How does Saltidin® protect you?

Modern repellents contain an active ingredient, solvents and usually a perfuming agent as well. Once the product has been applied, the solvents evaporate, leaving the active ingredient on the skin. The active ingredient evaporates slowly, forming a "scented" film on the skin, and the repellent acts for as long as it takes for the active ingredient to evaporate completely. The "scent" in the product disrupts the mechanism that attracts mosquitoes, flies and ticks to human skin. The resulting neuronal pattern seems to be what keeps insects away from parts of the skin that have been treated with repellent.

In chemical terms, most repellents belong to one of four groups: amides, alcohols, esters or ethers. They are liquids or solids with a relatively low melting point and a boiling point above 150 ºC. They evaporate slowly at room temperature.

It is important to note that, in contrast to insecticides, the purpose of repellents is not to kill insects but to prevent them from biting. This means that repellents have much better toxicological profiles than insecticides.