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

DOI

10.3906/biy-1705-76

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.

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