Abstract
Nanotechnology has grown in importance in medicine, manufacturing, and consumer products. Nanoparticles (NPs) are also widely used in the field of insect pest management, where they show a variety of toxicological effects on insects. As a result, the primary goal of this review is to compile and evaluate available information on effects of NPs on insects, by use of a timely, bibliometric analysis. We also discussed the manufacturing capacity of NPs from insect tissues and the toxic effects of NPs on insects. To do so, we searched the Web of Science database for literature from 1995 to 2023 and ran bibliometric analyses with CiteSpace© and Bibliometrix©. The analyses covered 614 journals and identified 1763 relevant documents. We found that accumulation of NPs was one of the top trending topics. China, India, and USA had the most published papers. The most overall reported models of insects were those of Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito), Culex quinquefasciatus (southern house mosquito), Bombyx mori (silk moth), and Anopheles stephensi (Asian malaria mosquito). The application and methods of fabrication of NPs using insect tissues, as well as the mechanism of toxicity of NPs on insects, were also reported. A uniform legal framework is required to allow nanotechnology to fully realize its potential while minimizing harm to living organisms and reducing the release of toxic metalloid nanoparticles into the environment.
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Prof. Giesy was supported by the Canada Research Chair program, a Distinguished Visiting Professorship in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Baylor University in Waco, TX, USA. Dr. Al Naggar extends his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for their support (small group’s project 427/44). Moreover, the authors are grateful to Eman Abbas at the Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt, for her help and support with the graphical abstract.
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El-Samad, L.M., Bakr, N.R., Abouzid, M. et al. Nanoparticles—mediated entomotoxicology: lessons from biologica. Ecotoxicology 33, 305–324 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-024-02745-z
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