Diethyltoluamide (DEET) an Insect Repellent against Mosquitos for skin and cloth application

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