除虫菊有效成份之化學首由Staudinger與Ruzicka二氏在1910至1916期間加以研究,因第一次世界大戰關係延至1924年始能公佈於世,連續發表研究報告十篇。此後研究此问题者頗不乏人,但無顯著之成就。近十年以來,關於此問題之研究以美國農部LaForge与Haller氏等所領導之工作,最為活跃,至 The chemical constituents of the active ingredients of pyrethrum were first studied by Staudinger and Ruzicka from 1910 to 1916, and were published in the world for the first time since the First World War. However, there are quite a few people who have studied this issue since then, but no significant achievements have been made. In the past ten years, the research on this issue has been most active in the work led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such as LaForge and Haller.