Date: 27/01/2014
Introduction:
Scientists at the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and their collaborators at the University of British Columbia in Okanagan, Canada have found that breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis – a household crop grown across the Pacific, is an effective insect repellent. They identified three compounds – capric, undecanoic and lauric acids, which are saturated fatty acids – found to be significantly more effective at repelling mosquitoes than DEET.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2013/131115.htm
(USDA ARS, 15/11/2013)
» Visit this site