A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE HEMOLYTIC AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF NEW QUATERNARY AMMONIUM POLYMERS

Authors
MARCHISIO MA BIANCIARDI P LONGO T FERRUTI P RANUCCI E NERI MG
Citation
Ma. Marchisio et al., A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE HEMOLYTIC AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF NEW QUATERNARY AMMONIUM POLYMERS, Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer ed., 6(6), 1994, pp. 533-539
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Polymer Sciences","Materials Science, Biomaterials
Journal title
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer ed. → ACNP
ISSN journal
09205063
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
533 - 539
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-5063(1994)6:6<533:ACBTHA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
New quaternary ammonium polymers, which in a previous work had shown r elevant antibacterial properties, have been investigated as regards to their hemolytic activity (HA) in comparison with a low molecular weig ht commercial antibacterial agent, Steramine G (SG). All polymers exhi bit negligible, or at most modest, HA at dosages and contact times at which SG is strongly hemolytic.