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Cetrimide

An antiseptic made of a mixture of quaternary ammonium salts, mainly alkyltrimethylammonium bromides such as cetrimonium bromide: as a 1-3% solution it is used to clean wounds and is often combined with chlorhexidine. This family brings together the active ingredient.

Did you know?Since 1951 it has been the key ingredient of a culture medium, cetrimide agar, used in laboratories to isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the bacterium tolerates it and turns the medium blue-green.

CetrimideGo to the active ingredient →
CetrimideActive ingredientCetrimideCat. No. P-C120-001CAS 8044-71-1

EDQM standards 1

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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