Dressing and Coverings - Ricinoleic Acid

DRESSING and COVERINGS
Ricinoleic Acid

 

*ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID
RICINOLEIC  ACID
  derivate of CASTOR OIL
"Ricinus communis"

COMPOSITIon

This is a essential fatty acid.
It has as main compoent the ricinoleic acid (Figure 1).
 

Figure 1: Ricinus communis, fruit and seeds.
By Luiz Claudio Candido, MD

action mechanism

The bactericide action is cytolitic. It is solvent assets of the “quitina” present in the cellular membrane of whole microorganism.

INDICAtion

- chemical debridement and facilitator of the healing process;
- treatment of wounds infected as helping of the sistemic antibioticotherapy. 

to USE

- Chemical Desbridement Action: to apply, with the gauze aid, the ricinoleic acid (100% concentrate), maintain it at 5 to 15 minutes, according to the need.

- Bactericide Action: washing the wound with ricinoleic acid at 25% (phisiologic saline solution diluition) in the proportion of 1:4 (solution pattern). To repeat the operation all the time that the healing be accomplished.

BACTERICIDE ACTIVITY
Derived of the CASTOR OIL  Ricinus communis - Hig-Med®

  Dilutions recommended by the Bioscience Institute of the Botucatu State University
of São Paulo, SP-Brazil
and Adolfo Lutz Institute of Bauru,
São Paulo-Brazil.

Microorganism

 

Dilution Hig-Med®/water

 

POSITIVE GRAM

Concentration

Staphylococcus coagulase negative

1:1000

MRSA Staphylococcus aureus metacilin resistant

1:2000

MSSA Staphylococcus aureus metacilin sensitivy

1:1200

Enterococcus

1:240

NEGATIVE GRAM

Concentration

P.aeruginosa

1:4

 solution pattern

E.coli

Enterobacter sp

Citrobacter sp

K. pneumoniae

Acinetobacter

Bacilus subtilis

1:20

Bacilus cereus

Vibrio cholerae

 

To KNOW MORE...

It Consults the Feridologo's Book - 2006
Santos - São Paulo - Brazil