Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using Solanum mammosum L. (Solanaceae) fruit extract and their larvicidal activity against Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae)

• Fernanda Pilaquinga ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Pilaquinga, Bianca Morejón

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Department of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0841-6313

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• Bianca Morejón ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fernanda Pilaquinga, Bianca Morejón

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Research on Health in Latin America, Department of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5142-8996

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• Danny Ganchala,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliation Laboratory of Nanotechnology, Department of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9386-4822

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• Jeroni Morey,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

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• Neus Piña,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

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• Alexis Debut,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8269-7619

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• Marco Neira

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mvneira@puce.edu.ec

  Affiliation Center for Research on Health in Latin America, Department of Exact and Natural Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8068-5772

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