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US 10,701,938 B2Granted
Composition for inhibition of insect host sensing
AssigneeVanderbilt University
InventorsLaurence Zwiebel, Gregory M. Pask, David Rinker, Patrick L. Jones
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Abstract
The present invention provide chemical modulators of insect olfactory receptors. In particular, compounds and compositions are provided that can inhibit host targeting functions in insects such as mosquitos. Method of employing such agents, and articles incorporating the same, are also provided.
Claims16
A method of disrupting odor-sensing behavior in an organism having an ORco ion channel, comprising exposing the organism to a compound:
- or a salt thereof.
A method of disrupting odor-sensing behavior in an insect, comprising exposing the insect to a compound:
- or a salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.