Single-step biosynthesis and characterization of silver nanoparticles using Zornia diphylla leaves: A potent eco-friendly tool against malaria and arbovirus vectors

Metal nanoparticles fabricated by green chemistry using natural extracts: biosynthesis, mechanisms, and applications

“…As noted in the preceding section, the cultures and extracts used in the biosynthesis of metallic NPs contain a wide range of secondary metabolites, which contribute to the reduction of metal ions and stabilization of the NPs. 135,136 The bioactive molecules include polysaccharides, enzymes, amino acids, vitamins, proteins, and organic acids, as shown in Table 3. 137 This table also shows that most of the secondary metabolites known to be found in plant extracts, and relatively few derived from microbes.…”

Persistent Barriers to Implementing Efficacious Mosquito Control Activities in the Continental United States: Insights from Vector Control Experts

“…Examples include the use of green-synthesized pesticides, such as silver nanoparticles (AgNP) produced from seaweed (Hypnea musciformis) to kill the larvae and pupae of the vector Aedes aegypti alone [23] or in combination with mosquito-predator Asian bulldog tadpoles [24]. Other plants have also been tested, such as Zornia diphylla leaves against Anopheles subpictus, the dengue vector Aedes albopictus and the Japanese encephalitis vector Culex tritaeniorhynchus [25] (and the shoofly plant, Nicandra physalodes, as a botanical larvicidal extract to control Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti (dengue vector), and Culex quinquefasciatus (filariasis vector) [26]. Although many of these technological advances are still some years before they can be approved for field application [19], more operational or implementation research is needed to further demonstrate their effectiveness in both mosquito control and cost under particularly settings, in order to accelerate their approval and wider use.…”

Aedes aegypti: The Main Enemy of Public Health in Brazil - Challenges and Perspective for Public Health

“…Due to the development of resistance, biological magnification of toxic substances through the food chain, and others adverse effects on the environment and human health caused by the synthetic insecticides, eco-friendly agents control of mosquitoes vectors have a great importance to avoid dengue, Zika and chikungunya and others diseases transmitted by A. aegypti. By this way, so many natural products as plant extracts and essential oils have been evaluated against larval and pupal stages of A. aegypti as nanoparticles containing plant extracts and the essential oils from Zingiber officinale, Curcuma longa, Ocimum basilicum, and Mentha piperita which variety of types and levels of their actives constituents could be responsible for their potential to combat mosquitoes and have been shown to be promising and low-cost mosquitoes control strategies [42][43][44][45].…”