Talk:P-Menthane-3,8-diol

Synthetic vs Natural

the article states:

studies have found that repellents containing synthetic PMD mixtures are not as effective as those containing naturally derived PMD where the PMD content is in equivalent concentrations.[4][5]

Reference #4 ("PMD, a Registered Botanical Mosquito Repellent with Deet-Like Efficacy") Never compares formulations with PMD in equivalent concentrations. They compare a 20% OLE product to a 10% synthetic PMD product. Hence this citation does not support the claim.

Reference #5 ("Green synthesis of para-Menthane-3,8-diol from Eucalyptus citriodora: Application for repellent products") actually finds that synthetic PMD is more effective than the essential oils and thus completely contradicts the statement here.

Hence, I'll take this statement out of the article --50.161.55.168 (talk) 17:46, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

missing content from grammatically broken sentence

this sentence has no end (no dot and missing name of chemical reaction): "PMD can be synthesized by a Prins reaction of citronellal: using [3] "

its in the last paragraph. 89.134.199.32 (talk) 22:13, 5 February 2020 (UTC).

section - use as insect repellent

just added "It's repellent effect was discovered in the 1960s by the industry." source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3059459/

89.134.199.32 (talk) 22:20, 5 February 2020 (UTC).