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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Flower-Based Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles: Applications beyond Fragrance.

Harsh Kumar, Kanchan Bhardwaj, Kamil Kuča, Anu Kalia, Eugenie Nepovimova, Rachna Verma, Dinesh Kumar

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 168 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Harsh KumarSchool of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, H. P., India.ORCID 0000-0002-5301-484X
Kanchan BhardwajSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, H. P., India.ORCID 0000-0002-1708-6395
Kamil KučaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove 50003, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-9664-1109
Anu KaliaElectron Microscopy and Nanoscience Laboratory, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, Punjab, India.
Eugenie NepovimovaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Kralove 50003, Czech Republic.
Rachna VermaSchool of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, H. P., India.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-9450
Dinesh KumarSchool of Bioengineering & Food Technology, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173229, H. P., India.ORCID 0000-0003-3485-6408
Shoolini University · INUniversity of Hradec Králové · CZPunjab Agricultural University · IN

Funding

UHK Excelence project
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Green synthesis has gained wide attention as a sustainable, reliable, and eco-friendly approach to the synthesis of a variety of nanomaterials, including hybrid materials, metal/metal oxide nanoparticles, and bioinspired materials. Plant flowers contain diverse secondary compounds, including pigments, volatile substances contributing to fragrance, and other phenolics that have a profound ethnobotanical relevance, particularly in relation to the curing of diseases by 'Pushpa Ayurveda' or floral therapy. These compounds can be utilized as potent reducing agents for the synthesis of a variety of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs), such as gold, silver, copper, zinc, iron, and cadmium. Phytochemicals from flowers can act both as reducing and stabilizing agents, besides having a role as precursor molecules for the formation of NPs. Furthermore, the synthesis is mostly performed at ambient room temperatures and is eco-friendly, as no toxic derivatives are formed. The NPs obtained exhibit unique and diverse properties, which can be harnessed for a variety of applications in different fields. This review reports the use of a variety of flower extracts for the green synthesis of several types of metallic nanoparticles and their applications. This review shows that flower extract was mainly used to design gold and silver nanoparticles, while other metals and metal oxides were less explored in relation to this synthesis. Flower-derived silver nanoparticles show good antibacterial, antioxidant, and insecticidal activities and can be used in different applications.

Indexed as

antibacterialantioxidantscatalyticflower extractgreen synthesisinsecticidalnanoparticlesphytochemicals

Identifiers

PMID32316212
PMCPMC7254411
OpenAlexW3017237954

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