Siam Abubakr M J, Abu-Zurayk Rund, Siam Nasreldeen, Abdelkheir Rehab M, Shibli Rida
Department of Horticulture & Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman P.O. Box 11942, Jordan.
Department of Forestry & Range Science, Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, University of Al Fashir, El Fasher P.O. Box 125, Sudan.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2025 Jun 1;15(11):845. doi: 10.3390/nano15110845.
Forest ecosystems represent a natural repository of biodiversity, bioenergy, food, timber, water, medicine, wildlife shelter, and pollution control. In many countries, forests offer great potential to provide biogenic resources that could be utilized for large-scale biotechnological synthesis and products. The evolving nanotechnology could be an excellent platform for the transformation of forest products into value-added nanoparticles (NPs). It also serves as a tool for commercial production, placing the forest at the heart of conservation and sustainable management strategies. NPs are groups of atoms with a size ranging from 1 to 100 nm. This review analyzes the scholarly articles published over the last 25 years on the forest and woody plant-based green synthesis of NPs, highlighting the plant parts and applications discussed. The biosynthesis of nanomaterials from plant extracts provides inexpensiveness, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and environmental nontoxicity to the resultant NPs. The leaf is the most critical organ in woody plants, and it is widely used in NP biosynthesis, perhaps due to its central functions of bioactive metabolite production and storage. Most biosynthesized NPs from tree species have been used and tested for medical applications. For sustainable advancements in forest-based nanotechnology, broader species coverage, expanded applications, and interdisciplinary collaboration are essential.
森林生态系统是生物多样性、生物能源、食物、木材、水、药物、野生动物栖息地及污染控制的天然宝库。在许多国家，森林具有提供生物资源的巨大潜力，这些资源可用于大规模生物技术合成及产品生产。不断发展的纳米技术可能是将森林产品转化为增值纳米颗粒（NPs）的绝佳平台。它还可作为商业生产工具，使森林成为保护和可持续管理战略的核心。纳米颗粒是由大小在1至100纳米之间的原子团组成。本综述分析了过去25年发表的关于基于森林和木本植物的纳米颗粒绿色合成的学术文章，突出了所讨论的植物部位及应用。利用植物提取物生物合成纳米材料可为所得纳米颗粒提供廉价性、生物相容性、生物可降解性及环境无毒特性。叶子是木本植物中最关键的器官，它在纳米颗粒生物合成中被广泛应用，这可能归因于其在生物活性代谢产物生产和储存方面的核心功能。大多数从树种生物合成的纳米颗粒已被用于医学应用并进行了测试。为实现基于森林的纳米技术的可持续发展，更广泛的物种覆盖、更多的应用拓展及跨学科合作至关重要。
