UV photostability of insect repellents evaluated through Raman spectroscopy

Viviane Gadret Bório; Adjaci Uchôa Fernandes; Landulfo Silveira Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.2214329

29 February 2016 UV photostability of insect repellents evaluated through Raman spectroscopy

Viviane Gadret Bório, Adjaci Uchôa Fernandes, Landulfo Silveira Jr.

Proceedings Volume 9689, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics XII; 968919 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214329
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The use of insect repellents either indoors or at places with incidence of solar radiation has been common due to dengue epidemics in Brazil. The lack of studies on the photostability of these substances has motivated this study, where the main goal was to verify the photostability and photodegradation of some of the commercially insect repellents available under the simulated ultraviolet (UV) radiation, by evaluating the molecular changes using dispersive Raman spectroscopy (830 nm excitation). A laboratory-made chamber was used for irradiating the repellents, where UV-A + UV-B radiations (UV-A: 5.5 mW/cm² and UV-B 1.5 mW/cm²) can be obtained. The chamber internal temperature did not exceed 31 °C during experiments. The compounds n,n-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), IR-3535, andiroba and citronella oils, used as active ingredients in insect repellents, and commercial formula containing DEET (14.5% in ethanol and isopropyl myristate) and IR-3535 (16% in carbopol) were continuously irradiated for 8 h. The Raman spectrum of each sample was obtained before and after UV exposure. The compounds and the commercial formula containing IR-3535 showed photo-stability when irradiated, since no changes in the peaks were found. The commercial formula containing DEET showed spectral decrease at 524, 690, 1003 and 1606 cm^-1, assigned to the DEET, and increase at 884 cm^-1, assigned to the ethanol. These results indicate that the excipient could influence the photostability of the active ingredient. The Raman spectroscopy can be suitable to monitor the photodegradation under UV irradiation rapidly and reliably.

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Viviane Gadret Bório, Adjaci Uchôa Fernandes, and Landulfo Silveira Jr. "UV photostability of insect repellents evaluated through Raman spectroscopy", Proc. SPIE 9689, Photonic Therapeutics and Diagnostics XII, 968919 (29 February 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214329

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