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The present work reported the maximum larvicidal potential of green synthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) derived from the leaf extract of\n Solanum xanthoearpum<\/jats:italic>\n against the third instar larvae of\n Anopheles stephensi, Aedes aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n Culex quinquefasciatus<\/jats:italic>\n over its crude leaf extract.\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:italic>\n The synthesis of AgNPs was done by adding leaf extract into silver nitrate solution in a conical flask. The characterization of AgNPs was done using different techniques such as UV-Vis, SEM, TEM, XRD, DLS and SAED. FT-IR analysis was done to find out the compound responsible for bio-reduction of silver nitrate. Larvicidal activity of AgNPs was checked against\n An. stephensi, Ae. aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n Cx. quinquefasciatus<\/jats:italic>\n according to WHO standard protocol and toxicity was evaluated against\n Poecilia reticulate<\/jats:italic>\n .\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Results:<\/jats:italic>\n A change in colour was observed indicating the synthesis of AgNPs which was further confirmed by a strong surface plasmon resonance peak at 421nm under the UV-Vis spectrum. SEM and TEM micrographs exhibited that the most common shape of AgNPs was spherical. XRD spectrum showed crystalline nature of silver nanoparticles. FT-IR spectrum showed the presence of various functional groups such as carboxyl and hydroxyl which might be responsible for bio-reduction and capping of silver nanoparticles. Further, silver nanoparticles were very effective against\n An. stephensi, Ae. aegypti<\/jats:italic>\n , and\n Cx. quinquefasciatus<\/jats:italic>\n with LC\n 50<\/jats:sub>\n and LC\n 90<\/jats:sub>\n values of 1.90, 2.36, 2.93, 3.82, 4.31 and 7.63 ppm, respectively, as compared to aqueous leaf extract after 72 h of exposure and were non-toxic against non-target organism\n P. retieulata<\/jats:italic>\n .\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Interpretation & eonelusion:<\/jats:italic>\n From the above finding, it can be concluded that fabricated AgNPs can be promising eco-friendly tools for controlling mosquito vectors.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/0972-9062.325635","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,10]],"date-time":"2022-12-10T06:46:01Z","timestamp":1670654761000},"page":"216-227","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Mosquito larvicidal potential of Solanum xanthocarpum leaf extract derived silver nanoparticles and its bio-toxicity on non-target aquatic organism"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"59","author":[{"given":"Pawan","family":"Kumar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dinesh","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vikram","family":"Kumar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"RPS","family":"Chauhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Himmat","family":"Singh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-4-20240830","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"80","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actatropica.2018.02.015","article-title":"Management of arthropod vector data? 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