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Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles Mediated by Nilgirianthus ciliates Leaf Extracts for Antimicrobial Activity on Foodborne Pathogenic Microbes and Pesticidal Activity Against Aedes aegypti with Molecular Docking

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The present study deals with the synthesis of selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) using Nilgirianthus ciliatus leaf extracts, characterized by UV–Vis spectrophotometer, XRD, FTIR, FE-SEM, HR-TEM, DLS, and zeta potential analysis. The antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC96), Escherichia coli (MTCC443), and Salmonella typhi (MTCC98) showed the remarkable inhibitory effect at 25 µl/mL concentration level. Furthermore, the characterized SeNPs showed a great insecticidal activity against Aedes aegypti in the early larval stages with the median Lethal Concentration (LC50) of 0.92 mg/L. Histopathological observations of the SeNPs treated midgut and caeca regions of Ae. aegypti 4th instar larvae showed damaged epithelial layer and fragmented peritrophic membrane. In order to provide a mechanistic approach for further studies, molecular docking studies using Auto Dock Vina were performed with compounds of N. ciliatus within the active site of AeSCP2. Overall, the N. ciliates leaf-mediated biogenic SeNPs was promisingly evidenced to have potential larvicidal and food pathogenic bactericidal activity in an eco-friendly approach.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge and thank Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, for providing all required laboratory facilities to conduct this research work.

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Authors are thankful to the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, for the award of Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship with financial support (Ref No: F1-17.1/ 2015–16/ RGNF2015-17 –SC-TAM-10313) to carry out this research work.

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    Krishnan Meenambigai, Ranganathan Kokila, Kandasamy Chandhirasekar, Ayyavu Thendralmanikandan & Arjunan Nareshkumar

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    Durairaj Kaliannan

  3. PG and Research Department of Botany, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, 641 014, Tamil Nadu, India

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  5. Department of Animal Science, College of Coastal Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, People’s Republic of China

    Wenchao Liu

  6. Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea

    Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian

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Krishnan Meenambigai: data curation, methodology, writing – original draft; Ranganathan Kokila: methodology, formal analysis; Kandasamy Chandhirasekar: data curation, formal analysis; Ayyavu Thendralmanikandan: methodology; Durairaj Kaliannan: data curation, formal analysis; Kalibulla Syed Ibrahim: formal analysis, resources, bioinformatics; Shobana Kumar: data curation, formal analysis; Wenchao Liu: data curation, validation, writing – review and editing; Balamuralikrishnan Balasubramanian: conceptualization, writing – review and editing; Arjunan Nareshkumar: conceptualization, supervision, validation, visualization, writing – review and editing.

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Meenambigai, K., Kokila, R., Chandhirasekar, K. et al. Green Synthesis of Selenium Nanoparticles Mediated by Nilgirianthus ciliates Leaf Extracts for Antimicrobial Activity on Foodborne Pathogenic Microbes and Pesticidal Activity Against Aedes aegypti with Molecular Docking. Biol Trace Elem Res 200, 2948–2962 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02868-y

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