Larvicidal activity of synthesized silver nanoparticles using Eclipta prostrata leaf extract against filariasis and malaria vectors

Acta Tropica

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Rajakumar, G ^a   Abdul Rahuman, A ^a  

^a C ABDUL HAKEEM COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles subpictus; Culex quinquefasciatus; Eclipta prostrata; Electron microscopic study; Silver nanoparticles; X ray diffraction analysis

Indexed keywords

ECLIPTA PROSTRATA EXTRACT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INSECTICIDE; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITIC DISEASE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FILARIASIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VECTOR CONTROL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ECLIPTA; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SILVER; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; ASTERACEAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA;

EID: 79955575807     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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