Micro/nanostructured release systems for triazinic herbicides for agricultural application

• Grant number: 09/00294-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants
• Start date: June 01, 2009
• End date: May 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Chemistry of Macromolecules
• Principal Investigator: Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto
• Grantee: Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus Experimental de Sorocaba. Sorocaba , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: Sorocaba
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/16989-9 - Development of nanoparticles as carrier systems for fungicides Carbendazin and Tebuconazole aiming agriculture applications, BP.MS; 12/20076-9 - Preparation and characterization of solid lipid nanoparticles as a carrier system for both atrazine and simazine herbicides aiming future agricultural applications, BP.MS; 11/01872-6 - Polymeric nanoparticles as delivery system for herbicides: preparation, characterization, interaction with humic substances and assessment of biological activity, BP.DR; + associated scholarships 11/00415-0 - Study of herbicide activity and soil sorption interactions for formulations of PLGA nanospheres containing herbicide Atrazine, BP.IC; 10/12653-0 - Evaluation of herbicide effect from poly(epslon-caprolactone) nanocapsules containing atrazine herbicide, BP.IC; 09/09594-5 - Micro and nanostructurated controlled released systems for triazinic herbicides for agrochemical applications, BP.PD - associated scholarships

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PEREIRA, ANDERSON E. S.; GRILLO, RENATO; MELLO, NATHALIE F. S.; ROSA, ANDRE H.; FRACETO, LEONARDO F.. Application of poly(epsilon-caprolactone) nanoparticles containing atrazine herbicide as an alternative technique to control weeds and reduce damage to the environment. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, v. 268, p. 207-215, MAR 15 2014. (09/00294-9)

FRACETO, LEONARDO FERNANDES; GRILLO, RENATO; SOBARZO-SANCHEZ, EDUARDO. Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes Loaded in Particles as Drug Carrier Systems. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, v. 14, n. 4, p. 518-525, FEB 2014. (09/00294-9, 11/01872-6)

Filed patent(s) as a result of this research project