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A Comprehensive Review on Insect Repellent Agents: Medicinal Plants and Synthetic Compounds

Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry
Plant-based repellents have been used for generations as personal protection against mosquitoes. Ethnobotanical studies provide valuable knowledge for developing natural prod-ucts.
D. K. Yadav   +3 more
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Insect Repellents

The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommend using insect repellents to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, ticks, and other arthropods that transmit disease-causing pathogens. Repellents applied to exposed skin should be used in conjunction with other preventive measures such as wearing ...
Anna Wypych, George Wypych
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Insect-repellent textiles using green and sustainable approaches

The Impact and Prospects of Green Chemistry for Textile Technology, 2019
Bio-based natural insect repellent is an innovative green solution in the present scenario. They are already practiced traditionally and are quite effective, safe as compared to synthetic repellents.
A. Agnihotri   +3 more
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Insect repellents: An overview

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1997
The optimal management of arthropod bites is prevention, and many over-the-counter insect repellents are available. Since first marketed in 1956, deet has remained the most effective repellent against mosquitoes, biting fleas, gnats, and chiggers. Permethrin is applied to clothing rather than to skin, and it is a better repellent against ticks than ...
M, Brown, A A, Hebert
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A preliminary study on the antibacterial activity and insect repellent properties of embalming fluids from the 18th Dynasty (1550–1292 BCE) in ancient Egypt

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2019
The ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife where the body of a dead person would be needed by the spirit. In order to preserve the deceased in as lifelike condition as possible they developed artificial mummification to a high level of sophistication.
Kate M. Barnes, A. Whiffin, M. Bulling
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Insect repellents

Postgraduate Medicine, 1997
DEET remains one of the most effective repellents against a wide variety of insects. Although adverse reactions have been reported in the medical literature and magnified in the press, the compound is remarkably safe and has been used by hundreds of millions of people over the past 40 years.
E A, Mafong, L A, Kaplan
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Sustained release insect repellent microcapsules using modified cellulose nanofibers (mCNF) as pickering emulsifier

, 2019
We report here an approach to encapsulate N, N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide (DEET), an insect repellent, through interfacial polycondensation using modified cellulose nanofiber (CNF) as pickering emulsifier.
S. L. Kadam   +5 more
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