ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2026
Green Synthesis of Bergamot Solid Waste-Based Silver Nanoparticles: Optimization Process for Agriculture Use.
Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Environmental applications of silver nanoparticles: state-of-the-art review and emerging trends.Beilstein journal of nanotechnology · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Green-synthesized metal nanoparticles are increasingly investigated for their antioxidative, antimicrobial, and stress-protective properties as eco-friendly and cost-effective alternatives to conventional chemical synthesis. Although agri-food wastes represent biomolecule-rich and sustainable resources, they remain less explored as biological matrices for green metal nanoparticle synthesis compared with plant and microbial extracts. The aim of this study was to optimize the synthesis and evaluate the bioactivity of silver nanoparticles derived from bergamot pomace, a polyphenol-rich agri-food waste. Synthesis parameters, including extract concentration, pH, extract-to-metal ratio, temperature, and reaction time, were optimized, and the nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, zeta potential analysis, and electron microscopy (TEM, STEM). ATR-FTIR and proteomic analyses were employed to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in nanoparticle reduction, capping, and stabilization. The bergamot pomace-based silver nanoparticles exhibited a surface plasmon resonance peak at 430 nm, spherical morphology, good colloidal stability, and average diameters of 15-20 nm, without irreversible aggregation. A putative synthesis mechanism was proposed, involving Ag
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.