Abstract

ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY OF FEMININE HYGIENE WASH AGAINST CANDIDA ALBICANS

Prabha Manju Mariappan*, Anoop Austin and D. K. Sreenivasa Prabhu

Abstract

Recent FMCG market focuses on new category products which is beneficial to the customer in terms of hygiene. One such product is Feminine intimate hygiene wash. This product gives protection against pathogens in the vaginal area which causes infection and malodor. To evaluate in vitro, efficacy of a Feminine hygiene wash formulation compared with benchmark brands against Candida albicans, the normal flora turned into opportunistic pathogens. The in-house product with market samples viz., V-wash and Fair beat were tested for its efficacy against the test organisms. The in-house formulation was effective against C. albicans inhibiting at 2 mg/ml, showing ZOI of 12 mm dia. Study reveals that the in-house formulation was effective against the organism C. albicans.

Keywords: Feminine Intimate hygiene wash, Candida albicans, Antimicrobial product, Antifungal activity.