These are some of the microbicide's ingredients:
Benzalkonium Chloride (Bzk)
Benzalkonium chloride, also known as alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride and ADBAC, is a mixture of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium chlorides of various even-numbered alkyl chain lengths. This product is a nitrogenous cationic surface-acting agent belonging to the quaternary ammonium group. It has three main categories of use; as a biocide, a cationic surfactant and phase transfer agent in the chemical industry.
BZK demonstrates potent in vitro activity against the majority of microorganisms causing sexually transmitted infectious diseases, including those acting as major genital cofactors of HIV transmission and associated with high morbidity or mortality. (In vitro inactivation of Chlamydia trachomatis and of a panel of DNA (HSV-2, CMV, adenovirus, BK virus) and RNA (RSV, enterovirus) viruses by the spermicide benzalkonium chloride
Laurent B-leca,b,*, Carol Tevi-Benissana, Anne Bianchic, Sylvie Cotignya, Maria Beumont-Mauvielc, Ali Si-Mohameda and Jean-Elie Malkinc)
Xylitol
Xylitol is an organic compound with the formula (CHOH)3(CH2OH)2.Xylitol has no known toxicity in humans.
Xylitol is a sugar alcohol sweetener used as a naturally occurring sugar substitute. It is found in the fibers of many fruits and vegetables, and can be extracted from various berries, oats, and mushrooms, as well as fibrous material such as corn husks and sugar cane bagasse. Xylitol is roughly as sweet as sucrose with only two-thirds the food energy.
