“…Chemical reduction methods are commonly used to synthesize the silver nanoparticles. Typical reducing agents are polyols, [18,19] NaBH 4 , [20][21][22] N 2 H 4 , [23] sodium citrate, [24] polymeric thiols, [25] triton X 100, [26] and amino acids. [27][28][29][30] Polyvinyl-pyrrolidone and polyvinyl alcohol are biologically friendly polymers, as it is water soluble, and has extremely low cytotoxicity.…”