The active ingredient in Cymex is a borate salt. Borate salts work by taking advantage of a unique feature in the biology of dust mites, fleas and other insects. Cymex leaves a residual on the pests' food sources. They die after ingesting borate-laced dried blood (flea larvae) or borate-laced dead skin particles/scales/dander (mite larvae/nymphs). The mode of borate action is the same as for termites or ants after ingesting a borate-treated food source. Interestingly, this mode of action does not affect the insect’s central nervous system, so insects cannot develop resistance to Cymex. This makes Cymex the perfect choice for tough-to-control and insecticide-resistant infestations. Cymex does work differently on bed bugs than it does on fleas and dust mites. Cymex kills bed bugs on contact. It enters through the spiracles and possibly even the bed bugs' intersegmental membranes. Bed bugs cannot ingest or absorb Cymex once dry, so there is no residual effect. Over the years, many pesticides have been voluntarily removed from the market or phased out by the EPA due to toxicity concerns. Borate-based Cymex is one product you can count on to do the job today and be here tomorrow. The active ingredient is the natural borate salt disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (DOT). DOT is a natural form of elemental boron, which is essential for the healthy growth of plants and believed important in human calcium metabolism. At the levels used in Cymex applications, it prevents pest infestation by inhibiting pest metabolism on a cellular basis. The tetrahydroxyborate anion forms a chelate complex with the cis-adjacent hydroxyl groups in the ribose sugar of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), with the cationic nitrogen of the nicotinamide moiety providing electrostatic stabilization of the chelate.
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