Emamectin benzoate-loaded zein nanoparticles produced by antisolvent precipitation method

Bo Cui; Jing Li; Ziyang Lai; Fei Gao; Zhanghua Zeng; Xiang Zhao; Guoqiang Liu; Haixin Cui

Polymer Testing (Feb 2021)

Emamectin benzoate-loaded zein nanoparticles produced by antisolvent precipitation method

Bo Cui,
Jing Li,
Ziyang Lai,
Fei Gao,
Zhanghua Zeng,
Xiang Zhao,
Guoqiang Liu,
Haixin Cui

Affiliations

Bo Cui: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Jing Li: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Ziyang Lai: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Fei Gao: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Zhanghua Zeng: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Xiang Zhao: Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Guoqiang Liu: Corresponding author.; Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China
Haixin Cui: Corresponding author.; Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, No. 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100081, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 94
p. 107020

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Most traditional pesticide formulations contain environmentally unfriendly components and suffer from low utilization efficiency due to the loss, decomposition and burst release of active ingredients. Encapsulating pesticides using nanocarriers is a feasible approach to overcome these defects. In this work, the emamectin benzoate-loaded zein nanoparticles were fabricated by an antisolvent precipitation method combined with orthogonal experimental design. The mean size and zeta potential of the nanoparticles were 168 nm and 11.8 mV, respectively. The nano-delivery system could continuously release active ingredients, and exhibited the improved retention and bioavailability compared to traditional water dispersible granules. The one-step coprecipitation technique is simple, scalable and almost applicable to encapsulate all poorly soluble pesticides that have a certain solubility in ethanol solutions. The effective, sustained release and green nano-delivery system could significantly reduce the dosage and environmental pollution of pesticide, thereby improving ecological and economic effects.

Published in Polymer Testing

ISSN: 0142-9418 (Print); 1873-2348 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology: Polymers and polymer manufacture
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/polymer-testing

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