Nanoparticles: A Potential and Effective Method to Control Insect-Borne Diseases

Table 2

Various NPs with their applicative measures against the different mosquito species.

Nanoparticles	Source	Target’s species	Lethal indices (LC50)
Ag	Bacillus marisflavi [53]	Ae. aegypti	13.96 ppm
Ag		Cx. quinquefasciatus	24.54 ppm
Ag		An. stephensi	29.14 ppm
Ag	Ipomoea batatas [54]	Ae. aegypti	17.578 μg/mL
Ag		Cx. quinquefasciatus	10.069 μg/mL
Ag		An. stephensi	12.568 μg/mL
Ag	Cassia roxburghii [55]	Ae. aegypti	26.35 μg/mL
Ag		Cx. quinquefasciatus	28.67 μg/mL
Ag		An. stephensi	31.27 μg/mL
Au	Parmelia sulcata [56]	Ae. aegypti	70.16 ppm
ZnO	Cucurbita [57]	Cx. tritaeniorhynchus	39.007 ppm
ZnO	Chemical method [58]	Cx. quinquefasciatus	291.0 mg/L
ZnO	Pseudomonas aeruginosa [59]	Culex pipiens	75 ppm
ZnO	Cucurbita [59]	Cx. tritaeniorhynchus	44.68 ppm
MgO	Penicillium chrysogenum [60]	An. stephensi	12.5–15.5 ppm
MgO	Chemical method [58]	Cx. quinquefasciatus	83.4 mg/L
CuO	Chemical method [58]	Cx. quinquefasciatus	100.8 mg/L
CuO	Tridax procumbens [61]	Ae. aegypti	4.209 mg/L
SiO2	Chemical method [58]	Cx. quinquefasciatus	27.81 mg/L
Se	Nilgirianthus ciliatus [62]	Ae. aegypti	0.92 mg/L