Abstract:
Powdered mixtures of chlorhexidine base with selected sugar acids or lactones from the group gluconic acid or gluconolactone, lactobionic acid (I), D-galactono-&ggr;-lactone (II), L-mannono-&ggr;-lactone (III), D-(−)-gulono-&ggr;-lactone (IV), D-(+)-galacturonic acid (V) and &agr;-D-heptaglucono-&ggr;-lactone (VI). The formulations have extraordinary storage stability. New chlorhexidine salts with sugar acid anions based on (I) to (VI) and aqueous solutions of these are also described. The formulations, solutions and pure salts are used as disinfectants and to prepare disinfectants.
Abstract:
The invention relates to water-soluble, chlorhexidine-containing compositions having a long shelf life. The compositions are in the form of powder, granules or tablets and consist substantially of (i) a salt of chlorhexidine with 2 moles of a sugar acid and a microbicidally active quaternary ammonium bromide, or of (ii) chlorhexidine, a sugar acid or sugar lactone, with at least 2 moles of sugar acid or sugar lactone being present per mole of chlorhexidine, and a microbicidally active quaternary ammonium bromide. Peferred compositions consist substantially of chlorhexidine digluconate and N-cetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium bromide (cetrimide) in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:10. The solid compositions are stable, with little or no p-chloroaniline splitting off during storage.