African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using crude leaf extracts of Acacia nilotica, Azadirachta indica, Carissa spinarum, Melia azedarach, Senna didymobotrya and Warburgia ugandensis, and their antifungal activity against Sporisorium scitamineum

Nkhabindze Bongani Z.
  • Nkhabindze Bongani Z.
  • Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute for Basic Science, Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI), Nairobi, Kenya.
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Wanyika Harrison N.
  • Wanyika Harrison N.
  • Department of Chemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Earnshaw Diana M.
  • Earnshaw Diana M.
  • Department of Crop Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Eswatini, Luyengo, Eswatini.
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Ateka Elijah M.
  • Ateka Elijah M.
  • Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Pan African University Institute for Basic Science, Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI), Nairobi, Kenya.
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  •  Received: 14 March 2022
  •  Accepted: 01 June 2022
  •  Published: 31 July 2022

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