ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS IN SELECTED COSMETIC PRODUCTS USED BY FEMALE STUDENTS OF ABIA STATE POLYTECHINC, ABA
Abstract
The microorganisms need readily accessible water in perceptible amounts for their proliferation. The water activity (aw) of the aqueous preparations can be decreased by drying; addition of polyethylene glycol PEG). and or high concentrations of sugars (Baird, 201 1). As a result of microbial growth, the pharmaceutical preparations can get inactivated through the breakdown of its active ingredients; thus resulting in the reduction of the drug efficacy (Campana et al., 2006). Hence, we should firmly avoid microbial contamination of the drugs (Baird 2011). Drug registration control; production control (i.e., raw materials; the manufacturing process, and the finished product), and the distribution control, are the three major phases of the drug control s:’stern. which supervise and guarantee maintenance of the standards
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