Barrier Coatings for Skin to Bind DEET

Abstract

The purpose of the study presently reported was to examine a variety of skin substantive film-forming polysaccharide esters of fatty acids for their capacity to bind the mosquito repellent, N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET). Thus gross physical observations were made of 36 film-forming polysaccharide esters of fatty acids; those that were found to cast good films on the basis of clarity, non-tackiness and pliability were chosen as possible binders for DEET. Their capacity to bind DEET such that perdurability would be imparted to the repellent under both dry and wet conditions was evaluated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0763217

Entities

People

  • Angel L. Carrillo

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Barrier Coatings
  • Biological Sciences
  • Boiling Point
  • Cellulose
  • Cellulose Acetates
  • Chlorides
  • Fatty Acids
  • Films
  • Land Warfare
  • Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Polymeric Films
  • Polymers
  • Polysaccharides
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Vector-Borne Disease and Entomology