Effectiveness and Tests
Effectiveness and Tests


The trials with N-Duopropenide have revealed that it is a compound that has a wide-ranging and potent biocide spectrum that includes bacteria, fungi, viruses and spores.



Tested Microorganisms:

N-Duopropenide has been successfully tested against the following microorganisms.

BACTERIA

Acinetobacter baumannii
Aerobacter aerogenes
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus sp.
Campylobacter coli
Chromobacter subtilis
Citrobacter freundii
Diplococcus pneumoniae
Enterobacter spp.
Enterobacter aerogenes
Enterobacter cloacae
Enterococcus spp.
Enterococcus hirae*
Enterococcus faecalis
Enterococcus faecium

Escherichia coli*
Klebsiella oxytoca
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Lactobacillus casei
Legionella pneumophila

MYCOBACTERIA

M. avium
M. chelonae
M. fortuitum*

FUNGI AND YEASTS

Absidia corymbifera
Apergillus flavus
Aspergillus nidulans
Aspergillus niger*
Aspergillus oryzae
Botrytis cinerea
Candida albicans*
Cladosporium cladosporoides

SPORES

Bacillus cereus*
Bacillus subtilis var. globigii
Bacillus subtilis var. niger*
Bacillus stearothermophilus
Clostridium sporogenes*

VIRUSES

HIV-1
HBV
Influenza virus

 



Listeria monocytogenes
Morganella morganii
Providencia stuartii
Proteus mirabilis
Proteus penneri
Proteus rettgeri
Proteus vulgaris
Pseudomonas aeruginosa*
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Pseudomonas putida
Salmonella enteritidis
Salmonella typhimurium
Serratia marcescens
Staphylococcus aureus*
Staphylococcus coagulasa-negativos
Staphylococcus epidermidis
S. aureus meticilin-resistente
Streptococcus subtilis
Xanthomonas maltophilia
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M. kansaii
M. yordonae
M. tuberculosis

cdr

Kloekera apiculata
Mucor mucedo
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillium digitatum
Penicillium verrucosum
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Streptomyces exiguus
Torulopsis glabrata

 

(*) Microorganisms included in the UNE-EN 1276 (bactericidal effectiveness), UNE-EN 1040 (mycobactericidal effectiveness), UNE-EN 1650, UNE-EN 1275 (fungicidal effectiveness) and AFNOR NF T 72-230 (sporicidal effectiveness) regulations.


Bactericidal effectiveness:

Bactericidal effectiveness is detected at very low concentrations of the product in a very short period of time. 5 minutes of contact are sufficient to destroy 5-logarithms of the most pathogenic and resistant strains.

The studies carried out to determine the bactericidal effectiveness are proven with the application of the UNE and AFNOR norms and are performed in prestigious analysis centers.

UNE-EN 1276

- Staphylococcus aureus
- Escherichia coli
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
- Enterococcus hirae

UNE-EN 1040

- Staphylococcus aureus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa

- Salmonella typhimurium
- Serratia sp.
- Serratia marcescens

AFNOR NF T 72-150

- Staphylococcus aureus
- Escherichia coli
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Enterococcus faecium

Legionella pneumophila.

- Analysis laboratory Dr. F. Echevarne, S.A. (Industrial Microbiology Unit). _.Barcelona. 2002.

EN-14348

- Mycobacterium terrae
- Mycobacterium avium


Institute of Health Carlos III (Madrid)

- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium avium
- Mycobacterium kansasii
- Mycobacterium yordonae
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium chelonae

UNE-EN 1040

- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Mycobacterium smegmatis


Fungicidal effectiveness:

N-Duopropenide has fungicidal activity at extremely low concentrations and in short periods of contact time. The studies have been carried out under the following legal norms.

UNE-EN 1650 / UNE-EN 1275

- Candida albicans
- Aspergillus niger

AFNOR NF T 72-200

- Candida albicans
- Cladosporium cladosporoides


Virucidal effectiveness:

N-Duopropenide is active against viruses such as HIV and BHV, among others. Its effectiveness has been tested in important research centers.

HIV

- Pasteur Institute. Retrovirus Biology Unit. _.Paris. 1993.

VHB

- Ludwig Maximilians University. Faculty of _.Medicine (Dept. of Microbiology and _.Hygiene). Munich. 1994

 

Sporicidal Effectiveness:

Spores are a resistant form of bacteria that are able to confront the most extreme and adverse environmental conditions.

As N-Duopropenide has a broad germicidal spectrum, it can also act against spores, providing a more complete disinfection.

Sporicidal effectiveness has been tested against the following strains:

Bacillus cereus (AFNOR NF T 72-230)
Bacillus stearothermophilus
Bacillus subtilis var. niger (AFNOR NF T 72-230)
Bacillus subtilis var. globigii
Clostridium sporogenes (AFNOR NF T 72-230)

- Analysis Technical Center, S.A. Barcelona. 1994
- Malaga University. Faculty of Medicine (Dept. of Microbiology and _..Parasitology). 1997
- Investigation center and Development Applied, S.A.L. (Dpt. of -..Microbiology and Formulation).Barcelona. 1996
- Pharmaceutical Laboratories Rovi, S.A. (Dept. of Microbiology). Madrid. -..1995