Enhanced mosquitocidal efficacy of pyrethroid insecticides by nanometric emulsion preparation towards Culex pipiens larvae with biochemical and molecular docking studies

• Published in: Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association
• Main Authors: Nehad E. M. Taktak, Mohamed E. I. Badawy, Osama M. Awad, Nadia E. Abou El-Ela, Salwa M. Abdallah
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2021
• Subjects: Culex pipiens; Pyrethroids; Nanoemulsion; Insecticidal activity; Biochemical studies; Molecular Docking; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Lambda
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42506-021-00082-1; https://doaj.org/article/bad5b13d9c7a4355971d6c663c3fcbe5

Abstract Background The growing threat of vector-borne diseases and environmental pollution with conventional pesticides has led to the search for nanotechnology applications to prepare alternative products. Methods In the current study, four pyrethroid insecticides include alpha-cypermethrin, delta...