Anxiolytic and Anti-depressant effects of AgNPs fabricated using Diosgenin Rajadurai Uma Maheshwari 1 , Azhagiyamanavalan Lakshmi Prabha 2 Abirami Hariharan 1 Jacob Joe Antony 3 , Shanmugam Achiraman 4 , Veeraiyan Nandagopalan 5 , 1 Department of Biotechnology, Cauvery College for Women, Tiruchirappalli 3,4 Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620024, Tamil Nadu, India. 5 PG & Research Department of Botany, National College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli- 620001, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Department of Plant Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620024, Tamil Nadu, India. Corresponding Author * Rajadurai Uma Maheswari E-mail address: ksevenuma@gmail.com Graphical Abstract: Electronic copy available at: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3370113