Biopolymer zein-coated gold nanoparticles: Synthesis, antibacterial potential, toxicity and histopathological effects against the Zika virus vector Aedes aegypti

Publication date: Available online 17 June 2017 Source:Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology Author(s): Periyakaruppan Suganya, Baskaralingam Vaseeharan, Sekar Vijaya Kumar, Banumathi Balan, Marimuthu Govindarajan, Naiyf S. Alharbi, Shine Kadaikunnan, Jamal M. Khaled, Giovanni Benelli The control of multidrug-resistant bacteria as well as arthropod pests is timely and important nowadays. The present study was designed to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial, antibiofilm and mosquito larvicidal effects of gold nanoparticles synthesized using the zein biopolymer (Ze-AuNPs) against Gram positive (Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis), Gram negative (Shigella sonnei and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) bacteria and third instar larvae of the Zika virus vector Aedes aegypti. The synthe...

from ! Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis via alwin on Inoreader http://ift.tt/2sVKegu
via IFTTT