Table 1.

Word groups used to screen relevant documents in the different electronic databases used

Nanoparticles-producing living organisms	Diseases or parasites	Word groups	Inputs and outcomes
		Nature and type of synthesis of nanoparticles
‘Planta’ OR ‘Bacteriaa’ OR ‘Mushroom’ OR ‘Fungia’ OR ‘Worms’ OR ‘Helminthsa’ OR ‘Microorganism’ OR ‘Microbiala’	‘Malariaa’ OR ‘Plasmodiuma’ OR ‘Plasmodium falciparuma’ OR ‘Plasmodium bergheia’	‘Green synthesisa’ OR ‘Biological synthesisa’ OR ‘Biosynthesis’ OR ‘Plant-mediated’ OR ‘Metal-based’ OR ‘Nanoparticlesa’ OR ‘Metal nanoparticlesa’ OR ‘Biometallic nanoparticlesa’ OR ‘Gold nanoparticles’ OR ‘Silver nanoparticles’ OR ‘Copper nanoparticles’ OR ‘Platinum nanoparticles’ OR ‘Titanium’ OR ‘Palladium’	‘In vitro activity’ OR ‘In vitro potential’ OR ‘In vivo activity’ OR ‘In vivo potential’ OR ‘antimalarial activity’ OR ‘Antimalariaa’ OR ‘Antiplasmodiala activity’ OR ‘Effectiveness’ OR ‘Assessment’ OR ‘Effect’ OR ‘Properties’

^aMedical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms used to make search in PubMed