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The Repellent DEET Potentiates Carbamate Effects via Insect Muscarinic Receptor Interactions: An Alternative Strategy to Control Insect Vector-Borne Diseases. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Insect vector-borne diseases remain one of the principal causes of human mortality. In addition to conventional measures of insect control, repellents continue to be the mainstay for personal protection.
Aly Abd-Ella, Maria Stankiewicz, Karolina Mikulska, Wieslaw Nowak, Cédric Pennetier, Mathilde Goulu, Carole Fruchart-Gaillard, Patricia Licznar, Véronique Apaire-Marchais, Olivier List, Vincent Corbel, Denis Servent, Bruno Lapied   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Model Intervensi Pengendalian Demam Berdarah Dengue (Dbd) Untuk Menurunkan Insident Rate (Ir) Berdasarkan Kombinasi Fogging Dan Repelen Di Kabupaten Sintang Propinsi Kalimantan Barat Tahun 2011 [PDF]

, 2013
Demam Berdarah Dengue (DBD) merupakan penyakit infeksi yang mudah penularannya di negara tropis termasuk di Indonesia. Sampai saat ini program eradikasi untuk infeksi ini masih sangat sulit dilakukan.Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mendapatkan model ...
Anggraeni, A. (Anggraeni), Munif, A. (Amrul), Perwitasari, D. (Dian), Supriatna, A. (Asep)   +3 more
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Polymeric nanoencapsulation of insect repellent: Evaluation of its bioefficacy on Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito population and effective impregnation onto cotton fabrics for insect repellent clothing

, 2017
Diethylphenylacetamide (Bulk-DEPA), an organic insect repellent was subjected to Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) polymerization followed by Phase Inversion Temperature (PIT) emulsification method to yield the polymeric nanodroplets of DEPA (Nano-DEPA).
A. Balaji, A. Ashu, S. Manigandan, T. Sastry, A. Mukherjee, N. Chandrasekaran   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Generalist‐pollinated Arabis alpina exhibits floral scent variation at multiple scales

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Plants that depend on animals for reproduction often use complex floral traits to attract pollinators. Floral scent is recognized as part of the pollinator attraction module and can be shaped by plant‐pollinator interactions. In recent decades, research has started to reveal the dynamic properties of floral scent, identifying patterns of spatial and ...
Hanna Thosteman, Katherine Eisen, Clara McNaughton Montgomery, Xuefei Cheng, Loretta Pace, Magne Friberg   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A popular Indian clove-based mosquito repellent is less effective against Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti than DEET.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Insect repellents are widely used as the first line of defense against mosquito bites and transmission of disease-causing agents. However, the cost of daily applications of even the most affordable and the gold standard of insect repellents, DEET, is ...
Kaiming Tan, Gabriel B Faierstein, Pingxi Xu, Rosângela M R Barbosa, Garrison K Buss, Walter S Leal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insecticide effect of zeolites on the tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) [PDF]

, 2016
(1) Background: The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a key tomato insect pest. At present, it is considered to be a serious threat in various countries in Europe, North Africa, and Middle East.
De Clercq, Patrick, De Smedt, Caroline, Spanoghe, Pieter, Van Damme, Veerle   +3 more
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Rediscovery of Passiflora clypeophylla (subgenus Decaloba): a highly threatened and narrow endemic species found within a karstic canyon in Guatemala

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Passiflora clypeophylla, an endemic species to the Guatemalan karstic forests last seen in 1889 and deemed extinct, was rediscovered in the Department of Alta Verapaz, east of Cobán. The species was known only from a single specimen hailed from the type locality, Rubel Cruz, where it has been found again. An additional location has been identified in a
J.R. Kuethe, Dennis I. Medina, Saban Sequen, Maura L. Quezada   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential and historical Uses for bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) in organic agriculture [PDF]

, 2002
This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. Bracken is considered a serious weed species, due to its toxic constituents and negative impacts on agriculture and conservation.
Donnelly, Eric, Robertson, Jamie, Robinson, David   +2 more
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Lemon essential oil; the organic insect repellent [PDF]

, 2020
Commercial insecticides are widely used in most sectors of the agricultural production to avoid or reduce losses by insects and hence it can improve the production as well as the quality of the product produced.
Abdul Halim, Norhazimah, Abdullah, Dzul Izlee, Amri, Muhammad Akmal, Mohd Noor, Siti Fatimah, Muhamad, Aida, Shaari Majed, Muhammad Amer Daneal   +5 more
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In Vivo Effects of N,N‐Diethyl‐Meta‐Toluamide (DEET) Exposure on Sinonasal Epithelia in a Murine Model

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental factors, including airborne toxicants, are thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis, although the exact mechanism is not fully understood. The purpose of this pilot study is to assess the impact of pesticide, N,N‐diethyl‐meta‐toluamide (DEET), on the sinonasal epithelium using an in vivo murine model ...
Jivianne T. Lee, Melodyanne Y. Cheng, Eri S. Srivatsan, Neda A. Moatamed, Saroj K. Basak   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source