Managing Vibrio cholerae with a local beverage: preparation of an affordable ethanol based hand sanitizer
| Autor: | John Antwi Apenteng, Christina Osei-Asare, Ofosua Adi-Dako, Kwasi Adomako Ohemeng, Esther Eshun Oppong, Ansah Acheampomaah Akosua, Doris Kumadoh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.disease_cause Ghana Limited access 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Hand sanitizer medicine Natural product chemistry Food science lcsh:Social sciences (General) lcsh:Science (General) Public health Akpeteshie Multidisciplinary Ethanol Chemistry medicine.disease Cholera 030104 developmental biology Vibrio cholerae lcsh:H1-99 Analytical chemistry Pharmaceutical chemistry 030217 neurology & neurosurgery lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | Heliyon, Vol 6, Iss 1, Pp e03105-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2405-8440 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03105 |
| Popis: | Research indicates an increased use of hand sanitizers globally, and in particular developing countries where bacterial epidemics such as cholera are common. While there is evidence of availability, high demand and use of hand sanitizers, the incidence of cholera in developing countries remains unabated. Several reasons have been put forward, and cost of hand sanitizers remains dominant. It is in response to this contradictory situation of availability but limited access, that this study was conducted to present an alternative option of formulating a high quality and cost effective ethanol-based sanitizer from a Ghanaian local beverage (akpeteshie). The concentration of ethanol in akpeteshie was determined using gas chromatography. An Ethanol based hand sanitizer (Sample C) was formulated with akpeteshie and tested against Vibrio cholerae using the microbial time -kill kinetics assay. Commercially available ethanol based Equi-Clean hand sanitizer (62%) (Sample D) was used as the standard. Results show that the akpeteshie contained 73.08% ethanol and formulated product (Sample C) contained 63.70% ethanol. Viscosity and pH of Sample C were; 89 rpm (1.48 cps) and 7.30 respectively whiles that of Sample D were; 80 rpm (1.33 cps) and 7.50 respectively. The formulated product (Sample C) was effective against Vibrio cholerae with a gradual reduction in microbial count upon exposure to the organisms at time intervals of 0, 5, 15, 30, 60 and 120 min. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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