Wood extracts with a toxic, repellent and antiappetizing effect on termites
Référence
84307-01
Mots-clés
Statut des brevets
French patent application FR9916408 filed on December 23, 1999 and entitled « Utilisation de déchets ou d’extraits de bois en tant qu’insecticide »
Inventeurs
Sylvie ROBERT
Daniel FOUQUET
Alba ZAREMSKI
Statut commercial
Exclusive or non-exclusive licenses and collaborative research
Laboratoire
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte (UMR6035), Tours, France
Description
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
This invention describes the use of extracts or wastes from south America woods for their toxic, repelling and anti-appetent effects against termites.
Extracts of polar solvents of grignon wood (Ocotea rubra) and rose wood (Aniba parviflora) have been obtained and been showed having specific properties: extracts from the genus Aniba parviflora present insecticide properties and Ocotea rubra extracts enhance those of Aniba.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
This non-polluting method allows to fight against termites and more generally against others xylophage insects.