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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1997
Michael J Kuhar, Baltimore, MD (US);
Frank I Carroll, Durham, NC (US);
John W Boja, Baltimore, MD (US);
Anita H Lewin, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Philip Abraham, Cary, NC (US);
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of controlling an invertebrate pest, comprising contacting the pest with a pest-controlling amount of an agent having substantial inhibitory activity toward a phenylethanolamine reuptake transporter as determined by radioactive octopamine reuptake inhibition assay is disclosed. Compositions comprising compounds capable of inhibiting the octopamine reuptake transporter include cocaine analogs. A process for inhibiting the feeding of an invertebrate pest comprising contacting said pest with a pest-controlling amount of an agent having substantial inhibitory activity toward a phenylethanolamine reuptake transporter as determined by radioactive octopamine reuptake inhibition assay, with the proviso that said agent is not cocaine. A process for delaying the maturation of a juvenile invertebrate by contacting it with an inhibitory amount of a phenylethanolamine reuptake transporter blocker is also disclosed. A radioactive phenylethanolamine reuptake inhibition assay for determining whether a given compound is an inhibitor of octopamine neuronal transport is also disclosed.