Abstract

Nora Harminarti and Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan*

ABSTRACT

Arboviruses, which cause diseases such as yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and zika, were transmitted by Aedes aegypti. Control of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes might involve various attempts, but mostly uses chemical insecticides. The use of the chemicals causes resistance and not safe for the environment. Therefore, another alternative is needed such as the use of natural product. Many studies developed silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as Aedes aegypty larvicida using various plant-extracts as a reducing agent, such as extract from apple, D. trifoliata, B. kewensis, A. nilagirica, L. Aspera, H. suaveolens, and S. mammosum. These plants were used to avoid chemical use that might cause pollution of the environment. Various parts of plants have been used to produce AgNPs, and characterization of the biosynthesized AgNPs was done by various methods, such as UV-visible spectra, XRD, EDS, SEM, and HR-TEM.