Development of nanoparticles as carrier system for carbendazim and tebuconazole fungicides aiming applications in agriculture

Author(s)

Estefânia Vangelie Ramos Campos

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia
• Defense date: 2015-02-02

Examining board members

Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto; Halley Caixeta de Oliveira; Gerson Araújo de Medeiros

• Advisor: Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto

Abstract

Brazil has become a major consumer of pesticides according to their growth on the world stage in agricultural production. Although these products bring benefits to agriculture, they cause many impacts to the environment because they are found in high concentrations in soil and water resources. This work aimed to prepare and characterize nanoparticles (polymeric and solid lipid) in order to encapsulate two fungicides carbendazim and tebuconazole. This strategy aims to minimize their impacts to the environment and increase their biological effectiveness, besides of decreasing the physicochemical process of degradation of these compounds into the environment. Both carrier systems showed high encapsulation efficiency for both fungicides (higher than 99 %). The polymeric nanocapsules (NC) with fungicides showed mean diameter around 550 nm, polidispersity lower than 0.2 and zeta potential around - 17 mV. While solid lipid nanoparticles (NLS) showed mean diameter around 270 nm, polidispersity higher than 0.2 since initial time and potential zeta around - 20 mV. Nanoparticles were able to modify the release profile of fungicides. The release of the MBC when associated nanoparticles in 6 days was around 30%. For the TBZ in the same period of time the release from the nanoparticles was 50%. The mathematical model that most adjusted the release of MBC of both nanoparticles was to Higuchi. Whereas the release of the nanoparticles from the TBZ model best fit was observed by the first-order. Cell viability assays showed that particles decrease the toxicity of fungicides, which IC50 values of 67, 89 and 81 µg/mL for the commercial formulation, NC and SLN respectively. The plant assays with P. vulgaris showed that fungicides when encapsulated provoke less impact on seedling development in relation to commercial formulation. The results obtained with these formulations showed that it was possible to prepare nanoparticlescarrier systems for both fungicides in the same carrier and that the fungicide encapsulation decreased the cytotoxicity, increase fungicides effectiveness and thus being a possible alternative to control diseases that affect crops in agriculture (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/16989-9 - Development of nanoparticles as carrier systems for fungicides Carbendazin and Tebuconazole aiming agriculture applications
• Grantee: Estefânia Vangelie Ramos Campos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master