A Short Review on Triclosan

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  • Chandershekar . A Third year B. Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Gautham College of Pharmacy, RT Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Bhaskar A. Third year B. Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Gautham College of Pharmacy, RT Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Pooja . Third year B. Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Gautham College of Pharmacy, RT Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Mekkanti Manasa Rekha PHARM-D[PH-D], Assistance Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Gautham College of Pharmacy, R.T Nagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Rinku Mathappan M-PHARM, PH-D Principal, Department of Pharmacognosy, Gautham College of Pharmacy, RT Nagar Bangalore, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/tdd.v7i2.768

Abstract

Abstract

Triclosan (TCS) is an antibacterial and antifungal agent present in consumers products, and also seen in toothpaste, soaps, detergents and surgical products. It’s having the same mechanism of action as triclosan and potent as antimicrobial agent, which is having risk of antimicrobial resistant and change in hormonal development. TCS was banned from the consumers products by FDA in December 2017, but it still remains high in concentration in the consumer care products. Such as sanitizers, soaps, hand washes deodorant etc. Triclosan is readily absorbed into human skin and oral mucosa and found in various tissues and fluids. These articles describes about human health effects associated with TCS exposure causes reproductive problems and different types of cancers etc which is summarized.

Keywords: 2, 3, 7-trichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin(2, 3, 7-TCDD), 2, 4-dichlorophenol (2, 4-DCP), Dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (DCDD), Dioxin like compound (DLC), Endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC), ortho- methylation, Polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD), Triclosan (TCS), Triclosan- methyl (m- TCS),

Cite this Article

Chandershekar A., Bhaskar A., Pooja, Mekkanti Manasa Rekha, Rinku Mathappan. A Short Review on Triclosan. Trends in Drug Delivery. 2020; 7(2): 7–14p.

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Published

2020-09-18

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 2 (2020)

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Review Article

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