SCREENING OF IN-VITRO ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES OF EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS AGAINST PHERETIMA POSTHUMA

Sankpal P.S.; Bandal O. B.; Bailgekar A.V.; Bilur P.; Chavanpatil S.

Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2020

SCREENING OF IN-VITRO ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES OF EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS AGAINST PHERETIMA POSTHUMA

Sankpal P. S. , Bandal O. B. , Bailgekar A. V. , Bilur P. , Chavanpatil S.

Abstract :

The biological syntheses of silver nanoparticles emerge as an eco-friendly and exciting approach in the field of nanotechnology. The human nature has never been free of health related problems neither has found single ever curing drug. Plants have been used until today as immediate remedy for various alignments. In the current study, experiments were conducted to evaluate the possible anthelmintic activity of silver nanoparticles of the leaves of plant Eucalyptus globulus. The prepared nanoparticles showed particle size 259.5 nm and zeta potential -27.9 mV. Various concentrations (10, 20, 30, 40, 50 �g /ml) of silver nanoparticles were tested and results were expressed in terms of time for paralysis and time for death of worms.