초음파 모기 기피 장치 ‘모스 윈드솔루션(Mos windsolution)’의 성능을 실내에서 평가하였다. 해당 제품은 120Hz~1.2MHz 사이의 주파수를 가진 초음파를 발생시켜 모기가 기피하도록 유도하는 기능을 갖고 있다. 기기의 성능 평가를 위하여 선택적 실험과 비선택적 실험을 실시하였다. 선택적 실험은 2m의 PVC 파이프 양 끝에 15cm cube 형태의 실험 케이지를 연결하고, 그 옆면에 쥐를 한 마리씩 구속하였다. 처리구 쪽에 모스 윈드솔루션을 가동시켜 초음파가 발생하도록 놓은 후 파이프 중앙에 흰줄숲모기(Aedes albopictus)를 방사시켰고 1시간 뒤 양 케이지를 밀봉, 냉동시켜 유입된 흰줄숲모기의 성별과 수를 파악했다. 비선택적 실험은 150x200x150cm의 모기장 안에 상부만 열린 아크릴 케이지를 넣고, 아크릴 케이지 내부에 철망 뚜껑이 있는 용기에 담긴 쥐를 넣어두었다. 처리구 쪽에는 모스 윈드솔루션을 가동시켜 놓았다. 모기장에 흰줄숲모기를 방사시키고, 시간당 아크릴 케이지에 유입된 모기의 수를 파악하였다. 그 결과 두 실험 모두에서 모스 윈드솔루션이 대조구 대비 최대 80%의 모기 기피 효과를 보였음을 확인할 수 있었다.

Cinnamaldehyde as the main component of Cinnamomum plants is well known as mammalian transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1) agonist, also activated by low temperature stimuli and mechanosensation. The other TRP subfamily, transient receptor potential vanilloid-1 (TRPV1) sensitive to pungent compounds such as capsaicin and allicin mediates the feeling of warmth. Both TRPA1 and TRPV1 channels are abundantly distributed in sensory neurons. Thus, there is possibility that these channels modulate repellent behaviors of mosquitoes and Drosophila through olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). In order to confirm this hypothesis, we carried out laboratory repellent tests with cinnamaldehyde to Aedes aegypti females using arm-in-cage test and to a wild type and two TRP channel mutants Drosophila lines using a choice assay. Cinnamaldehyde showed strong repellency against Ae. aegypti and Drosophila wild adults at tested concentrations. However, a mutant fly line did not discriminate or detect the existence of the repellent. These behavioral data suggest that cinnamaldehyde may directly target the TRP channel. More studies to elucidate neural correlates of repellency to ainnamaldehyde compound are as follows: 1) Identifying the ORNs mediating cinnamaldehyde detection using single-sensillum recording techniques, 2) Co-localization of TRP genes on olfactory organs of Ae. aegypti and Drosophila using in situ hybridization and 3) Whether the Aedes TRP homologs might function in cinnamaldehyde repellency using rescued TRP chennels of Drosophila.

Purpose : We will develop the distribution method of wide oil extract technology to develop repellent using this technology and study mosquito repellent persistence. Research design, data and methodology : A positive control group containing purified water, ethanol and picaridin was prepared, and the experimental control group was prepared in the same proportion as the positive control group, and 0.6% of broad oil was added. The results were summarized using the calculation method according to the avoidance effect and statistically tested by t-test using the excel statistics program. Results : Experiments on skin surface area and voice control of participants showed that men had 8.9% wider skin surface area than women, and voice control tests showed that women were bitten by mosquitoes five times more than men. Both the positive and the experimental control groups had a valid duration of up to three hours, but from the time of five hours, the positive control group had 77% and the experimental control had 90%, indicating a difference of 14.4% over the positive control group. Conclusions : The mosquito repellents developed in this study on the basis of safety and continuity are cost-effective in terms of mosquito repellent, and in addition fragrance, odor removal, perfume, ink, skin care and massage effect.

This study was designed to evaluate qualitatively and quantitatively the pollutant compositions, which were emitted from three types of mosquito repellents(MRs)(mat-, liquid-vaporized, and coil-type) by utilizing a 50-L environmental chamber. A qualitative analysis revealed that 42 compounds were detected on the gas chromatography/ mass spectrometer system, and that the detection frequency depended upon chemical types. Nine of the 42 compounds exhibited a detection frequency of 100%. Four aromatic compounds(benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene, and xylene) were detected in all test MRs. The concentration equilibriums in the environmental chamber were achieved within 180 min after sample introduction. The coil-type MR represented higher chamber concentrations as compared with the mat- or liquid-vaporized-type MR, with respect to the target compounds except for naphthalene. In particular, the chamber concentrations of ethyl benzene, associated with the use of coil-type MR, were between 0.9 and 65 mg m-3, whereas those of mat- and liquid-vaporized-type MRs were between 0.5 and 2.0 mg m-3and 0.3 and 1.4 mg m-3, respectively. However, naphthalene concentrations in the chamber, where a liquid-vaporized-type MR was placed, were measured as between 17.8 and 56.3 mg m-3, but not detected in the chamber, where a mat- or coil-type MR was placed. The empirical model fitted well with the time-series concentrations in the environmental chamber(in most cases, determination coefficient, R2 ≳ 0.9), thereby suggesting that the model was suitable for testing emissions. In regards to the target compounds except for benzene, although they were emitted from the MRs, health risk from individual exposure to them were estimated not to be significant when comparing exposure levels with no observed adverse exposure levels or lowest observed adverse exposure levels of corresponding compounds. However, it was concluded that the use of MRs could be an important indoor source as regards benzene.