US 2013/0296370 A1 · COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PHOTOACTIVATABLE LARVICIDE

Composition comprising a photoactivatable larvicide

AssigneesUniversita' Degli Studi Di Padova, Universita Degli Studi Di Camerino

InventorsPiera Di Martino, Annette Habluetzel, Leonardo Lucantoni, Giulio Lupidi, Olimpia Coppellotti, Giulio Jori, Michela Magaraggia, Laura Guidolin, Abdoulaye Diabate, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, Kounbobr Roch Dabire, Clara Fabris

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Abstract

A composition comprising a photoactivatable larvicide and a suitable vector, the latter allowing the larvicide to be ingested by the larvae and a method for controlling mosquito larvae by using said photoactivatable larvicide are disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A composition comprising

at least one porphyrin and at least one carrier
wherein the carrier establishes a stable, non-covalent association with the porphyrin by electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions and the carrier is selectively palatable by mosquito larvae, wherein the carrier is not autolysed yeast.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.