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Table 1.

Exemplar Studies of Herbal-Facilitated Nanoparticle Product Production

Herb or Botanical	Nanoparticle Type	References
Hypericum	Gold	[74]
Gelsemium sempervirens	Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)	[64]
Gelsemium sempervirens	Silica (glass), Polypropylene	[73]
Rosmarinus officinalis	Magnetite (iron oxide/oleic acid)	[75]
Magnolia bark	Magnolia bark extract	[76]
Gingko biloba	monomethyl poly(ethylene glycol)–poly (lactide-co-glycolide)–monomethyl-poly(ethylene-glycol), MeO–PEG–PLGA–PEG–OMe polymers	[77]
Cassia fistula	Gold	[116]
Thuja occidentalis Phytolacca decandra Hydrastis Canadensis Gelsemium sempervirens	Silver	[117]
Equisetum telmateia	Silica	[138]