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Dr. Simon Scofield

Plant scientist, Cardiff University

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Notable Quotes

"DEET is out of the price bracket for most rural Ugandan subsistence farmers, so buying commercially available mosquito repellents is just not practicable."

"A 6% catnip oil was just as effective as DEET, and the 2% catnip oil was only marginally less effective."

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Catnip lotion matches DEET in Uganda mosquito trials

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Led the Uganda catnip repellent field trials

A subsistence farmer in eastern Uganda can grow the plant, press the oil, and rub on a lotion that keeps malaria mosquitoes off. In a field trial in Budaka district, a 6% catnip oil formulation repelled mosquitoes as well as DEET, the standard commercial repellent.

Updated 3 hours ago