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Polihexanide: A Safe and Highly Effective Biocide

Author(s) -

K. Kaehn

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

skin pharmacology and physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.703

H-Index - 74

eISSN - 1660-5535

pISSN - 1660-5527

DOI - 10.1159/000318237

Subject(s) - antiseptic , biocide , bacteria , biodegradation , microbiology and biotechnology , broad spectrum , biofilm , biology , chemistry , ecology , combinatorial chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry

Polihexanide is a broad-spectrum antiseptic with excellent tolerance and a low-risk profile. The physicochemical action on the bacterial envelope prevents or impedes the development of resistant bacterial strains. Thus, polihexanide is particularly suitable and useful in the struggle against multidrug-resistant bacteria. The ecological database is still incomplete. There is some evidence that biodegradation requires adsorption to inert surfaces and that only a small number of bacterial species are capable of utilizing polihexanide.

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