Essential oil nanoemulsion: An emerging eco-friendly strategy towards mosquito control.

Autor: AnnaDurai KS; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Chennai-600116, Tamil Nadu, India., Chandrasekaran N; Centre of Nanobiotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, 632 014, India., Velraja S; Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Chennai 600116, Tamil Nadu, India., Hikku GS; Center for Global Health Research, Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai 602105, Tamilnadu, India; Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE), Kelambakkam, Chennai 603103, India., Parvathi VD; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Technology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER), Chennai-600116, Tamil Nadu, India. Electronic address: deepaparvathi@sriramachandra.edu.in.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Acta tropica [Acta Trop] 2024 Sep; Vol. 257, pp. 107290. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 22.
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107290
Abstrakt: Mosquito borne diseases are impeding to human health due to their uncontrolled proliferation. Various commercial insecticides currently used become ineffective due to the resistance acquired by mosquitoes. It is necessary and a priority to combat mosquito population. Plant-based products are gaining interest over the past few decades due to their environment friendliness and their effectiveness in controlling mosquitoes along with their lack of toxicity. Essential oil nanoemulsions are found to be highly effective when compared to their bulk counterparts. Due to their nano size, they can effectively interact and yield 100 % mortality with the mosquito larvae and encounter with minimal concentrations. This is the main advantage of the nano-sized particles due to which they find application in various disciplines and have also received the attention of researchers globally. There are various components present in essential oils that have been analysed using GC-MS. These findings reflect the challenge to mosquitoes to gain resistance against each component and therefore it requires time. Commercially used repellants are synthesised using materials like DEET are not advisable for topical application on human skin and essential oil nanoemulsions could be an ideal non toxic candidate that can be used against mosquito adults and larvae. However, there are other synthesis, optimisation parameters, and toxicity towards non-target organisms that have to be taken into account when essential oil nanoemulsions are considered for commercial applications. Here we review the strategies used by the nanoemulsions against the mosquito population. Apart from the positive effects, their minor drawbacks also have to be scrutinised in the future.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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