Table 9.

Evaluation of green biogenic Au and AgNPs in colorectal cancer; biological source, NPs characteristics, IC₅₀, and in vitro models.

Biological Source	Type of NP	Size (nm)	Shape	IC50 (µg/mL)	Cell Line	Reference
Zingiber officinale	AgNPs	42–61	Spherical	150.80	HT29	[295]
Albizia lebbeck	AuNPs	20–30	Spherical	48	HCT-116	[297]
Pleurotus sajor-caju	AgNPs AuNPs	16–18 4–22	Spherical	50 80	HCT-116	[298]
Trichosanthes kirilowii	AuNPs	50	Spherical	ND	HCT-116	[301]
Aspergillus niger	AgNPs	20–25	Spherical	160	HT-29	[302]
Anthemis atropatana	AgNPs	38.89	Spherical	4.88	HT29	[303]
Chaetomorpha linum	AgNPs	35	Spherical	48.84	HCT-116	[304]
Bergenia ciliata	AgNPs	50–100	Spherical	ND	HT29	[305]
Albizia lebbeck	AuNPs	20–30	Spherical	48	HCT116	[297]
Abutilon indicum	AuNPs	1–20	Spherical	210	HT-29	[306]
Nostoc sp.	AgNPs	14.9	Spherical	150	Caco2	[307]
Annona muricata	AgNPs	16–20	Spherical	ND	HCT116	[203]
Mentha arvensis	AgNPs	12–40	Spherical triangular	1.7	HCT116	[300]
Perilla frutescens	AgNPs	~26	Spherical rhombic triangle	39.28	Colo205	[308]
Ulva lactuca L.	AuNPs	6–20	Spherical	98.46	HT29 Caco-2	[260]
Curcuma longa Zingiber officinale	AgNPs	20–51	Quasi-spherical	150.80	HT29	[295]
Artemisa tournefortiana	AgNPs	22	Spherical	40.71	HT29	[309]
Wedelia trilobata	AuNPs	10–50	Spherical	ND	HCT15	[310]

ND: not determined.