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Table 2.

Total reducing capacity and AgNPs synthetic potential of methanolic leaf extracts of seven plant species. Each value is mean± SE. Values with different letters are significantly different at P < 0.05. AgNPs production by 2 mg ml^-1 of the extracts was compared after 3 hrs of incubation.

Plant material	Total reducing capacity (mg GAE g^-1 DW)	AgNPs synthesis (absorbance at 410 nm)
Zataria multiflora	7.60±0.33^a	0.92±0.17^a
Rosmarinus sp.	6.00±0.29^b	1.07±0.16^a
Pelargonium graveolens	2.96±0.11^c	0.24±0.07^b
Chamaemelum nobil	0.56±0.16^d	0.21±0.025^b
Frenqueri aundulate	0.46±0.17^d	0.40±0.022^b
Achillea wilhemsii	0.42±0.00^d	0.36±0.20^c
Carthamus tinctorius L.	0.17±0.05^e	0.23±0.08^b