An artificial membrane, blood-feeding method was used to assess the repellent and antifeedant effects of derivatives of salicylic acid on the biting midge Culicoides impunctatus Goetghebeur. Trans-2-hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid, 6-methylsalicylic acid, 2,6-dihyrodxy-4-methylbenzoic acid, and salicyluric acid caused highly significant inhibition of feeding, with salicyluric acid performing significantly greater than the other compounds. Investigating the effects of alkyl substitution of salicylic acid, o-thymotic and o-cresotic acids were also effective. A pilot clinical trial using salicyluric acid indicated that it provided a protective effect and it was hypothesized that this may have resulted primarily from contact, because no significant repellent effects were shown for this compound in a microscope slide test, designed to demonstrate repellency with volatile compounds.
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Repellent and Antifeedant Activity of Salicylic Acid and Related Compounds Against the Biting Midge, Culicoides impunctatus (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
A. E. Stuart,
C. J W. Brooks,
R. J. Prescott,
A. Blackwell
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Journal of Medical Entomology
Vol. 37 • No. 2
March 2000
Vol. 37 • No. 2
March 2000
6-methylsalicylic acid
antifeedant
Culicoides impunctatus
repellent
salicylic acid
salicyluric acid