Toxicity Evaluation of Surface Cleaning Preparation Using Different Test Methods
2015
Dagnija Vecstaudza, Reinis Rutkis, Māris Kļaviņš, Olga Muter

Surface cleaning preparations pose a serious threat to the environment. Toxicity of a pre-manufactured preparation SCP-1 was tested on bacteria, algae and higher plants and was expressed as a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). Obtained results showed that among unicellular and more complex test-organisms MIC values differed 10–100 fold suggesting that an application of complex test-organism battery is necessary to evaluate the toxicity of SCP-1 thoroughly. MIC values were different from the critical micelle concentration; this indicates that the SCP1 mechanism of action might not involve membrane disruption and/or destabilization.


Keywords
Critical micelle concentration, surface cleaning preparations, test-organism battery, toxicity
DOI
10.1515/msac-2015-0014

Vecstaudza, D., Rutkis, R., Kļaviņš, M., Muter, O. Toxicity Evaluation of Surface Cleaning Preparation Using Different Test Methods. Materials Sciences and Applied Chemistry. Vol.32, 2015, pp.80-84. ISSN 1407-7353. e-ISSN 2255-8713. Available from: doi:10.1515/msac-2015-0014

Publication language
English (en)
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