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Diethyltoluamide
Biocide substance Biocide-Directive 98/8-EG notified
- Properties:
Diethyltoluamide (DEET)
is considered the most common active ingredient in insect repellent since
- the 1950's. It's wide spectrum of activity works by blocking insect olfactory receptors.
- Applications:
- As a repellent (lat. repellere to dispel / to repulse), for skin as well as clothing
Diethyltoluamide (DEET)
- effectively "blinds" the insect's senses so that the biting/feeding instinct is not triggered, but not
- killing it.
Diethyltoluamide (DEET)
acts against biting or pungency arthropods like ticks and bloodsucking,
- morbiferous insects as e.g. mosquitos, gnats, gadflies, ect ... which are not only annoying.
- Proper use of
Diethyltoluamide (DEET)
based Repellents can decrease e.g. the risk of the Borreliose disease.
- A new generation of Dietyltoluamide based insecticides (Repellents) now distributed are easy to
- handle and leave a fine feeling to the skin with hours of protection.
- Forms:
Diethyltoluamide ( DEET )
is used in lotions, creams, roll-on lotions and sprays
- as the active biocide substance
Diethyltoluamide ( DEET )
general product information:
- Structural Formular:
- CAS-No.: 134-62-3
- Molecular Weight: 191,26
- EINECS No.: 205-149-7
- Molecular Formular: C12H17NO