Pest control compositions and methods for their use

US7230033B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · US
• State of Oregon acting by and through the State Board of Higher Ed. on Behalf of Oregon State Univ. · US

Inventors

• Marc C. Dolan · Wellington, US
• Nicholas A. Panella · Fort Collins, US
• E. B. Gabrielle Dietrich · Fort Collins, US
• Joseph Karchesy · Corvallis, US
• Gary O. Maupin · Cape Coral, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 26, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2007
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D303/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Compositions and methods for controlling an arthropod pest population that include an eremophilane sesquiterpene pest control agent (such as, nootkatone or 13-hydroxy-valencene) and a dialkyl-substituted phenol pest control agent (such as, carvacrol) are disclosed. The compounds present in the compositions may be isolated from natural sources, semi-synthesized from naturally occurring compounds, or completely synthesized. The pest control compositions may be applied directly to a pest or the locus of a pest, and function as topical or ingestible pest toxins.