The toxic effect of chitosan/metal-impregnated textile to synanthropic mites

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Authors

RÁHEĽ Jozef JONÁŠOVÁ Eva NESVORNÁ Marta KLUBAL Radek ERBAN Tomáš HUBERT Jan

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Pest Management Science
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Faculty of Science

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3428
Field Food production
Keywords dust mite; allergen; control; chitosan; Ag+; microorganism
Description The acaricidal effect of plasma made textile coating of chitosan and chitosan/metal adducts with Ag+, Zn2+ and Cu2+ was tested in laboratory experiments against species of Acarus siro, Dermatophagoides farinae, D. pteronyssinus and Tyrophagus putrescentiae. The mortality was compared after 24 h of exposure of mites to plasma-treated textiles. The results support a great potential of chitosan/Ag+ fibres in acaricidal materials and/or mite protective food packages.
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