Long-acting pyrethrin release on water
A green carrier crosslinked from alginate and gelatin floats stably on water and greatly slows the degradation of natural pyrethrin, maintaining mosquito larvicidal activity for over a week.
Qin, Li · Changhong, Wang · Jiayuan, He · Dan-Dan, Yang · Li, Ting · Xu, Huixian · Shen, Weifeng · Liandi, Zhou · Jin, Saimeng · Zhang, Qihui · Clark, James H.
Green Chemistry 2024
Sustained release time >144 h
Larvicidal performance maintained after 168 h