Inhibition of Keratinolytic Bacteria Acting on Nails by Lemon-Salt-Alcohol Sanitizer

Volume 3 - Issue 4

Deeksha Gupta, Shruthi Suthakaran, Vyas Sahaj Rajesh, Rahul Das and Suneetha V*

Received:August 23, 2019;   Published:August 29, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/OAJESS.2019.02.000168

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Abstract

Keratin found in human nails is a eukeratin [1]. It is degraded by keratinase produced by bacteria like Bacillus sp. Degradation of human nails was brought about by soil inhabiting bacteria isolated from soil samples of Melmaruvathur, Tamil Nadu, India. The growth curve of the bacteria was determined. Inhibition was studied using various mixtures of lime juice, salt and ginger extract in alcohol. The growth of the bacteria producing keratinase isolated by us is found to be inhibited by a mixture of lime juice, salt and alcohol. It was also found that ethanol was more effective than methanol in its inhibitory action [2].

Keywords: Keratin; Inhibition; Sanitizer

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