Tackling the growing threat of dengue: Phyllanthus niruri-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and their mosquitocidal properties against the dengue vector Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1551-1562

  Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^b   Nicoletti, Marcello ^c   Barnard, Donald R ^d   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Kumar, Palanisamy Mahesh ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Chandramohan, Balamurugan ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Green synthesis; Mosquito borne diseases; Mosquitocidal nanoparticles; Nanobiotechnologies; Phyllanthaceae; UV vis spectroscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENGUE; DIPTERA; DISEASE CARRIER; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LARVA; LC50; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKE TOXICITY ASSAY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; TOXICITY ASSAY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; TRANSMISSION;

AEDES; ANIMALS; DENGUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHYLLANTHUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SILVER; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 84925465170     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4339-9     Document Type: Article

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