Pesticide for parasitic insects and acarids on humans

US6300348A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Kirkor Sirinyan · Bensberg, DE
• Ulrich Heukamp · Kürten, DE
• Hubert Dorn · Wuppertal, DE
• Ronald Helmut Stocker · Monheim, DE
• Rainer Sonneck · Leverkusen, DE
• Rosemary Peter · Sandton, ZA

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 9, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01N51/00
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to formulations for the dermal control of parasitic insects on humans, having the following composition PA1 agonists or antagonists of the nicotinergic acetylcholine receptors of insects in a concentration of from 0.0001 to 12.5% by weight based on the overall weight of the formulation; PA1 solvents from the group of the cyclic carbonates in a concentration of from 2.5 to 99.9999% by weight based on the overall weight of the formulation; PA1 if desired, further solvents from the group consisting of the alcohols in a concentration of from 0 to 95% by weight based on the overall weight of the formulation; PA1 if desired, further auxiliaries from the group of the thickeners, spreading agents, colorants, antioxidants, propellants, preservatives, adhesives, emulsifiers, in a concentration of from 0 up to 30% by weight based on the overall weight of the formulation.