Eco-friendly drugs from the marine environment: spongeweed-synthesized silver nanoparticles are highly effective on Plasmodium falciparum and its vector Anopheles stephensi, with little non-target effects on predatory copepods

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 16671-16685

  Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a,b   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^c   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Madhiyazhagan, Pari ^a   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^d   Wang, Lan ^e   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Roni, Mathath ^a   Higuchi, Akon ^f   Nicoletti, Marcello ^g   Benelli, Giovanni ^h,i  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; Anti bacterial activity; Codium tomentosum; Malaria; Mesocyclops aspericornis; Mosquito borne diseases; Plasmodium falciparum

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CRUSTACEAN; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOSQUITO; NANOPARTICLE; PREDATION; PROTOZOAN; SEAWEED; SILVER; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CODIUM TOMENTOSUM; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; CYCLOPOIDA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MESOCYCLOPS ASPERICORNIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

INSECTICIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; COPEPOD; DRUG EFFECTS; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN; INSECT VECTOR; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUPA; SEAWEED;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHLOROPHYTA; COPEPODA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PUPA; SEAWEED; SILVER;

EID: 84968543027     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6832-9     Document Type: Article

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