Biosynthesis, characterization, and acute toxicity of Berberis tinctoria-fabricated silver nanoparticles against the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, and the mosquito predators Toxorhynchites splendens and Mesocyclops thermocyclopoides

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 751-759

  Kumar, Palanisamy Mahesh ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Madhiyazhagan, Pari ^a   Kovendan, Kalimuthu ^a   Amerasan, Duraisamy ^a   Chandramohan, Balamurugan ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^b   Alsalhi, Mohamad Saleh ^c   Devanesan, Sandhanasamy ^c   Wei, Hui ^d   Kalimuthu, Kandasamy ^a,e   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^e   Lo Iacono, Annalisa ^f   Benelli, Giovanni ^g  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Agronomist   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Copepods; Culicidae; Dengue; Predaceous mosquito larvae; Predatory safety factor; SEM; Suitability index; XRD

Indexed keywords

BERBERIS TINCTORIA EXTRACT; PESTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE; NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; BERBERIS; BERBERIS TINCTORIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; LC50; MESOCYCLOPS THERMOCYCLOPOIDES; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXORHYNCHITES SPLENDENS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VECTOR CONTROL; X RAY DIFFRACTION; AEDES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COPEPOD; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BERBERIS; COPEPODA; CULICIDAE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOPARTICLES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PUPA; SILVER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84955410249     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4799-y     Document Type: Article

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