In this paper, a simple chemical method is reported for the synthesis of silver nanoparticles using β-1,4 poly D-glucosamine as stabilizer agent and their application towards electrocatalytical determination of p-nitrophenol (p-NP). The formation of β-1,4 poly D-glucosamine capped silver nanoparticles was confirmed using UV-Vis spectroscopy, Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM), and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The electrocatalytic activity of the β-1,4 poly Dglucosamine capped silver nanoparticles modified graphite carbon electrode (β 1,4 p-DGA-AgNPs/GrCE) towards p-NP was studied using cyclic voltammetry (CV), AC electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and amperometric (i-t) studies. Typically, the obtained results were compared with those for unmodified graphite carbon. The results clearly reveal that the end prepared sensor has high electrocatalytic activity for p-NP reduction. From the DPV results, (β 1,4 p-DGA-AgNPs/GrCE) was concluded as viable sensor for the electrochemical determination of p-NP in a linear range from 1.0 × 10 À 6 to 1.0 × 10 À 4 mol L À 1 . The minimum calculated concentration that can be detected by the proposed electrode is 6.0 × 10 À 7 mol L À 1 in terms of the detection limit ((3 × σ)/P).