Open AccessPlant-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles: A newer and safer tool against mosquito-borne diseases?
Author(s) -
Giovanni Benelli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 2588-9222
pISSN - 2221-1691
DOI - 10.1016/j.apjtb.2015.10.015
Subject(s) - safer , dengue fever , public health , dengue virus , microbiology and biotechnology , vector (molecular biology) , mosquito control , medicine , toxicology , biology , virology , malaria , computer science , computer security , immunology , biochemistry , nursing , gene , recombinant dna
Prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases is a key challenge of huge public health importance. Plant-mediated synthesis of nanoparticles has recently gained attention as a cheap, rapid and eco-friendly method to control mosquito vector populations, with special reference to young instars. Furthermore, plant-fabricated nanoparticles have been successfully employed as dengue virus growth inhibitors. In this Editorial, parasitologists, entomologists and researchers in drug nanosynthesis are encouraged to deal with a number of crucial challenges of public health importance