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[HYGIENIC SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF POLYGUANIDINES AS ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLACTIC MEANS OF THE
Abstract:
In the article there are presented data of the system analysis of hygienic properties of polyguanidines (PAG) as an innovative class of domestic microbicidal chemical long-acting compounds synthesized in the domestic scientific institution--Institute ofenvironmental and technological problems, and also delivered on their base new disinfectants. Submitted proceedings of microbiological studies indicate to the antimicrobial action of PA G against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, viruses, dermatophytes, yeasts, fungi, including pathogens, as well infectious agent of swine and legionellosis. The data of toxicological studies of PAG and a number of derivative disinfectants justify their hygienic safety in dependence on the chemical nature of the used anion (A), the composition and structure of the polymer chain and also the content of residual monomers. All this characterizes PAG as a very promising group of compounds for the use in the form of independent disinfectants and as antimicrobial additives and auxiliaries in such means for different purposes.
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