DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) is an effective repellent, but it requires high concentrations, can be a skin irritant, and is damaging to some materials, including plastics. Certain species of ...

And a 2002 New England Journal of Medicine study concluded that the chemical N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide—more commonly known as DEET—is among the most effective ways to prevent bites.

Repellents containing DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, also known as N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide) are the most effective and most widely used. However, concerns have been raised over the risk of ...

Deet (known to chemists as N,N-Diethyl-meta-toluamide) is a yellowish liquid that, when applied to skin or clothing, repels a number of biting insects, including mosquitoes, ticks, flies ...

DEET (its official chemical name is N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) is the active insecticide ingredient in many bug sprays and repellents, explains Ashish Sharma, MD, a board-certified internal ...

The gold-standard synthetic repellent, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), protects against mosquitoes for just four to eight hours. More lasting protection would be invaluable. Not only would it save ...

But if her arm is slathered with DEET — shorthand for the chemical N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide, the active ingredient in many insect repellents — mosquitoes stay away. "DEET works better than ...