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The active ingredient hydrogen peroxide is certainly one of the purest and oldest chemicals with a wide range of application possibilities. Besides its use as a disinfectant, it is operated in the cleaning industry, for hair bleaching, as an oxidising agent, in aerospace and even in the food industry. The advantages are obvious: it is the most intelligent product in its sector, because only water and oxygen are produced when it decomposes. This makes hydrogen peroxide ideal for disinfection in the food or kitchen sector. Moreover, due to the oxidative mechanism of action, the efficacy is very broad and the formation of microbial resistances is hardly possible. Data and further information on the efficacy against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, viruses, yeasts, fungi, spores and more can be found in relevant literature.

The difficulty and therefore the reason for the moderate distribution lies in the stability of the product. We have the necessary know-how in stabilisation of chemicals and only use harmless ingredients.

With the second active ingredient (nano)-silver, a formulation is created that functions as a basis for mould remover, surface disinfection or for cold fogging of rooms. Both active ingredients complement each other ideally in terms of short-term and also medium-term effectiveness, as silver forms so-called depots that can also have a long-term effect. The depot effect can be imagined as follows:

When Agglomerated silver particles are exposed to moisture the particles are oxidised on surfaces and free silver ions are formed. Although silver has been used for disinfection in all areas for over 1000 years, yet the mechanism has not been fully understood. One can assume an affinity to nucleophiles of the DNA – i.e. especially the atoms oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur. A very simplified representation is shown here. The silver is also used in wound plasters and other body applications and is sometimes described as therapeutic.