Development of encapsulated peppermint essential oil in chitosan nanoparticles: characterization and biological efficacy against stored-grain pest control

• Published in: Pesticide biochemistry and physiology Vol. 170; p. 104679
• Main Authors: Rajkumar, Vallavan, Gunasekaran, Chinnappan, Paul, Cheruvathur Amita, Dharmaraj, Jayaraman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Acetylcholinesterase; chitosan; Encapsulation; environmental factors; Essential oil; Fumigant toxicity; gelation; insecticidal properties; Mentha piperita nothosubsp. piperita; nanocapsules; peppermint oil; pest control; pesticides; physicochemical properties; physiology; polymers; Storage pest; storage pests; stored grain; toxicity; X-ray diffraction; zeta potential; Encapsulation; Essential oil; Storage pest; Acetylcholinesterase; Fumigant toxicity

Peppermint oil (PO) has widely been reported for their nutritional and biomedical properties. Essential oil (EO) has several properties, usage restricted due to environmental condition, polymer based nanoencapsulation of EOs is developed as one of the promising technique to address this limitation....