et al., 2019a ; Fang and Guo, 2018 ). However, the pyrophoric nature of Cu 0 nanomaterial due to its high sensitivity towards O 2 and H 2 O restrict their application in various fields like optics and electronics etc ( Gawande et al., 2016 ).…”