Use of a plant extract of the asteraceae family as a wood protection and wood pest control product or as an insecticide
AssigneeBerkem Developpement
InventorsDaouia MESSAOUDI, Olivier FAHY
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of wood protection and wood pest control or as insecticide, and relates more particularly to the use of an extract of a plant and/or of the Asteraceae family, as a wood protection and wood pest control product or an insecticidal composition comprising an extract of a plant from the Asteraceae family.
Claims23
A method of protecting wood, protecting against wood pests, or killing insects, comprising applying to wood or a plant or a substrate or subject a plant extract of the Asteraceae family to provide wood protection or wood pest control or to function as an insecticide.
A wood protection or wood pest control product, comprising
- a plant extract that is an extract of arnica (Arnica montana) or an extract of arnica and a hazelnut tree extract (Corylus avellanna),
- wherein said plant extract is present in a content of between 0.1% and 5% by weight relative to a total weight of the product.
A curative and/or preventive treatment process for wood protection or wood pest control by a wood protection or wood pest control product comprising at least one plant extract from the Asteraceae family, said process comprising applying said product to the wood to be treated and/or to a surface.
A process for the preventive treatment of buildings by a wood pest control product comprising at least one plant extract from the Asteraceae family, said process comprising applying said product to a surface a building or to a film and depositing the film on the surface.
An insecticidal or repellent composition comprising
- a plant extract comprising an extract of arnica (Arnica montana) or an extract of arnica and a hazelnut tree extract (Corylus avellanna),
- wherein the plant extract is present in the composition in a content of between 0.1% and 5% by weight relative to a total weight of the composition.
A process for controlling pests by an insecticidal composition and/or a repellent composition comprising a plant extract from the Asteraceae family, comprising applying said composition(s) to a surface to be treated.
The process as claimed in 19 wherein the composition comprises an extract of a plant from the Betulaceae family and/or an extract of a plant from the Lamiaceae family.
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