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Chlorhexidine is a very effective and widely used antiseptic first marketed in the U.K. in 1953 under the trade name ‘Hibitane’*. It is a strong base which is now extensively formulated as the water-soluble salt formed with 1,5-D-gluconolactone. The name chlorhexidine has an unfortunate resemblance to that of hexachlorophane, but the physical, chemical and antibacterial1 properties of the two compounds are quite different (Fig. 1).
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Case, D.E., McAinsh, J., Rushton, A., Winrow, M.J. (1976). “Chlorhexidine: Attempts to Detect Percutaneous Absorption in Man”. In: Williams, J.D., Geddes, A.M. (eds) Special Problems in Chemotherapy. Chemotherapy, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3120-9_57
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