Seaweed-synthesized silver nanoparticles: an eco-friendly tool in the fight against Plasmodium falciparum and its vector Anopheles stephensi?

• Main Authors: Murugan, Kadarkarai, Samidoss, Christina Mary, Panneerselvam, Chellasamy, Higuchi, Akon, Roni, Mathath, Suresh, Udaiyan, Chandramohan, Balamurugan, Subramaniam, Jayapal, Madhiyazhagan, Pari, Dinesh, Devakumar, Rajaganesh, Rajapandian, Alarfaj, Abdullah A., Nicoletti, Marcello, Kumar, Suresh, Wei, Hui, Canale, Angelo, Mehlhorn, Heinz, Benelli, Giovanni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46238/1/Seaweed-synthesized%20silver%20nanoparticles.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46238/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-015-4638-1
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Malaria, the most widespread mosquito-borne disease, affects 350-500 million people each year. Eco-friendly control tools against malaria vectors are urgently needed. This research proposed a novel method of plant-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNP) using a cheap seaweed extract of Ulv...