Insights into Nanopesticides for Ticks: The Superbugs of Livestock

Figure 6

Mode of action of silver nanopesticides against ticks. Silver nanopesticides work by binding P and S region of nucleic acids and proteins (1) that leads to reduced permeability of cell membrane (2). This is further extended to enzyme degradation (3) which lastly takes cells to death (4). On other hands, silver nanoparticles also reduce acetylcholinesterase activity (A) that in turn also give rise to enzyme denaturation (B) that takes cell to death (4).