Table 3.
Representation of commercially available antimicrobial agents on the market [72].
| Product Name | Company | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agion® | Sciessent, Beverly, MA, USA | Silver and zeolite-based additive |
| AlphaSan® | Milliken Chemical, Spartanburg, SC, USA | Silver-based additive |
| BioGaurd® | AEGI Microbe Shield, Huntersville, NC, USA | Finishing agent based on 3-trimethoxysilylpropyldimethyloctadecylammonium chloride |
| Biozac ZS | Zschimmer & Schwarz Mohsdorf GmbH, Burgstadt, Germany | PHMB-based finishing agent |
| Cosmocil CQ™ | Lonza, Basel, Germany | Polyaminopropyl biguanide- based additive |
| Eosy® | Unitika, Osaka, Japan | Finishing agent based on chitosan |
| Irgaurd® 1000 | BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany | Finishing agent based on triclosan |
| Irgasan | Sigma Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA | Finishing agent based on triclosan |
| Microban® | Microban International, Huntersville, NC, USA | Triclosan-based agent |
| Reputex™ | Lonza, Basel, Germany | PHMB-based finishing agent |
| Sanigard KC | L. N. Chemical Industries, Maharashtra, India | Finishing agent belonging to the QAC group |
| Saniguard Nano-ZN | L. N. Chemical Industries, Maharashtra, India | Finishing solution based on aqueous nano-dispersion of zinc oxide |
| Sanitised® | SANITIZED AG, Burgdorf, Germany | Finishing agent based on 3-trimethoxysilylpropyldimethyloctadecylammonium chloride |
| Silpure® | Thomson Research Associates, Toronto, ON, Canada | Silver particles-based finishing agent |
| Silvadur™ | The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI, USA | Interpenetrating polymer network with silver ions |
| SmartSilver® | Nanohorizon Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA | Silver nanoparticles-based agent |
| Silverion 2400 | Pure Bioscience, Inc., El Cajon, CA, USA | Stabilised silver complex-based agent |