Fig 1.
Solvent-based extraction of antimicrobial phytochemicals.
Fig 2.
UV-Vis spectra of (a) S. moorcroftiana extracts and (b) silver nanoparticles synthesized from these extracts.
Fig 3.
Schematic illustration for Ag-NPs reduction and capping through phytochemicals.
Fig 4.
FTIR spectra of a) Aq-extract and Ag-NPs b) Aq*-extract and Ag-NPs c) D-extract and Ag-NPs, D*-extract and Ag-NPs.
Fig 5.
Transmission electron microscopy image of a) Aq-Ag-NPs, b) Aq*-Ag-NPs, c) D-Ag-NPs and d) D*-Ag-NPs.
Table 1.
Combined Table of size and stability-based characteristics of silver nanoparticles.
Fig 6.
Determination of Zeta potential of silver nanoparticles synthesized via different solvents.
Fig 7.
Size distributions of silver nanoparticles synthesized via different extracts.
Fig 8.
Comparative analysis of total phenolic content in different extracts and Ag-NPs based on different solvent-based extracts.
Hexane based Ag-NPs synthesis was negligible and could not be analyzed for TPC.
Fig 9.
Comparative analysis of total flavonoid content in extracts and silver nanoparticles based on different solvent-based extracts.
Fig 10.
Antioxidant activity of plant extracts and silver nanoparticles synthesized from these extracts.
Table 2.
Comparative analysis of Oxidation Reduction Potential of extracts and Ag-NPs synthesized from these extracts.
Table 3.
Polyphenolic compounds with their retention time and peak area (%).
Table 4.
Inhibition zone sizes of Ag-NPs against MDR bacteria.
Table 5.
Minimum inhibitory concentration of Ag-NPs against resistant pathogenic strain.
Fig 11.
Reactive oxygen quantification in bacterial cultures grown in the presence of different concentrations of different types of Ag-NPs.