Letter to the editor – reply to the letter by Luis F. O. Silva; regarding: “Sunlight-driven photocatalytic mineralization of methylene blue and paracetamol using Mangifera indica*-phytoderived zinc oxide nanoflowers”. Materials Research Bulletin 192 (2025) 113,621 doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2025.113621.