found: Work cat.: Antifeedant effects of diethyl toluamide and neem oil on native cave weta, cockroaches, and amphipods, c2004:p. 5 (diethyl toluamide (DEET) p. 6 (invertebrate antifeedant)
found: The insect repellent DEET, via U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pesticides : topical & chemical fact sheets Web site, Apr. 30, 2007(DEET (chemical name, N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) is the active ingredient in many insect repellent products)
found: Wikipedia, Apr. 30, 2007(DEET. Meta-N,N-diethyl toluamide, abbreviated DEET, is an insect-repellent chemical. It is intended to be applied to the skin or to clothing, and is primarily used to protect against insect bites.)
found: DEET online Web site, Apr. 30, 2007(DEET is the active ingredient in the most widely used insect repellents available in the U.S. that are applied to the skin. The most commonly used chemical name for DEET is N,N-diethyl-m toluamide)
found: EXTOXNET : Extension Toxicology Network Web site, Apr. 30, 2007(Deet. Deet is found in a variety of commercial insecticides. Trade names for products containing Deet include Autan, Delphene, Detamide, Deltamid, Flypel, m- Delphene, Meta-Delphene, Naugatuck Det, and Off. Deet is the common name for N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, a multipurpose insect repellent registered for direct application to human skin, clothing, household pets, tents and bedrolls and screens. Deet is a unique pesticide, because it is applied directly to the human body for purposes of repelling insects. Technical Deet is 95% m-isomer. The o- and p-isomers are highly repellent but less effective than the m-isomer. The compound is also known as detamide, diethylbenzemide, diethyl toluamide, m-delphene, metadelphene, and by the acronyms DET, DETA, and M-DET)
found: The American heritage dictionary of the English language, via WWW, Apr. 30, 2007(deet: A colorless, oily liquid, C(sub)1(sub)2H(sub)1(sub)7NO, that has a mild odor and is used as an insect repellent. Etymology: From d.t., abbr. of diethyl toluamide)
found: The Merck index, 2001(Deet. N,N-Diethyl-3-methylbenzamide; N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide; M-Det; m-DETA; ENT-20218; Autan; m-Delphene; Detamide; Dieltamid; Flypel; Metadelphene; Off; Repel. Use: Insect repellent)
