A Study on Toxicity of Chemically Synthesised Silver Nanoparticle on Eudrilus eugeniae

Objective To evaluate the toxicity of the silver nanoparticle against earthworms - Eudrilus eugeniae , a model for soil organism. Methods Silver nanoparticles were synthesised by chemical reduction and further characterised by UV Visible Spectroscopy and FeSEM. Earthworms were allowed to interact wi...

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Published in:Toxicology and environmental health sciences 2018-09, Vol.10 (3), p.162-167
Main Authors: Samrot, Antony V., Burman, Ujjala, S, Padmanaban, Yamini, P., Rabel, Arul Maximus
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Chemical reduction
Chemical synthesis
Environmental Health
Eudrilus eugeniae
Fibrosis
Histology
Inductively coupled plasma
Nanoparticles
Nanotubes
Oligochaeta
Optical emission spectroscopy
Organic chemistry
Original Article
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Silver
Spectrometry
Spectroscopy
Toxicity
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Summary:Objective To evaluate the toxicity of the silver nanoparticle against earthworms - Eudrilus eugeniae , a model for soil organism. Methods Silver nanoparticles were synthesised by chemical reduction and further characterised by UV Visible Spectroscopy and FeSEM. Earthworms were allowed to interact with different concentrations of the synthesized silver nanoparticles. After exposure period, histology and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) were done to determine the accumulation and toxic effects exhibited by the nanoparticle on earthworms. Results The synthesized nanoparticle was found to be between the size of 180 and 200 nm. Histology studies revealed that silver nanoparticles to cause fibrosis, lipofuscin-like deposits and also gut disruption in earthworms. Conclusion Silver nanoparticles were found to be toxic to Eudrilus eugeniae , which was evidenced by histology.
ISSN:2005-9752
2233-7784
DOI:10.1007/s13530-018-0360-6