Fabrication of nano-mosquitocides using chitosan from crab shells: Impact on non-target organisms in the aquatic environment

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 132, Issue , 2016, Pages 318-328

  Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a,b   Anitha, Jaganathan ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Rajaganesh, Rajapandian ^a   Chandramohan, Balamurugan ^a   Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Paulpandi, Manickam ^a   Vadivalagan, Chitravel ^a   Amuthavalli, Pandiyan ^a   Wang, Lan ^c   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^d   Wei, Hui ^e   Alsalhi, Mohamad Saleh ^f   Devanesan, Sandhanasamy ^f   Kumar, Suresh ^g   Pugazhendy, Kannaiyan ^h   Higuchi, Akon ⁱ   Nicoletti, Marcello ^j   Benelli, Giovanni ^k,l  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^h ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^j SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^l SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Anopheles stephensi; biosafety; Culicidae; Danio rerio; Non target effects; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; CHITOSAN; INSECTICIDE; LIPOXYGENASE; NANO MOSQUITOCIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILVER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CRAB; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; INSECTICIDE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POLYSACCHARIDE; SHELL;

ANIMAL SHELL; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEPATOPANCREAS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARVA; LC50; MOSQUITO; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PARASITE VECTOR; PARATELPHUSA HYDRODROMOUS; PREDATION; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PUPA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SYNTHESIS;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTHROPODA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULICIDAE; DANIO RERIO; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; ZIKA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRACHYURA; CHITOSAN; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALARIA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUPA; SILVER;

EID: 84976272003     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.06.021     Document Type: Article

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