Cashew apple juice (Anacardium occidentale L.) speeds up the synthesis of silver nanoparticles

Extensive work has been done to explore the potential promises of plant systems in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles.We report here a green approach for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles with a cocktail of biochemical constituents from cashew apple juice (Anacardium occidentale L.). We presume that the reduction potential of these constituents in the crude extract plays a vital role in the bioreduction of Ag⁺ to Ag⁰. This is a facile method for the production of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and has many advantages over other plant extracts. The synthesized AgNPs were further characterized using ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDAX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) methods.