Table 1.
Quality assessment of articles selected for this systematic review.
| Country Name | Type of nanoparticles | Biological specie | Release profile | Quality reported? | Nanoparticle's characterization? | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Silver nanoparticle (AgNPs) | Ziziphus jujuba | _ | _ | Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) | (20) |
| India | AgNPs | Azadirachta indica | _ | _ | TEM, and SEM | (22) |
| India | LAgNPs | Lansium parasiticum | _ | + | Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) | (25) |
| China | Chitosan nanoparticles | Carvacrol and carvacryl acetate | + | + | Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) | (24) |
| Iran | Zinc oxide nanoparticle (ZnO-NPs) | N/A | _ | + | XRD and TEM micrography | (13) |
| Brazil | Nanoemulsion | Eucalyptus staigeriana | _ | + | Beam of red light (ZetaSizer 3600, Malvern, United Kingdom) | (29) |
| Brazil | Solid lipid nanoparticle | Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel | _ | + | N/A | (19) |
| Brazil | Solid lipid nanoparticle | Melaleuca alternifolia | _ | + | N/A | (18) |
| Brazil | Chitosan-encapsulated | E. staigeriana essential oil (EsEO) | + | + | N/A | (17) |
| Brazil | Nanoemulsion | E. staigeriana | _ | + | Beam of red light (ZetaSizer 3600, Malvern, United Kingdom) | (21) |
| Brazil | Nanoencapsulated | Eucalyptus citriodora essential oils | + _ |
FTIR analysis | (16) | |
| Brazil | Encapsulated oil | E. staigeriana | _ | + | N/A | (15) |
| Brazil | Nanoemulsion | C. citratus essential oil Nanoemulsion | _ | + | Beam of red light (ZetaSizer 3600, Malvern, United Kingdom) | (23) |
| Brazil | Encapsulated oil | N/A | _ | + | N/A | (27) |
| Brazil | Polycaprolactone Thio1 nanoparticles (nano Thio1) | Tagetes patula L. | _ | + | Dynamic light scattering (DLS) (Zetasizer NanoZS™, Malvern Panalytical Instruments, UK) | (28) |
| Kenya | Chitosan encapsulated bromelain | N/A | _ | + | SEM and FTIR analysis | (26) |
| Kenya | Chitosan encapsulated bromelain | N/A | _ | + | FTIR analysis | (32) |
| Kenya | Encapsulated ethanolic extract | Prosopis juliflora | _ | – | N/A | (33) |
Key: N/A, data not available.