Succinate, silicon dioxide, aluminium oxide, and silver nano- and microparticle influence on the model organism Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract

n the study we subjected for biological testing succinate (5–3000 nm), silica (200–300 nm), aluminium (2500 nm), and silver (500–1000 nm) particles potentially applicable in the production of novel 3D biotextile. The effects of selected particles were evaluated in drosophila model by measuring the parameters potentially to be affected during the development. At the concentrations tested (0.01% and 0.1%), no clear adverse effects on egg to imago viability and locomotor activity, size, and phenotype of enclosed flies were found.