Antimicrobial Lipstick: Bio-Based Composition against Viruses, Bacteria, and Fungi.
Alberto Tuñón-MolinaAlba Cano-VicentÃngel Serrano-ArocaPublished in: ACS applied materials & interfaces (2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic has speeded up the race to find materials that could help limit or avoid the spread of SARS-CoV-2, while infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria and fungi are now becoming a serious threat. In this study, we developed a novel bio-based lipstick containing cranberry extract, a substance able to inactivate a broad range of microorganisms: enveloped viruses such as bacteriophage Φ6, a surrogate of SARS-CoV-2; non-enveloped viruses including bacteriophage MS2; multidrug-resistant bacteria like methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Mycobacterium smegmatis , a surrogate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ; and the Candida albicans fungus. The proposed antimicrobial lipstick offers a new form of protection against a broad range of microorganisms, including enveloped and non-enveloped viruses, bacteria, and fungi, in the current COVID-19 pandemic and microbial-resistant era.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- multidrug resistant
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- candida albicans
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- staphylococcus aureus
- escherichia coli
- biofilm formation
- drug resistant
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- acinetobacter baumannii
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- gram negative
- multiple sclerosis
- microbial community
- mass spectrometry
- cystic fibrosis
- coronavirus disease