Methyl dihydrojasmonate and lilial are the constituents with an "off-label" insect repellence in perfumes.

Insect repellents are widely used to fend off nuisance mosquitoes and, more importantly, to reduce or eliminate mosquito bites in areas where viruses and other vector-borne diseases are circulating. Synthesized more than six decades ago, DEET is the most widely used insect repellent. Plant-derived c...

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Main Authors: Fangfang Zeng, Pingxi Xu, Kaiming Tan, Paulo H G Zarbin, Walter S Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6007898?pdf=render