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Insect Repellents

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Definition: Substances causing insects to turn away from them or reject them as food.  specify insect if pertinent    Other names Repellents, Insect
Substances having this pharmacologic action: dimethyl phthalate; dimethyl 4-phthalate; neem oil; DEET; amitraz; N,N-diethylphenylacetamide
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
BioZ insect repellent  0   *Plant Oils Insect Repellents Geranium Cymbopogon. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2010 Sep;41(5):1082-7
Kaps insect repellent  0   *Plant Oils Insect Repellents Cymbopogon. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2010 Sep;41(5):1082-7
Kellis  0   *Plant Oils Insect Repellents. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2010 Sep;41(5):1082-7
K-3050  0   *Pyrethrins Insect Repellents. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2008 Mar;39(2):229-34
8-hydroxy-8-methyl-6-(2'-methylhexylidene)-1-azabicyclo(4.3.0)nonane  0   *Indolizines Insect Repellents. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006 Nov 21;103(47):17818-21
picaridin  0   *Piperidines Insect Repellents. J Drugs Dermatol 2004 Jan-Feb;3(1):59-60
oxamate (repellent)  66257-53-2   Organic Chemicals Insect Repellents. Gig Sanit 1986(2):74
RH 398  81774-76-7   Organic Chemicals Insect Repellents. J Med Entomol 1985;22(1):49
CHR 8  83712-56-5   Organic Chemicals Insect Repellents. Res Mutat 1983;122(2):135

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