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. 2020 Apr 1;12(4):855. doi: 10.3390/cancers12040855

Table 2.

Studies AgNPs from plants that inhibit the breast cancer cell line MCF-7.

Plant Part Used NP Size/NP Shape Incubation Time IC50 Ref.
Achillea biebersteinii Flower 12 nm/spherical, pentagonal 3 h 20 μg/mL [88]
Alternanthera sessilis Aerial parts 10–30 nm/spherical 6 h 3.04 μg/mL [94]
Alternanthera tenella Leaf About 48 nm/- - 42.5 μg/mL [65]
Andrographis echioides Leaf 68.06 nm/cubic, pentagonal, hexagonal 12 h 31.5 μg/mL [91]
Azadirachta indica Leaf <40 nm/spherical 6 h Dose dependent [95]
Butea monosperma Leaf 20–80 nm/spherical 2 h Dose dependent [101]
Coriandrum sativum Leaf About 37 nm/spherical, rod, triangular, hexagonal - 30.5 μg/mL [97]
Citrullus colocynthis Leaf 13.37 nm/spherical 24 h >30 μg/mL [103]
Roots 7.39 nm/spherical 24 h 2.4 μg/mL
Seeds 16.57 nm/spherical 24 h >30 μg/mL
Fruit 19.26 nm/spherical 24 h >30 μg/mL
Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f) Ettingsh Mistletoe, leaf 5–45 nm/spherical 24 h Dose dependent [100]
Erythrina indica Root 20–118 nm/spherical Overnight 23.89 (% viability at 25 μL) [75]
Melia dubia Leaf 7.3 nm/irregular 15 min 31.2 μg/mL [85]
Olax scandens Leaf 30–60 nm/spherical 2 h Dose dependent [96]
Panax ginseng Leaf - - Dose dependent [89]
Piper longum Fruit 46 nm/spherical 24 h 67 μg/mL [99]
Quercus (genus) Fruit hull 40 nm/spherical - 50 μg/mL [92]
Rheum emodi Root 27.5 nm/spherical 24 h Dose dependent [102]
Sesbania grandiflora Leaf 22 nm/spherical 24 h 20 μg/mL [93]
Solanum trilobatum Fruit 41.90 nm/spherical, polygonal - 30 μg/mL [98]
Syzygium cumini Flower <40 nm/spherical 6 h Dose dependent [95]
Syzygium aromaticum Fruit 5–20 nm/spherical 20 min 70 µg/mL [104]
Tabernae montana divaricate Leaf Mean 22.85 nm/spherical 24 h 20 μg/mL [90]
Taxus baccata Needles Mean 75.1 nm/spherical 48 h 0.25 mg/mL [40]
Ulva lactuca Whole 56 nm/spherical 10 min 37 µg/mL [105]