Catnip lotion as effective as Deet
A homegrown catnip lotion has proven ‘just as effective as diethyltoluamide (Deet)’ as a mosquito repellant in trials carried out in Uganda. Catnip is a common herb from the mint family. The chemical in the plant that causes feline euphoria – nepetalactone – also has insect-repelling properties but this has not previously been commercialised. New […] The post Catnip lotion as effective as Deet appeared first on The Namibian .
A homegrown catnip lotion has proven ‘just as effective as diethyltoluamide (Deet)’ as a mosquito repellant in trials carried out in Uganda.
Catnip is a common herb from the mint family.
The chemical in the plant that causes feline euphoria – nepetalactone – also has insect-repelling properties but this has not previously been commercialised.
New tools are vital in the fight against malaria, which infects about 282 million people a year and killed 610 000 in 2024 – the majority of them young children in African countries.
