Datura metel-synthesized silver nanoparticles magnify predation of dragonfly nymphs against the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4645-4654

  Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Kumar, Prabhu Jenil ^a   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Madhiyazhagan, Pari ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^b   Alarfaj, Abdullah A ^c   Munusamy, Murugan A ^c   Higuchi, Akon ^d   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^e   Benelli, Giovanni ^f  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anax immaculifrons; Anopheles stephensi; Biological control; Biosafety; Green synthesis; Mosquito borne diseases; Nanobiotechnologies; Non target effects

Indexed keywords

SILVER NANOPARTICLE; INSECTICIDE; NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER;

ANAX IMMACULIFRONS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; DATURA METEL; DRAGONFLY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LC50; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; NYMPH; ODONATA; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPA; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DATURA METEL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALARIA; NANOPARTICLES; NYMPH; ODONATA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PUPA; SILVER;

EID: 84943663634     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4710-x     Document Type: Article

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