Pesticides based on vicinal diols
AssigneeEctopharma Limited
InventorsJohn Campbell, Andrew Carver
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Abstract
Pesticides based on vicinal diols, are available to control arthropod ectoparasites such as Pediculus Humanus, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, Musca domestica, the Blattidae, Blatella Germanica, and Periplaneta Americana, by introducing to the locus of an infestation of the pest, a composition containing as active ingredient a vicinal diol.
Claims17
A method of treating an infestation of arthropod pests selected from the group consisting of arachnids and insects by killing the arthropod pests or rendering the arthropod pests moribund, comprising (1) locating an infestation of the arthropod pests or their ova, and (2) applying to the infestation or their ova an effective amount of at least one vicinal diol R(OH)2, wherein the vicinal diol is selected from the group consisting of unbranched, unsubstituted aliphatic 1,2-vicinol diols having an aliphatic chain comprising 8-14 carbon atoms.
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