A review on eco-friendly synthesized nanoparticles of Ficus religiosa and their applications
*K. Riazunnisa
Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Yogi Vemana University, Vemanapuram, YSR district -516005 (India) *Corresponding author: E-mail khateefriaz@gmail.com; krbtbi@yogivemanauniversity.ac.in Contact: 09966863416
ABSTRACT
Green synthesis via eco-friendly routes has attracted the exotic interest of scientific researchers due to its reliable, resilient, eco-friendly, and non-toxic nature. Since numerous attempts have been made with reflective uses by synthesizing various nanomaterials using metals/ metal oxides, during the last era. The current review intends to report, update, and discover all information pertaining to Ficus religiosa L. medicinal plant combined with diverse metal and non-metal nanoparticle production using a greener method. Ficus religiosa is a therapeutic plant widely used for synthesizing various nanoparticles due to its abundant secondary metabolites, which may act as bio-reducing and stabilizing agents. Metal/metal oxide precursors like Ag, Au, TiO, ZnO, CuO and SnO2 were used for the synthesis of nanoparticles by using either part/whole plant, bark and leaf infusions. This study emphasizes the use of various Ficus religiosa plant parts for scientific purposes, which has numerous applications in various fields and may be a good drug candidate for nano-based drug delivery systems.