Table 4.

Plant extracts that were used for biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles.

Plant	Used Component for the Synthesis	Size (nm)	Shape	Bacterial Impact	Bio-Functionalizing Compounds	Reference
Thymus kotschyanus	Extract	50–60	Spherical	Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus	Protein	[58]
Juglans regia (Bark)	Leaf	15–30	Cubic and smooth	Streptococcus mutans	Flavonoids	[63]
Seaweed ulva flexuosa	Extract	42–83	Spherical	Antibacterial action against Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus	Protein	[44]
Acacia rigidula	Extract	8–60	Spherical	Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, P. aeruginosa	Phenol compound	[45]
Azadirachta indica	Leaf	48	Cubic	E. coli	Protein	[46]
Ocimum tenuiflorum	Extract	25–40	Linear	E. coli and B. subtilis	Flavonoids	[47]
Elephantopus scaber	Extract	37	Spherical	B. subtilis, L. lactis, P. aeruginosa, A. penicillioides	Proteins	[50]
Fagonia cretica	Extract	16	Spherical	Proteus vulgaris, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella Pneumoniae	Hydroxyl and secondary amines	[51]
Carica papaya (Papaya)	Leaf	60–80	Spherical	Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus	Proteins	[52]
Argemone mexicana	Leaf	30	Cubic	E. coli and B. subtilis	Leaf proteins and metabolites	[53]
Datura stramonium	Leaf	15–20	Spherical	Streptococcus mutans	Flavonoids, terpenoids	[54]
Cola nitida pod	Extract	12–80	Cubic	E. coli, P. aeruginosa and Klebsiella	Protein	[52]
Taraxacum officinale	Leaf	15	Cubic and hexagonal	Xanthomonas axonopodis and P. syringae	Flavonoids, terpenoids, and triterpenes	[26]
Rosa indica	Leaf	1–100	spherical	P. aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis	Polyphenol	[55]
Phoenix dactylifera		15–40	Cubic	E. coli	Polyphenols, lipids, and fatty acids	[53]
Mangosteen	Extract	30	Spherical	E. coli and S. aureus	Flavonoids	[58]
Rheum palmatum root	Extract	121	Cubic	S. aureus and P. aeruginosa	Flavonoids, terpenoids	[64]
Prunus japonica	Extract	26	Spherical	Proteus vulgaris	Protein	[59]
Boerhaaviadiffusa		25		F. ranchiophilum	Phenol	[60]
Banana peel	Extract	23.7	Cubic	E. coli, P. aeruginosa	Lips and fatty acids	[61]
Aloe vera	leaf	15.2	Cubic	S. aureus	Protein	[62]
Pelargonium graveolens (Geranium)	Leaves	16–40	Spherical	E. coli, P. aeruginosa	Flavonoids	[63]
Sargassum wightii	Extract	68.04	Cubic	S. aureus and P. aeruginosa	Protein	[26]