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The green approach to prepare nanoparticles (NP) is becoming widely popular due to its eco-friendliness, reliability, and economic feasibility. Biosynthesis exploits biological agents such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, plant, and algal extracts to synthesize target molecules or materials of interest. The present chapter focuses on one of the widely and abundantly present sustainable resources: algae for the biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and their specific properties. Further, the noble AgNPs strive towards the edge-level utilities in every aspect of science and technology, including the medical fields. Thus, the applications of AgNPs in biomedicines have been discussed in detail as compared with the other NPs.
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Khandegar, V., Kaur, P.J. (2023). Algal Extract-Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles: Biomedical Applications. In: Shanker, U., Hussain, C.M., Rani, M. (eds) Handbook of Green and Sustainable Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16101-8_82
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