Green Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles and Their Prospective Biotechnological Applications: an Overview

Salem S. Salem1, Amr Fouda1
1Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

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