Methods and compositions for repelling arthropods

US6562841B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Jerome A. Klun · Potomac, US
• Walter Schmidt · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2001
• Grant date: May 13, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/5085
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for selecting the most effective arthropod repellent from stereoisomers of a compound, involving testing each stereoisomer of the compound for its effectiveness as an arthropod repellent against an arthropod of a particular genus and species, comparing the test results and selecting the most effective arthropod repellent stereoisomer from the stereoisomers of the compound, wherein the compound is a piperidine analog. A composition for repelling arthropods, containing a carrier material and an arthropod repelling effective amount of a stereoisomer of a compound, wherein said stereoisomer is selected by the above method. A method for repelling arthropods (e.g., Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus) from a mammal, involving treating the mammal with an arthropod with the above repelling composition (e.g., containing (1S,2′S) stereoisomer of 1-(3-cyclohexen-1-ylcarbonyl)-2-methylpiperidine).