Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles in Photosynthetic Plants

Abstract

Nanobiotechnology is emerging as a field of applied biological science and nanotechnology. Synthesis of nanoparticles is done by various physical and chemical methods but the biological methods are relatively simple, cost-effective, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly methods. The present review focuses on the synthesis of nanoparticles with special emphasis on the use of plants parts for the synthesis process, its applications, and future prospectus.

A Review on Synthesis Silver Nano-Particles

“…It was reported that plants extracts contain biomolecules including polyphenols, ascorbic acid, flavonoids, sterols, triterpenes, alkaloids, alcoholic compounds, polysaccharides, saponins, β-phenylethylamines, glucose and fructose, and proteins/enzymes which could be used as reductant to react with silver ions and therefore used as scaffolds to direct the formation of AgNPs in the solution (Prasad, 2014). It was also considered that some biomolecules like glucose and ascorbate reduce AgNO₃ and HAuCl 4 to form nanoparticles.…”

Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles using Aqueous Extract of Citrus maxima Leaf

“…However, microorganism-mediated synthesis of AgNPs possesses multi-step procedures like microbial isolation, culture preparation, maintenance, etc. which is tedious and timeconsuming compared to plants [1,18,23]. Several studies have reported that biomolecules from plant extracts such as polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, essential oils, proteins, enzymes, polysaccharides, etc.…”

“…Several studies have reported that biomolecules from plant extracts such as polyphenols, flavonoids, alkaloids, essential oils, proteins, enzymes, polysaccharides, etc. have the excellent power to reduce silver ions and effectively cape the produced AgNPs inhibiting agglomeration and thus providing good stability of the particle [5,16,17,23]. In this study, silver nanoparticles have been synthesized successfully using aqueous extract of leaves of Citrus maxima Merr.…”

Silver Nanoparticles Obtained by Semicontinuous Chemical Reduction Using Carboxymethyl Cellulose as a Stabilizing Agent and Its Antibacterial Capacity

“…The physical methods include evaporation-condensation and laser ablation [11]. Biological methods employ microorganisms, plant extracts, or enzymes for the synthesis of AgNPs [12][13][14]. Plants are considered better option than microorganisms due to their availability, nontoxicity, and low cost.…”