Claims
- 1. A method for repelling biting insects comprising the step of topically applying to the skin of a subject in need of repellence of biting insects a fraction of emu oil obtained by flash chromatography having the .sup.1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl.sub.3) spectrum of FIG. 4 and that is not ultra violet light active and non reactive with vanillin/sulfuric acid.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the emu oil fraction is diluted.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/746,894, filed Nov. 18, 1996, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 08/616,708, filed Mar. 15, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,626,882.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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