Green synthesized nanoparticles in the fight against mosquito-borne diseases and cancer—a brief review

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2016, Pages 58-68

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes; Anopheles; Artemisinin; Chloroquine; Culex; Dengue; Malaria; Mosquito vector control; Plasmodium; Tumor; Zika virus

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; DRUG DELIVERY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MALARIA CONTROL; MAMMALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TUMORS; VECTOR CONTROL (ELECTRIC MACHINERY); VIRUSES;

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ARTEMISININ; CHLOROQUINE; CULEX; DENGUE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO VECTORS; PLASMODIUM;

DISEASES;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; INSECTICIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMOSQUITOCIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT;

AEDES; ANOPHELES; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIPLASMODIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 2; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GREEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; ZIKA FEVER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTOR; MOSQUITO; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DENGUE; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PLANT EXTRACTS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84986581420     PISSN: 01410229     EISSN: 18790909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2016.08.022     Document Type: Review

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