Tuberculocide

A tuberculocide is a substance or a process which disables or destroys the spore which causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

History

In 1955, Bergsmann studied dairin as a tuberculocide.^[1]

In 1976, Sachse studied peracetic acid as a tuberculocide.^[2]

In 1998, Wang and Ding studied diterpenoids from the roots of Euphorbia ebracteolata (one of the Euphorbia genus) as a tuberculocide.^[3]

In 2010, Zhang et al. reported that Euphorbia fischeriana had been used especially in Asia as a tuberculocide.^[4]

In 2011, Nde et al. studied three oxidative disinfectants as tuberculocides.^[5]