Gynecology & Obstetrics
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Department of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Policlinico Le Scotte, University of Siena, Italy

Publications

• Research   
  Clinical Evidence on a New Thymol and Zinc-Based Cleanser for Feminine Hygiene in a Double-Blind Controlled Randomized Study
  Author(s): Cappelli V, Benvenuti C, Gasparri F, Andrea Zanardi and De Leo Vincenzo*
  
  Objective: In women hypersensitive to aggressive detergents or easily developing genital dryness, the daily feminine hygiene should require caution in adopting an adequate product to avoid the onset or the impairment of an inflammatory condition, still maintaining high protection against infection. A new intimate cleanser, called Saugella Acti3 (SA3), containing antimicrobial ingredients (thymol and Zinc) with mild non-aggressive natural surfactants (derived from coconut and the amino acids of wheat) and mucoadhesive agents (xanthan gum and carrageenan) was formulated. Zinc potentiates antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant action of thymol, and the mucoadhesive system increases the permanence in situ of the active ingredients, so prolonging their effect. Natural surfactants stimulate an epidermal renewal of keratinocytes, restructuring the damaged skin and .. View More»
  

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