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Abstract

Potency determination of antidandruff shampoos in nystatin international unit equivalents

Author(s): D.B.G Anusha Hewage, W Pathirana, Amara Pinnawela
Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

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W Pathirana Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka


A convenient standard microbiological potency determination test for the antidandruff shampoos was developed by adopting the pharmacopoeial microbiological assay procedure of the drug nystatin. A standard curve was drawn consisting of the inhibition zone diameters vs. logarithm of nystatin concentrations in international units using the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) strain National Collection of Type Culture (NCTC) 1071606 as the test organism. From the standard curve the yeast inhibitory potencies of the shampoos in nystatin international unit equivalents were determined from the respective inhibition zones of the test samples of the shampoos. Under test conditions four shampoo samples showed remarkable fungal inhibitory potencies of 10227, 10731, 12396 and 18211 nystatin international unit equivalents/ml while two shampoo samples had extremely feeble inhibitory potencies 4.07 and 4.37 nystatin international unit equivalents/ml although the latter two products claimed antifungal activity. The potency determination method could be applied to any antidandruff shampoo with any one or a combination of active ingredients.

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