Chemical formula: C₇H₈O Molecular mass: 108.138 g/mol PubChem compound: 244
In vitro studies of the effect of benzyl alcohol lotion on native, captured lice suggest that benzyl alcohol inhibits lice from closing their respiratory spiracles, allowing the vehicle to obstruct the spiracles and causing the lice to asphyxiate.
The absorption of benzyl alcohol from benzyl alcohol lotion was evaluated in 19 subjects with head lice infestation. Subjects were divided into two age groups: 6 months to 3 years and 4 to 11 years. Benzyl alcohol lotion was applied for an exaggerated exposure period (3 times the normal exposure period). Benzyl alcohol was quantified in a single plasma sample in 4 out of 19 subjects (21%): three subjects in the 6 months to 3 years age group at 0.5 hour post-treatment (ranging from 1.97 to 2.99 mcg/mL) and one subject in the 4 to 11 year age group (1.63 mcg/mL) at 1 hour post-treatment out of a total of 102 samples analyzed.
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