| AgNO3 | silver nitrate |
| AgNPs | silver nanoparticles |
| BOD | Biological Oxygen demand |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| ERA | Epixide ricinoleic acid |
| FTIR | Fourier transform infrared |
| MIC | Minimum Inhibitory Concentration |
| Min | minutes |
| NPs | nanoparticles |
| RA | ricinoleic acid |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| SPR | Surface Plasmon Resonance |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| USFDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| XRD | X-ray diffraction |