Table 4.
Physicochemical properties of green silver-based NPs.
| Green silver based NPs | REF | Functional group | Diameter (nm) | ζ - potential (mV) | Tested uropathogens | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver nanoparticles | (Qasim et al., 2015) | Hydroxyl | 30-50 | – | Bacillus sp, C. albicans, E. coli, K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus | Antibacterial |
| Ag-embedded mesoporous silica nanoparticles | (Divya et al., 2019) | – | 15 - 50 AgNps/400 mSiO2 | – | C. albicans | Antifungal |
| Silver nanoparticles | (Mishra et al., 2018) | Phenolic compounds | <100 | – | S. aureus, E. faecalis, A. baumannii, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter aerogenes, E. coli, K. oxytoca, K. pneumoniae, P. mirabilis, P. vulgaris, and P. aeruginosa | Antibacterial |
| Silver nanoparticles | (Shafreen et al., 2017) | N. palea aminoacids and proteins | 70–90 | – | E. coli | Antibiofilm |
| Piper betle based silver nanoparticles | (Srinivasan et al., 2018) | Amide | 156.4 | − 23.1 | S. marcescens and P. mirabilis | Antibiofilm |
| Antiquorum sensing | ||||||
| Silver nanoparticles | (Meenakumari et al., 2000) | – | 87 | – | P. aeruginosa, K. pneumoniae, E. faecalis, S. aureus and coagulase negative Staphylococcus | Antibacterial |