A modern review of silver nanoparticles mediated plant extracts and its potential bioapplications

Abstract

The development of eco-friendly technology for the biosynthesis of nanoparticles has emerged as a notable step in the field of nanotechnology and also branch of science that deals with the framing of materials at atomic level to achieve distinctive properties and bio applications. Of all the metal nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles attract the most attention owing to its distinctive physical, chemical and biological properties. Green chemistry has emerged as an alternative to the range of conventional methods used to synthesis of nanoparticles. Of all the available green methods, the use of plants in the synthesis of nanoparticles is considered to be the most suitable method because of the broad variation of the bio-molecules in them which not only reduce but also act as stabilizing, capping agents, thus increasing the rate of reaction. Unlike microbial culture they are easy to handle, broadly distributed and easily available. The current review examines the different types of plants that should be used for the rapid and one-step protocol for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles and describes its antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, antiviral, anticancer and anti-diabetic agent.