Accepted Manuscript Title: Gum ghatti mediated, one pot green synthesis of optimized Gold nanoparticles: Investigation of process-variables impact using Box-Behnken based statistical design Authors: Md. Sabir Alam, Arun Garg, Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Mohammad Khalid Saifullah, Abu Izneid Tareq, Ovais Manzoor, Mohd. Mohsin, Md. Noushad Javed PII: S0141-8130(17)30480-4 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.05.129 Reference: BIOMAC 7618 To appear in: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Received date: 6-2-2017 Revised date: 10-5-2017 Accepted date: 21-5-2017 Please cite this article as: Md.Sabir Alam, Arun Garg, Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Mohammad Khalid Saifullah, Abu Izneid Tareq, Ovais Manzoor, Mohd.Mohsin, Md.Noushad Javed, Gum ghatti mediated, one pot green synthesis of optimized Gold nanoparticles: Investigation of process-variables impact using Box-Behnken based statistical design, International Journal of Biological Macromoleculeshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.05.129 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.