Gas Chromatography Helps Repel Insects
The BBC reports that British scientists have used gas chromatography to isolated natural chemicals that make some people smell unpleasant to mosquitoes. This discovery could potentially decrease the role of blood-sucking insects as disease carriers.
The BBC reports that British scientists have recently used gas chromatography to isolated the natural chemicals which make some people smell unpleasant to mosquitoes. This discovery could potentially decrease the role of blood-sucking insects as disease carriers.
The technique enabled the scientists to break down human odours into their individual chemical components. Then electroantennography allowed them to record the responses in the mosquito's antennae.
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Inside the Laboratory: The Chromatography Laboratory at the University of Rouen
April 18th 2024In this edition of “Inside the Laboratory,” Pascal Cardinael and Valérie Agasse of the University of Rouen in Mont‑Saint-Aignan, France, discuss their laboratory’s work with miniaturizing gas chromatography (GC) columns and systems to improve on-site air analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
