“…[12][13][14][15] In this regard, a lot of attention has been paid to synthesis of nanostructured materials using natural species such as algae, yeasts, bacteria, fungi, biological compounds, and plant extracts. 16 In such synthesis of metal nanostructures, these compounds act simultaneously as reducing, shape-directing, structure-stabilizing, capping, and aggregation-inhibiting agents due to the proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, aldehydes, etc.…”