Seaweed-synthesized silver nanoparticles: an eco-friendly tool in the fight against Plasmodium falciparum and its vector Anopheles stephensi?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4087-4097

  Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Samidoss, Christina Mary ^a   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Higuchi, Akon ^b   Roni, Mathath ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Chandramohan, Balamurugan ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Madhiyazhagan, Pari ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Rajaganesh, Rajapandian ^a   Alarfaj, Abdullah A ^c   Nicoletti, Marcello ^d   Kumar, Suresh ^e   Wei, Hui ^f   Canale, Angelo ^g   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^h   Benelli, Giovanni ^g  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Malaria; Mosquito borne diseases; Nanotechnologies; Smoke toxicity; Ulva lactuca

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; INSECTICIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; LARVA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOKE; ULVA; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAWEED; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALARIA; MALE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUPA; SEAWEED; SILVER; ULVA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84942294155     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4638-1     Document Type: Article

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