Table A1.

Synthesis of PtNPs using various parts of biological templates and their sizes and shapes.

Name of the Organism	Parts Uses	Size (nm)	Shape	Ref.
Bacteria
Desulfovibrio vulgaris	Periplasmic space/cellular surface			[71]
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	Intracellular	2–3.5	Cuboidal	[72]
Fungi
F. oxysporum	Extracellular	10–50	triangle, hexagons, square, rectangles	[74]
Neurospora Crassa	Intracellular	2–3, 4–35, 7–76 and 20–110	Quasi spherical, single crystalline and round nano aggregates	[80]
Plants
Doipyros kaki	Leaf	2–12		[82]
Fumariae herba	Whole	30	Hexagonal and pentagonal	[83]
Anacardium occidentale	Leaf	100	Irregular rod	[84]
Azadirachta indica	Leaf	5–50	Small and large sphere	[85]
Piper betle L.	Leaf	2–0.4	Spherical	[86]
Ocimun sanctum	Leaf	23	Irregular	[87]
Phoenix dactylifera	Fruit	1.3–2.6	Spherical	[91]
Lantana camara	Leaf	35	Spherical	[93]
Prunus x yedoensis	Gum	10–20	Circular	[94]
Camellia sinensis	Leaf	30–60	Flower	[95]
Antigonon leptopus	Whole plant	5–190	Spherical	[96]
B. prionitis	Leaf	1–2	Monodispersed	[97]
Punica granatum	Peel	16–23	Spherical	[98]
	Pomegranate	20.12	Spherical	[100]
Algae
Padina gymnospora		25	Octahedral	[172]
Bacteria
Saccharomy cesboulardii	Intracellular	80–150		[193]
Plants
Eichhornia crassipes	Leaf	3.74	Spherical	[255]
Quercus glauca	Leaf	5–15	Spherical	[256]
Bacopa Monnieri	Leaf	5–20	Spherical	[257]
Cochlospermum gossypium	Tree-Gum	2.4	Spherical	[258]
Algae
Plectonema boryanum UTEX 485	Cell extract	<300	Spherical	[259]
Bacteria
Calothrixv cyanobacteria	Intracellular and extracellilar	3.2		[260]
Plants
Pinus resinosa	Bark	6–8	Irregular	[261]
Gloriosa superb	Tuber	0.83–3	Spherical	[262]
Terminalia chebula	Fruit	<4	Spherical	[263]
Cacumen platycladi	Whole plant	2.4-0.8	spherical	[264]