SPATIAL INHIBITORS, DETERRENTS AND REPELLENTS FOR MOSQUITOES AND MIDGES

摘要

Certain components of citrus fruits and oxidation products of limonene are effective deterrents, repellents and/or spatial inhibitors for mosquitoes and biting midges. The compounds that have been found to be deterrents, repellents and inhibitors for mosquitoes and biting midges are neryl acetate, citronellyl acetate, geranyl acetate, hydroxy-p-cymene, citral, α-terpineol, citronellal, linaloyl acetate, citronellol, terpen-4-ol, tetrahydrocarvone, products of oxidized oxidized limonene inclusive of d- and l-carvone, (+) limonene oxide, (−) limonene oxide, cis and trans carveol, a diol and an aldehyde, and mixtures thereof.

主权项

1. A method of deterring, repelling or inhibiting mosquitoes and biting midges from a human or an environmental area, the method comprising applying to the human or the environmental area a deterring/repelling/inhibiting effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of neryl acetate, citronellyl acetate, geranyl acetate, 8-hydroxy-p-cymene, citral, α-terpineol, citronellal, linaloyl acetate, citronellol, terpen-4-ol, tetrahydrocarvone, products of oxidized limonene inclusive of d- and l-carvone, (+) limonene oxide, (−) limonene oxide, cis and trans carveol, a dial and an aldehyde, and mixtures thereof, with the proviso that for use as a mosquito and biting midge deterrent/repellent on a human, citral is not employed as the sole deterrent/repellent compound from this group of compounds, and citronellal is not employed as the sole deterrent, repellent, or spatial inhibitor compound from this group of compounds.