Silver nanoparticles synthesized by the green chemistry approach reported in this study using lemon leaves extract could have potent applications in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that use of a natural, renewable and low-cost biological reducing agent, such as lemon leaves can produce metal nanostructures in aqueous solution at ambient temperature, avoiding the presence of hazardous and toxic solvents. The antifungal activity of SNP derived from lemon leaves showed enhancement in activity due to synergistic effect of silver nanoparticles and essential oil components of lemon leaves the effectivity was enhanced as observed from the data.
Acknowledgments One of the authors, Dhara Shukla