Insect System for Toxicology Studies - Current and Future Perspectives.

cell culture practices are valuable techniques to understand the mechanisms behind vital biological processes. cells have helped us to attain a deeper understanding of functions and mechanisms conserved in the course of evolution. Toxicology studies are inevitable in drug discovery, pesticide development, and many other fields that directly interact with human beings.

MoS nanoparticles induce behavioral alteration and oxidative stress mediated cellular toxicity in the social insect Oecophylla smaragdina (Asian weaver ant).

The study evaluates molybdenum disulfide (MoS) nanoparticles (NPs) induced oxidative stress during cellular toxicity in an invertebrate in vivo system, the weaver ant. The lethal concentration was checked and LC was obtained as 50 µg/mL. Feeding assay and the photoluminescence activity confirmed the ingestion of MoS NPs by the organism.

Caste-Specific Expression of Na/K-ATPase in the Asian Weaver Ant, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775).

Social insect colonies adopt different levels of survival strategies and exhibit well-defined reproductive division of labour. Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius, 1775) has physiological and behavioral adaptations that enable them to forage at extreme environmental conditions and are lethal to most other insects. Ion homeostasis is the key process in an organism's survival mechanism.