On Recent Developments in Biosynthesis and Application of Au and Ag Nanoparticles from Biological Systems

Table 2

Gold nanoparticles from plants, size, shape, and biological activity.

Species	Size and shape	Bioactivity	References
Nuts exracts	13.7 nm, spherical	Catalytic and antioxidant	Rajan et al. [56]
M. calabura fruits	27 nm, spherical	No activity reported	Kumar et al. [60]
Mangifera indica seed	46.8 nm, spherical	Antibacterial and antiangiogenic	Vimalraja et al. [61]
A. bettzickiana	80–120 nm, spherical	Antibacterial and cytotoxic	M. et al. [48]
A. nigra leaves	21.52 nm, spherical	Antibacterial and antioxidant	Baruaha et al. [62]
Citrus paradise	25–325 nm, triangular 5–85 nm, spherical	No activity reported	[184]
Coleous forskohlii	35.5 nm, spherical	Antimicrobial and antioxidant	Desai et al. [179]
Oil palm leaves	35–75 nm, spherical	No activity reported	Ahmad et al. [64]
Elettaria cardamomum	15.2 nm, spherical	Antioxidant and antibacterial	Rajan et al. [57]
Rhazya stricta	30–60 nm	Antibacterial	Ahmad et al. [58]
Crescentia cujete L. leaf	32.9 nm, spherical, triangular, hexagonal	Anticancer	Seetharaman et al. [59]
Paederia foetida Linn.	10–50 nm, irregular	Antimicrobial	Bhuyan et al. [174]
Cannonball fruit	25 ± 6 nm, spherical	Antioxidant	Sathishkumar et al. [204]
Mimosa pudica	12.5 nm, spherical	Anticancer	Suganya et al. [205]
Coleus aromaticus	28 nm, spheroid	Antibacterial and antiradical	Vilas et al. [188]
Areca catechu nut	13.7 nm, spherical	Antibacterial and antioxidant	Rajan et al. [56]