www.wjpps.com Vol 6, Issue 6, 2017. 1752 Bharathi et al. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES FROM FLOWER EXTRACT OF ABUTILON INDICUM AND ITS CHARACTERIZATION S. Shanthi 1 and V. Bharathi* 2 1 Department of Microbiology, Shrimathi Indira Ganthi College, Trichy 2 Department of Biochemistry, Shrimathi Indira Ganthi College, Trichy. ABSTRACT There is an increasing commercial demand for nanoparticles due to their wide applicability in various areas such as electronics, catalysis, chemistry, energy, and medicine. This work deals with the synthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using Abutilon indicum flower. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by using UV–Vis absorption spectroscopy and FT-IR analysis. The reaction mixture turned to brownish gray colour after 5hrs of incubation and exhibits an absorbance peak around 450 nm characteristic of Ag nanoparticles. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis showed silver nanoparticles was pure and polydispersed and the size were ranging from 10-40 nm. The approach of green synthesis seems to be cost efficient, eco- friendly and easy alternative to conventional methods of silver nanoparticles synthesis. KEYWORD: There is an increasing methods of silver nanoparticles synthesis. INTRODUCTION The results of nanoscience are realized in nanotechnology as new materials and functional facilities. At present time nanochemistry becomes one of the main growing directions of nanoscience. Frequently, nanometer-size metallic particles show unique and considerably changed physical, chemical and biological properties compared to their macro scaled counterparts, due to their high surface-to-volume ratio (Sergeev et al., 2008) Thus, these nanoparticles have been the subject of substantial research in recent years. Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been proven to possess immense importance and thus, have been WORLD JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SJIF Impact Factor 6.647 Volume 6, Issue 6, 1752-1756 Review Article ISSN 2278 – 4357 Article Received on 21 April. 2017, Revised on 11 May 2017, Accepted on 01 June 2017, DOI: 10.20959/wjpps20176-9224 *Corresponding Author V. Bharathi Department of Biochemistry, Shrimathi Indira Ganthi College, Trichy.