Abstract: The present invention is directed to pest-controlling compositions comprising as active ingredients one or more ?-diones, particularly ?-diketones and ?-triketones, and to the use of these compositions inter alia for preventing, eradicating, destroying, repelling or mitigating harmful, annoying or undesired pests including insects, arachnids, helminths, molluscs, protozoa and viruses. The present invention is further directed to processes of preparing ?-diones by de novo synthesis or from natural sources such as volatile oil-bearing plants from families including Alliaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Cannabinaceae, Lamiaceae, Pteridaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, Proteaceae, Rutaceae and Zingiberaceae.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 27, 2012
Publication date:
July 19, 2012
Applicants:
University of Western Sydney, Bioprospect Limited
Inventors:
Robert Neil Spooner-Hart, Albert Habib Basta
Abstract: The present invention is directed to pest-controlling compositions comprising as active ingredients one or more ?-diones, particularly ?-diketones and ?-triketones, and to the use of these compositions inter alia for preventing, eradicating, destroying, repelling or mitigating harmful, annoying or undesired pests including insects, arachnids, helminths, molluscs, protozoa and viruses. The present invention is further directed to processes of preparing ?-diones by de novo synthesis or from natural sources such as volatile oil-bearing plants from families including Alliaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Cannabinaceae, Lamiaceae, Pteridaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, Proteaceae, Rutaceae and Zingiberaceae.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 2008
Date of Patent:
October 26, 2010
Assignees:
Bioprospect Limited, University of Western Sydney
Inventors:
Robert Neil Spooner-Hart, Albert Habib Basta
Abstract: The present invention is directed to pest-controlling compositions comprising as active ingredients one or more ?-diones, particularly ?-diketones and ?-triketones, and to the use of these compositions inter alia for preventing, eradicating, destroying, repelling or mitigating harmful, annoying or undesired pests including insects, arachnids, helminths, molluscs, protozoa and viruses. The present invention is further directed to processes of preparing ?-diones by de novo synthesis or from natural sources such as volatile oil-bearing plants from families including Alliaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Cannabinaceae, Lamiaceae, Pteridaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, Proteaceae, Rutaceae and Zingiberaceae.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 18, 2010
Publication date:
September 9, 2010
Applicants:
BIOPROSPECT LIMITED, UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY
Inventors:
Robert Neil Spooner-Hart, Albert Habib Basta
Abstract: The present invention is directed to pest-controlling compositions comprising as active ingredients one or more ?-diones, particularly ?-diketones and ?-triketones, and to the use of these compositions inter alia for preventing, eradicating, destroying, repelling or mitigating harmful, annoying or undesired pests including insects, arachnids, helminths, molluscs, protozoa and viruses. The present invention is further directed to processes of preparing ?-diones by de novo synthesis or from natural sources such as volatile oil-bearing plants from families including Alliaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Cannabinaceae, Lamiaceae, Pteridaceae, Myrtaceae, Myoporaceae, Proteaceae, Rutaceae and Zingiberaceae.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 5, 2008
Publication date:
September 25, 2008
Applicant:
Bioprospect Limited
Inventors:
Robert Neil Spooner-Hart, Albert Habib Basta