Green synthesized plant-based silver nanoparticles: therapeutic prospective for anticancer and antiviral activity

• Main Authors: Nancy Jain, Priyanshu Jain, Devyani Rajput, Umesh Kumar Patil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2021-05-01
• Series: Micro and Nano Systems Letters
• Subjects: Nanotechnology; Silver nanoparticles; Green synthesis; Anticancer; Antiviral; Medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40486-021-00131-6

Abstract Nanotechnology holds an emerging domain of medical science as it can be utilized virtually in all areas. Phyto-constituents are valuable and encouraging candidates for synthesizing green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) which possess great potentials toward chronic diseases. This review gives an overview of the Green approach of AgNPs synthesis and its characterization. The present review further explores the potentials of Phyto-based AgNPs toward anticancer and antiviral activity including its probable mechanism of action. Green synthesized AgNPs prepared by numerous medicinal plants extract are critically reviewed for cancer and viral infection. Thus, this article mainly highlights green synthesized Phyto-based AgNPs with their potential applications for cancer and viral infection including mechanism of action and therapeutic future prospective in a single window.