Chitosan nanoparticles loaded the herbicide paraquat: The influence of the aquatic humic substances on the colloidal stability and toxicity

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 562-572

  Grillo, Renato ^a,b   Clemente, Zaira ^a,c   Oliveira, Jhones Luis de ^a   Campos, Estefânia Vangelie Ramos ^a,b   Chalupe, Victor C ^c   Jonsson, Claudio M ^c   Lima, Renata de ^d   Sanches, Gabriela ^d   Nishisaka, Caroline S ^d   Rosa, André H ^a   Oehlke, Kathleen ^e   Greiner, Ralf ^e   Fraceto, Leonardo F ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOROCABA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Herbicides; Natural organic matter; Paraquat; Polymeric nanoparticles; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; HERBICIDES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NOBELIUM; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS; STABILITY; TOXICITY; WEED CONTROL;

AQUATIC HUMIC SUBSTANCES; CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLES; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; PARAQUAT; POLYMERIC NANOPARTICLES; PSEUDOKIRCHNERIELLA SUBCAPITATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLE; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARAQUAT; TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE; CHITOSAN; COLLOID; HERBICIDE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYPHOSPHATE; TRIPHOSPHORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; COLLOID; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GELATION; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTOXICITY ASSAY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INFRARED RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; ONION; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TOXICITY; ZETA POTENTIAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ALGAE; ALLIUM CEPA; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM;

CHITOSAN; CHLOROPHYTA; COLLOIDS; HERBICIDES; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NANOPARTICLES; ONIONS; PARAQUAT; POLYPHOSPHATES;

EID: 84921777400     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.12.021     Document Type: Article

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