Fern-synthesized nanoparticles in the fight against malaria: LC/MS analysis of Pteridium aquilinum leaf extract and biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles with high mosquitocidal and antiplasmodial activity

• Main Authors: Panneerselvam, Chellasamy, Murugan, Kadarkarai, Roni, Mathath, Aziz, Al Thabiani, Suresh, Udaiyan, Rajaganesh, Rajapandian, Madhiyazhagan, Pari, Subramaniam, Jayapal, Dinesh, Devakumar, Nicoletti, Marcello, Higuchi, Akon, Alarfaj, Abdullah A., Munusamy, Murugan A., Kumar, Suresh, Desneux, Nicolas, Benelli, Giovanni
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47392/1/Fern-synthesized%20nanoparticles%20in%20the%20fight%20against%20malaria%20LCMS%20analysis%20of%20Pteridium%20aquilinum%20leaf%20extract%20and%20biosynthesis%20of%20silver%20nanoparticles%20with%20high%20mosquitocidal%20and%20antiplasmodial%20activity.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47392/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00436-015-4828-x
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Malaria remains a major public health problem due to the emergence and spread of Plasmodium falciparum strains resistant to chloroquine. There is an urgent need to investigate new and effective sources of antimalarial drugs. This research proposed a novel method of fern-mediated synthesis of silver...