Table 3.

Plant-synthesized AgNPs and their anti-bacterial activity.

Plant Material	Plant Extract	Test Bacteria	Shape of AgNPs	Size of AgNPs (nm)	References
Curcuma Longa	Turmeric powder extract	E. coli Listeria monocytogenes	Mostly spherical with quasi-spherical, decahedral, ellipsoidal, and triangular shapes	5–35	[56]
Pyrus communis L. cultivars	Fruit peel and pulp	S. aureus, MRSA, P. aeruginosa, E. coli	Spherical	110–190	[16]
Terminalia Mantaly	Stem bark, leaves, and roots	S. aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, K. pneumoniae, Salmonella enterica, Shigella flexneri, Hoemophilus influenza	Polydispersed	11–83	[18]
Salvia Africana Lutea	Leaves	Staphylococcus epidermidis, P. aeruginosa	Polygon and spherical	25–40	[57]
Sutherlandia frutescens	Leaves	S. epidermidis, P. aeruginosa	Spherical	200–400	[57]
Sapindus mukorossi	fruit pericarp extract	S. Aureus, P. aeruginosa	Spherical	≤30	[58]
Grape fruit	peel extract	E. coli, S. aureus, Enterococcus faecalis	-	0–100	[59]
Areca catechu	fruits extract	E. faecalis, Vancomycin-resistant E. faecalis, P. aeruginosa, Multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii, Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii	Spherical	100–300	[20]
Ipomoea aquatica	leaf extract	Salmonella, Staphylococcus sp., E. coli	Spherical	5–30	[60]
Acacia lignin	wood dust	Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus circulans, S. aureus, E. coli, Ralstonia eutropha, P. aeruginosa	Spherical	2–26	[61]
Amaranthus Tricolor L.	Red spinach leaf extract	E. coli	Spherical	5–40	[62]