MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441011235 A) filed by Nacl Industries Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, on Feb. 18, 2024, for 'synergistic insecticidal combinations of cartap.'

Inventor(s) include Navya Matcha; Venu Gopala Reddy Thummuru; Kodavali Nagasandeep; and Alagasamy Kuppusamy.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 5, under issue no. 36/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a novel synergistic insecticidal composition of nereistoxin with aryl organothiophosphate and / or pyrazole and / or carbamate insecticides in EC / WDG / SC / SL / OD / OS / Solid Granules in different formulations and percentages. This synergistic insecticide composition has the main effective components of cartap acts in a unique mode of action, by activating the unregulated release of internal calcium stores, which leads to Ca2+ depletion and inhibit or breakdown the acetylcholine enzyme and also blocks the ion channel of the GABA (?-aminobutyric acid) receptor and glutamate-gated chloride (GluCl) channels leads to feeding cessation, lethargy, muscle paralysis, disrupts the insect central nervous system and causes hyperexcitation of contaminated insects' nerves and muscles resulting in death of insect."

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