Abstract

Saleh H. Salmen

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/410117

Nanoparticles can be readily synthesized using environmentally friendly techniques from a wide range of plants. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are particularly useful because their unique biological, physical and chemical properties make them ideal as antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal as well as anticancer activities. Several methods are available for producing AgNPs, but the biological approach, also known as the green method is particularly useful.  A wide range of extracts from flowers, fruits, leaves, stems, bark, seeds and roots can be used to synthesize AgNPs. Such biological synthesis has a number of advantages over chemical and physical approaches, notably a marked reduction in the use of hazardous production pathways. Here, the biogenic synthesis and antimicrobial effects of AgNPs obtained from medicinal plant extracts, obtained from the Arabian Peninsula is reviewed.

Antimicrobial activity; Arabian Peninsula; Biogenic synthesis; Medicinal plants; Silver nanoparticles

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