Vellore Nagarajan Kalpana, Vijayarangan Devi Rajeswari
Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT, Vellore, 632 014, Tamil Nadu, India.
IET Nanobiotechnol. 2019 Apr;13(2):170-177. doi: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2018.5011.
Malaria is a dangerous disease affecting humans and animals in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide. According to recent estimates, 3.2 billion people are at risk of malaria. Many drugs are in practices to control this disease and their vectors. Eco-friendly control tools are needed to fight vectors of this important disease. Nanotechnology is playing a key role in the fight against many public health emergencies. In the present study, aqueous peel extract was used to prepare zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), then tested on eggs, larvae and pupae. The -synthesised ZnO NPs were characterized additionally by FTIR, AFM, XRD, UV-Vis spectroscopy, EDX, and SEM spectroscopy The ovicidal, larvicidal, pupicidal and repellent activities of and green-synthesised ZnO NPs were analysed on . The potential mechanism of action of ZnO NPs was studied investigating the changes in various enzyme activities in IV instar larvae. Furthermore, the smoke toxicity of -based cones against A. stephensi evoked higher mortality if compared with the control. Overall, the present study concluded that peel extract and its mediated green synthesised ZnO NPs represent a valuable green option to manage against malaria vectors.
疟疾是一种在全球热带和亚热带地区影响人类和动物的危险疾病。据最近估计,有32亿人面临疟疾风险。有许多药物用于控制这种疾病及其病媒。需要环保的控制工具来对抗这种重要疾病的病媒。纳米技术在应对许多突发公共卫生事件中发挥着关键作用。在本研究中,使用果皮水提取物制备氧化锌纳米颗粒(ZnO NPs),然后对卵、幼虫和蛹进行测试。通过傅里叶变换红外光谱(FTIR)、原子力显微镜(AFM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外可见光谱(UV-Vis)、能量散射X射线光谱(EDX)和扫描电子显微镜光谱(SEM)对合成的ZnO NPs进行了额外表征。分析了合成的和绿色合成的ZnO NPs对按蚊的杀卵、杀幼虫、杀蛹和驱避活性。通过研究四龄幼虫各种酶活性的变化,研究了ZnO NPs的潜在作用机制。此外,与对照相比,基于果皮提取物的蚊香对斯氏按蚊的烟雾毒性引起了更高的死亡率。总体而言,本研究得出结论,果皮提取物及其介导的绿色合成ZnO NPs是管理疟疾病媒的一种有价值的绿色选择。