1. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Croton urucurana and their toxicity in freshwater snail species Biomphalaria glabrata.
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Araújo, Paula Sampaio, Caixeta, Maxwell Batista, Nunes, Eloiza da Silva, Gonçalves, Bruno Bastos, and Rocha, Thiago Lopes
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BIOMPHALARIA glabrata , *FRESHWATER snails , *SILVER nanoparticles , *SCHISTOSOMA mansoni , *PLANT extracts , *NANOPARTICLES analysis , *DIGENEA , *RAMAN scattering , *GASTROPODA - Abstract
• AG-Ag NPs and HG-Ag NPs were more toxic than their respective isolated extracts. • Both GP-Ag NPs treatments raised embryo mortality, with AG-Ag NPs being more toxic. • Snail embryos were more sensitive to GP-Ag NPs than newly-hatched snails. • GP-Ag NPs may be a sustainable and promising molluscicide alternative. Green silver nanoparticles (G-Ag NPs) have contributed to the development of ecological technologies with low environmental impact and safer for human health, as well as demonstrating potential for the control of vectors and intermediate hosts. However, knowledge about its toxicity in the early stages of gastropod development remains scarce. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the toxicity of G-Ag NPs synthesized from Croton urucurana leaf extracts in snail species Biomphalaria glabrata , which is an intermediate host for Schistosoma mansoni parasite. G-Ag NPs were synthesized using two types of plant extracts (aqueous and hydroethanolic) and characterized using multiple techniques. Bioassays focused on investigating G-Ag NPs and plant extracts were carried out with embryos and newly hatched snails, for 144 h and 96 h, respectively; toxicity was analyzed based on mortality, hatching, development inhibition, and morphological changes. Results have shown that both G-Ag NPs were more toxic to embryos and newly hatched snails than the investigated plant extracts. G-Ag NPs deriving from aqueous extract have higher molluscicidal activity than those deriving from hydroethanolic extract. Both G-Ag NPs induced mortality, hatching delay, development inhibition, and morphological changes (i.e., hydropic embryos), indicating their molluscicidal activities. Moreover, embryos were more sensitive to G-Ag NPs than newly hatched snails. Thus, the toxicity of G-Ag NPs to freshwater snails depends on the type of extracts and the snail's developmental stages. These findings can contribute to the development of green nanobiotechnologies applicable to control snails of medical importance. [Display omitted] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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