Chlorhexidine hydrochloride

Chemical properties

White Crystalline Solid

The Uses of Chlorhexidine hydrochloride

Chlorhexidine hydrochloride is a bisbiguanide with bacteriostatic activity. Antiseptic; disinfectant.

The Uses of Chlorhexidine hydrochloride

antibacterial (topical), disinfectant

The Uses of Chlorhexidine hydrochloride

chlorhexidine dihydrochloride is a preservative, it functions primarily as an anti-microbial, helping control the proliferation of bacteria, fungi, or yeast in a product.

Definition

ChEBI: Chlorhexidine hydrochloride is a member of guanidines.

General Description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Chemical properties

Chlorhexidine Hydrochloride occurs as awhite,crystalline powder. It is odorless，and has a bittertaste. It is soluble in formic acid,slightly soluble in methanoland in warm methanol, and practically insoluble in water , in ethanol and in diethyl ether. It is gradually colored by light.

Mechanism of action

Chlorhexidine hydrochloride has both bactericidal and bacteriostatic mechanisms of action, the mechanism of action being membrane disruption, not ATPase inactivation as previously thought.It is also useful against fungi and enveloped viruses, though this has not been extensively investigated.