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Controlling mosquito vectors at immature stages using larvicides is a practical strategy to stave off mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria. Developing nanoliposomes bearing essential oil is a promising approach to improving the efficacy and stability of EOs-derived larvicides. The main aim of this investigation was to assess the efficacy of nanoliposome containing Trachyspermum ammi L. EO (TAEO-NL) as a new potential formulation to control Anopheles stephensi Liston (Diptera, Culicidae) mosquito larvae. The chemical constituents of T. ammi L. essential oil (TAEO) were first investigated using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis; its dominant component (48.22%) was thymol. TAEO-NL with a particle size of 54.6 ± 5 nm and zeta potential of −18 ± 0.5 mV were then prepared using the ethanol injection method. Besides, the successful loading of TAEO was confirmed using Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infra-Red (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy analysis. A significant difference (P < 0.05) was observed in the efficacy of TAEO-NL and TAEO with lethal concentration 50% (LC 50) values of 14.09 and 59.47 μg/mL against An. stephensi larvae. However, free nanoliposomes show negligible larvicidal effects (<5%). This nano-formulation could thus be suggested as a green product against insects to impede transmission of deadly infectious diseases with possible field applicability scope. [Display omitted] • Nanoliposome with essential oil (EO) is a promising source of efficacy and stability improvements of EOs-derived larvicides. • The Trachyspermum ammi TAEO with 95% monoterpenes having thymol as a dominant component (48%) is a potential candidate. • Efficacy differences of TAEO-NL and TAEO with lethal concentrations against malaria mosquito larvae, A. stephensi , was seen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new and environmentally benign method for the preparation of N-substituted pyrroles from one-pot condensation reaction of 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran with amines and diamines in the presence of nano sulfated titania under solvent-free conditions is presented. This new protocol features simple operation, easy availability, stability, and eco-friendliness of catalyst, as well as high to excellent yields of products. In addition, we report for the first time an alternative method for the synthesis of pyrroles from aromatic amines containing the β-lactam fragment using nano sulfated titania as catalyst. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article highlights the chemical equations involved in the synthesis of pyrroles by clauson-kaas condensation under solvent-free conditions.