Table 4.

Applications of CuONPs synthesized from plants extracts.

S/N	Plants name	Plants part	Salt	Applications	Activities	Ref
1	Eupatorium odoratum	Leaf	copper sulphate	Antibacterial	12–30 mm	[115]
2	Aloe barbadensis Miller	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Degradation antibacterial activity	98.89% maximum removal of removal of hazardous dye methylene blue.	[158]
3	Rheum palmatum L.	Root	Copper chloride	catalytic activity	Five times efficient catalyst reduction of methylene blue and rhodamine B without decrease in catalytic activity.	[159]
4	Tea	Leaf	Copper nitrate	antibacterial activity	Showed remarkable antibacterial activity against K. pneumoniae and V. cholerae with inhibition zones of 10.5 at 200Ng/disc	[160]
5	Eucalyptus globulus	Leaf	copper sulphate	Anticancer	cell cycle disruption and upregulation of pro-apoptotic genes in MCF-7 cells	[161]
6	Eucalyptus globulus	Leaf	copper sulphate	Antibacterial	Potential ROS generation for interruption of bacterial cells	[145]
7	T. arjuna	bark	Copper nitrate	catalytic activity	effective degradation of methyl blue dye	[162]
8	Camellia sinensis	Leaf	cupric acetate	Anticancer	remarkable cytotoxic effect of 50% mortality at 50 μg/ml against breast cancer cell line (MCF-7)	[17]
9.	Cistus incanus	Leaf	copper nitrate	oxidative stress	improved in conditions of oxidative stress	[163]
10.	Cissus quadrangularis	Leaf	Copper acetate	Antifungal	86% and 85% inhibition against A. niger and A. flavus at 1000 ppm	[164]
11.	Aloe Vera	Leaf	Copper sulphate	solar photocatalytic activities	fast degradation of methylene blue in aqueous solution at room temperature under solar simulator irradiation.	[155]
12	Coleus aromaticus	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Anticancer	It offered an efficient platform for intracellular miRNA delivery and improving therapeutic outcomes for lung cancer	[165]
13	Azadirachta indica	Leaf	Copper acetate	anticancer activity	cytotoxicity against the tested cancer cell lines without affect the human cell	[166]
14	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis	Leaf	Copper acetate	anticancer activity	Great cytotoxicity against the tested cancer cell lines	[166]
15	Murraya koenigii	Leaf	Copper acetate	anticancer activity	High cytotoxicity against the tested cancer cell lines without affect the human cell	[166]
16	Moringa oleifera	Leaf	Copper acetate	antioxidant	Efficient antioxidant potency	[166]
17	Tamarindus indica	Leaf	Copper acetate	antioxidant	promising antioxidant potency	[166]
18	Euphorbia maculata	Aerial part	Copper sulphate	photocatalytic activities	CuO NPs display higher catalytic activity compare to Ni@Fe3O4 NPs	[167]
19	Sida acuta	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Antibacterial	Higher antimicrobial activity against the growth of studied infectious pathogens.	[168]
20	Bauhinia tomentosa	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Antibacterial	CuO NPs offered antibacterial efficacy qualify for utilization in biomedical applications	[169]
21	Capparis spinosa	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Iron Sensing	The sensing potency of CuONPs towards Fe2+ and Fe3+ was higher than other tested metal ions	[170]
22	Fortunella japonica	Fruit	Copper sulphate	Sensing and remediation	The CuONPs sensor exhibited quality reproducibility and selectivity towards the analyte	[171]
23	Acalypha indica	Leaf	Copper sulphate	cytotoxicity activity	CuONPs exhibit good cytotoxicity activity against MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines	[172]
20	Zea mays	Husk	Copper acetate	Antibacterial	It showed effective inhibition against the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus licheniformis than Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus	[173]
21	Eryngium campestre	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Remediation	promising nanoremediation potential for wastewaters containing heavy metals	[173]
22	Froriepia subpinnata	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Remediation	promising properties of nanoremediation of soil, and ground waters	[174]
22	Tabernaemontana divaricate	Leaf	Copper sulphate	Antibacterial	It showed maximum zone of inhibition against urinary tract pathogen at 50 Ng/ml	[175]