Mesoporous silica nanoparticles SBA-15 loaded with emodin upregulate the antioxidative defense of Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.) larvae

Authors

MILENA JANKOVIC-TOMANIC
DAJANA TODOROVIC
ZORAN STANIVUKOVIC
VESNA PERIC MATARUGA
LUDGER WESSJOHANN
GORAN KALUDJEROVIC

Abstract

The study presented here aims to elucidate the effects of emodin (EO = 1,3,8-trihydroxy-6-methylanthraquinone) in its free form and when loaded into a mesoporous silica nanocarrier SBA-15 (→ SBA-15 EO) on the activities of the main antioxidative enzymes, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione S-transferase, and glutathione reductase, in larvae of a polyphagous insect pest, the browntail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.). The results show that only SBA-15 EO upregulates the activities of the tested antioxidative enzymes. These results point to significant differences in the effectiveness of the compound in the free versus the loaded form.

DOI

10.3906/biy-1705-76

Keywords

Euproctis chrysorrhoea, emodin, mesoporous nanosilica carrier SBA-15, antioxidative enzymes

First Page

935

Last Page

942

Recommended Citation

JANKOVIC-TOMANIC, MILENA; TODOROVIC, DAJANA; STANIVUKOVIC, ZORAN; MATARUGA, VESNA PERIC; WESSJOHANN, LUDGER; and KALUDJEROVIC, GORAN (2017) "Mesoporous silica nanoparticles SBA-15 loaded with emodin upregulate the antioxidative defense of Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.) larvae," Turkish Journal of Biology: Vol. 41: No. 6, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3906/biy-1705-76
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/biology/vol41/iss6/9