Insect repellents of natural origin: catnip and osage orange

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Comparisons of antifeedancy and spatial repellency of three natural product repellents against horn flies, Haematobia irritans (Diptera: Muscidae)

“…The two nepetalactones were accumulated and purified (>95%) from the purchased catnip essential oil, following the method described in Peterson . Synthetic standards of (2 E )‐3,7‐dimethylocta‐2,6‐dien‐1‐ol, octanoic acid, nonaoic acid and decanoic acid were purchased from Sigma‐Aldrich (St Louis, MO) with a purity of >98%.…”