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

• 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
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Web: Abstrakt na stránce vydavatele
• 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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