Abstract
Antimicrobial properties of hydrogen peroxide and potash alum alone and in combination against clinical bacterial isolates
Highlights
Antimicrobial agents are extensively utilized in health care, industry and the environment to control and treat microbial infection [1, 2]
The present study was carried out to evaluate the antibacterial activity of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and potash alum (ALM) alone and in combination
Well diffusion method was used against five pathogenic bacterial isolates namely E. coli, E. faecium, E. faecalis, S. aureus and K. pneumoniae
Summary
Antimicrobial agents are extensively utilized in health care, industry and the environment to control and treat microbial infection [1, 2]. Alum (ALM), our second study compound is a salt known as aluminium potassium sulfate (KAl(SO4)2) [12] and is suggested as a class 1 dynamic compound in mouthwashes [13], and used for the treatment of pediatric cough, hemorrhagic cystitis [14] ulcers, oral cavities and burns with anticarcinogenic effect [15], cosmetics [ 16], and domestic and industrial water treatments [17]. It has potential inhibitory effects on microbes [18]. In this study, we compared incubationdependent and concentration-dependent inhibitory effects of alum and hydrogen peroxide alone and in mixtures against five clinical bacterial isolates
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