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DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is a popular mosquito repellent. It is also a cholinesterase inhibitor and a neurotoxicant in humans.[1][2]
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- ↑ Corbel, V.; Stankiewicz, M.; Pennetier, C.; Fournier, D.; Stojan, J.; Girard, E.; Dimitrov, M.; Molgó, J.; Hougard, J.-M.; Lapied, B. "Evidence for Inhibition of Cholinesterases in Insect and Mammalian Nervous Systems by the Insect Repellent DEET." BMC Biol. 2009, 7, 1−11.
- ↑ Bloomquist, J.; Swale, D. Neurotoxicity of N,N-Diethyl-meta-Toluamide (DEET). Abstr. Am. Chem. Soc. 244th Natl. Meet. Expo., 2012, AGRO-154.
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- Frances SP, Rigby LM, Chow WK, "Comparative laboratory and field evaluation of repellent formulations containing deet and lemon eucalyptus oil against mosquitoes in Queensland, Australia," J Am Mosq Control Assoc, 30(1):65-7, March 2014.
- Meepagala KM, Bernier UR, Burandt C, Duke SO, "Mosquito repellents based on a natural chromene analogue with longer duration of action than N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide (DEET)," J Agric Food Chem, 61(39):9293-7. doi: 10.1021/jf402635z, October 2, 2013.
- Corbel, V.; Stankiewicz, M.; Pennetier, C.; Fournier, D.; Stojan, J.; Girard, E.; Dimitrov, M.; Molgó, J.; Hougard, J.-M.; Lapied, B. "Evidence for Inhibition of Cholinesterases in Insect and Mammalian Nervous Systems by the Insect Repellent DEET." BMC Biol. 2009, 7, 1−11.
- Bloomquist, J.; Swale, D. Neurotoxicity of N,N-Diethyl-meta-Toluamide (DEET). Abstr. Am. Chem. Soc. 244th Natl. Meet. Expo., 2012, AGRO-154
