Table 1.

Summary table of the main findings of the studies performing green synthesis using the selected plants.

Plant Species	Concentration of AgNO3	Characterisation	Activity	Size of AgNPs (nm)	Shape of AgNPs	Ref.
B. nigra	1 mM	UV-Vis	antibacterial	41	-	[29]
		NTA
		FTIR
		DLS
O. vulgare	1 mM	UV-Vis	antibacterial	63–85	spherical	[30]
		FTIR
		FE-SEM
		XRD
O. vulgare	0.5 mM	UV-Vis	antibacterial	2–25	spherical	[32]
		XRD
		TEM
		EDX
		FTIR
O. vulgare	1, 2.5, 5, 10 and 100 mM	UV-Vis	antibacterial	151–4819	polygonal	[33]
		PCCS
		TEM
B. vulgaris	0.5, 1, 3 and 10 mM	UV-Vis	antibacterial	30–70	spherical	[34]
		TEM
		XRD
		DLS
L. angustifolia	10 mM	UV-Vis	-	20	spherical, triangular	[35]
		SEM
		XRD
		TEM
		EDS
L. angustifolia fractions	1 g/L	UV-Vis	cytotoxic	35.4 ± 1.6 and 56.4 ± 2.4	round- shape, tetrahedron, polyhedron	[36]
		DLS
		SEM
L. angustifolia	1 mM	UV-Vis	antioxidant	10–30	spherical	[37]
		EDXRF
		SEM
B. vulgaris	2 and 5 mM	UV-Vis	antibacterial antioxidant	75.7 ± 17.1	spherical	This study
B. nigra		TEM		14.7 ± 7.9	spherical
C. bursa-pastoris		ZP		16.2 ± 8.4	spherical
L. angustifolia		PCCS		37.8 ± 10.7	spherical
O. vulgare		EDS		46.1 ± 19.7	smaller-spherical, larger-truncated octahedral

UV-Vis—ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy, FTIR—Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, PCCS—photon cross-correlation spectroscopy, NTA—nanoparticles tracking analysis, TEM—transmission electron microscopy, FE-SEM—field emission-scanning electron microscopy, ZP—zeta-potential, XRD—X-ray diffraction, EDS—energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, DLS—dynamic light scattering, EDXRF—energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence.