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Acknowledgements AL is grateful to Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Abuja, Nigeria
and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Nigeria, for supporting
some of the research activities mentioned in this review. JAE appreciates LAUTECH, Ogbomoso,
Nigeria, for the award of honorary lectureship during which this work was undertaken.
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SH (2019) Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of silver, gold and silver-gold alloy nanoparticles phytosynthesized using extract of Opuntia ficus-indica. Rev Adv Mater Sci 58(1):313–326.
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silver, gold and silver-gold alloy nanoparticles using Persea americana fruit peel aqueous extract
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Ahmad A, Senapati S, Khan MI, Kumar R, Sastry M (2003) Extracellular biosynthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles by a novel extremophilic actinomycete Thermomonospora Sp. Langmuir
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Ahmad R, Mohsin M, Ahmad T, Sardar M (2015) Alpha amylase assisted synthesis of TiO 2
nanoparticles: structural characterization and application as antibacterial agents. J Hazard Mater
283:171–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.073
Ahmed S, Ahmad M, Swami BL, Ikram S (2016) A review on plants extract mediated synthesis
of silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications: a green expertise. J Adv Res 7(1):17–28.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2015.02.007
Aina DA, Owolo O, Lateef A, Aina FO, Hakeem AS, Adeoye-Isijola M, Okon V, Asafa TB, Elegbede
JA, Olukanni OD, Adediji I (2019) Biomedical applications of Chasmanthera dependens stem
extract mediated silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticoagulant, thrombolytic,
and larvicidal agents. Karbala Int J Mod Sci 5(2):2. https://doi.org/10.33640/2405-609X.1018
Aldridge S (2013) Industry backs biocatalysis for greener manufacturing. Nat Biotechnol 31:95–96.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0213-95
Azeez MA, Lateef A, Asafa TB, Yekeen TA, Akinboro A, Oladipo IC, Gueguim-Kana EB, Beukes
LS (2017) Biomedical applications of cocoa bean extract-mediated silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial, larvicidal and anticoagulant agents. J Clust Sci 28(1):149–164. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10876-016-1055-2
Azeez L, Adejumo AL, Ogunbode SM, Lateef A, Adetoro RO (2020) Influence of calcium nanoparticles (CaNPs) on nutritional qualities, radical scavenging attributes of Moringa oleifera and risk
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Acknowledgements AL is grateful to Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Abuja, Nigeria
and Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Nigeria, for supporting
some of the research activities mentioned in this review. JAE appreciates LAUTECH, Ogbomoso,
Nigeria, for the award of honorary lectureship during which this work was undertaken.
References
Abdeshahian P, Kadier A, Rai PK, da Silva SS (2020) Lignocellulose as a renewable carbon source
for microbial synthesis of different enzymes. Lignocellulosic Biorefin Technol 23:185–202.
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119568858.ch9
Adebayo EA, Ibikunle JB, Oke AM, Lateef A, Azeez MA, Oluwatoyin AO, Ajala VA, Olowoporoku
TB, Okunlola OC, Ogundele OA, Badmus JA, Asafa TB, Beukes LS, Gueguim-Kana EB, Abbas
SH (2019) Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of silver, gold and silver-gold alloy nanoparticles phytosynthesized using extract of Opuntia ficus-indica. Rev Adv Mater Sci 58(1):313–326.
https://doi.org/10.1515/rams-2019-0039
Adebayo EA, Oke AM, Lateef A, Oyatokun AA, Abisoye OD, Adiji IP, Fagbenro DO, Amusan
TV, Badmus JA, Asafa TB, Beukes LS, Gueguim-Kana EB, Abbas HS (2019) Biosynthesis of
silver, gold and silver-gold alloy nanoparticles using Persea americana fruit peel aqueous extract
for their biomedical properties. Nanotechnol Environ Eng 4:13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41204019-0060-8
Adelere IA, Lateef A (2016) A novel approach to the green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles: the
use of agro-wastes, enzymes, and pigments. Nanotechnol Rev 5(6):567–587. https://doi.org/10.
1515/ntrev-2016-0024
Adrio JL, Demain AL (2014) Microbial enzymes: tools for biotechnological processes.
Biomolecules 4(1):117–139. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom4010117
Ahmad A, Senapati S, Khan MI, Kumar R, Ramani R, Srinivas V, Sastry M (2003) Intracellular
synthesis of gold nanoparticles by a novel alkalotolerant actinomycete Rhodococcus Species.
Nanotechnology 14(7):824. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/14/7/323
Ahmad A, Senapati S, Khan MI, Kumar R, Sastry M (2003) Extracellular biosynthesis of monodisperse gold nanoparticles by a novel extremophilic actinomycete Thermomonospora Sp. Langmuir
19(8):3550–3553. https://doi.org/10.1021/la026772l
Ahmad R, Mohsin M, Ahmad T, Sardar M (2015) Alpha amylase assisted synthesis of TiO 2
nanoparticles: structural characterization and application as antibacterial agents. J Hazard Mater
283:171–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.08.073
Ahmed S, Ahmad M, Swami BL, Ikram S (2016) A review on plants extract mediated synthesis
of silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications: a green expertise. J Adv Res 7(1):17–28.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2015.02.007
Aina DA, Owolo O, Lateef A, Aina FO, Hakeem AS, Adeoye-Isijola M, Okon V, Asafa TB, Elegbede
JA, Olukanni OD, Adediji I (2019) Biomedical applications of Chasmanthera dependens stem
extract mediated silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticoagulant, thrombolytic,
and larvicidal agents. Karbala Int J Mod Sci 5(2):2. https://doi.org/10.33640/2405-609X.1018
Aldridge S (2013) Industry backs biocatalysis for greener manufacturing. Nat Biotechnol 31:95–96.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0213-95
Azeez MA, Lateef A, Asafa TB, Yekeen TA, Akinboro A, Oladipo IC, Gueguim-Kana EB, Beukes
LS (2017) Biomedical applications of cocoa bean extract-mediated silver nanoparticles as antimicrobial, larvicidal and anticoagulant agents. J Clust Sci 28(1):149–164. https://doi.org/10.1007/
s10876-016-1055-2
Azeez L, Adejumo AL, Ogunbode SM, Lateef A, Adetoro RO (2020) Influence of calcium nanoparticles (CaNPs) on nutritional qualities, radical scavenging attributes of Moringa oleifera and risk