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Significant findings: "Jeff Riffell, UW Biology Professor, was featured in UW News for his new research on mosquitoes. In a paper published online this morning in Nature Communications, Riffell’s team reports that a common mosquito species — after detecting a telltale gas that we...
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Significant Findings:"Nootkatone, as an EPA-registered product. allows manufacturers to develop insect repellents, lotions, and soaps for consumers"Abstract:"Nootkatone, as an EPA-registered product. allows manufacturers to develop insect repellents, lotions, and soaps for consumers Every state and US territory is at risk...
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Significant Findings:"Taken together, these data suggest nootkatone toxicity in D. melanogaster is mediated through GABA receptor antagonism."Abstract:"Nootkatone, a sesquiterpenoid isolated from Alaskan yellow cedar (Cupressus nootkatensis), is known to possess insect repellent and acaricidal properties and has recently been registered for commercial use by the Environmental Protection...
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Significant Findings:"The repellency percentage ranged between 46.3 and 93.1% against maize weevils and 39.2–67.2% for rice weevils."Abstract:"Nootkatone is a natural sesquiterpene ketone that shows insecticidal activity against insects and ticks. Its contact toxicity and repellency against two major stored-product insect pests, maize weevil (Sitophilus...
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Significant Findings:"We found nootkatone, a sesquiterpene ketone, isolated from vetiver oil is a strong repellent and toxicant to Formosan subterranean termites."Abstract:"We examined the behavior of Formosan subterranean termites toward one of the components of vetiver grass oil, the roots of...
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