Using floral soap makes it easier for mosquitoes to bite you!

Certain scents in body soaps can alter human scent profiles, making them more attractive to mosquitoes, research claims.

The survey results were published in a magazine eye science, This indicates that mosquitoes supplement their sugar intake with plant nectar when they are not feeding. In other words, the floral, fruity scent of scented soaps to humans may increase or decrease their attractiveness to mosquitoes.

Clement Winager, an assistant professor of biochemistry at Virginia Tech (formally Virginia Tech and State University), said, “People who are already attracting mosquitoes at a higher than average rate simply by changing the scent of their soaps. “It could further amplify or weaken that pull.” we.

The association between soap and mosquito attraction was studied through four volunteers. The team studied each individual’s unique scent profile, unwashed and washed with Dial, Dove, Native, and Simple Truth soaps.

More than 60 percent of post-laundry odor comes from soap, not natural body odor, according to Winager.

“Another aspect is that it doesn’t just remove body odor, it replaces some of the chemicals in the body and eliminates others,” Winager said. “Therefore, we believe there are many chemical interactions between our natural chemicals and soap chemicals.”

To test odor interactions, the researchers released mosquitoes into mesh cages containing two cups of odor extract and had them choose between unwashed and washed odors collected from the mosquitoes. These were collected from forearm nylon sleeves in both washed and unwashed bodies. Tests were repeated for different combinations of scents.

“In this way, we can really measure and quantify the effect of soap in terms of increasing or decreasing an individual’s attractiveness,” Winager said. “So we found that not all soaps had the same effect on all volunteers.”

Regarding scent preference, 3 out of 4 soaps increased mosquito attraction and 1 decreased it. Every soap smelled fruity or floral. It was the coconut scent that reduced the attractiveness, suggesting that the use of coconut-scented soap may reduce the attractiveness of mosquitoes.

“This was of great interest to us. There are other reports in the literature that it may increase certain fatty acids and act as a repellent to mosquitoes and other insects, such as those found in coconut oil derivatives. because there is evidence of that,” Winager said. Research into deodorants, laundry detergents, and other scented products.

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