Erythritol, a non-nutritive sugar alcohol sweetener and the main component of truvia®, is a palatable ingested insecticide.

Insecticides have a variety of commercial applications including urban pest control, agricultural use to increase crop yields, and prevention of proliferation of insect-borne diseases. Many pesticides in current use are synthetic molecules such as organochlorine and organophosphate compounds. Some s...

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Main Authors: Kaitlin M Baudier, Simon D Kaschock-Marenda, Nirali Patel, Katherine L Diangelus, Sean O'Donnell, Daniel R Marenda
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/c9e9109f40694d258d508be20e1e683b
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