Ligands for odor receptors and olfactory neurons
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsAnandasankar Ray, Sean Michael Boyle
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Abstract
The disclosure provides compounds useful as insect repellents and compositions comprising such repellents. The disclosure further provides insect traps and method for identifying ligands and cognates for biological molecules.
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A method of attracting one or more insect species comprising the use of a composition comprising 2-ethylpyrazine.
A method of luring one or more insect species to a trap comprising the use of a composition comprising 2-ethylpyrazine.
A method of inhibiting, preventing or reducing the incidence of insect-borne disease in a subject, said method comprising luring one or more insect species to a trap comprising the use of a composition comprising 2-ethylpyrazine, thereby reducing or eliminating said one or more insect species and thereby inhibiting, preventing or reducing the incidence of insect-born disease in said subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.