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Citral

Citral – Упаковка Цитральrepresents oily yellowish liquid, not soluble in water and possessing a characteristic smell of a lemon.

Chemical structure

Citral is the nonlimiting aliphatic aldehyde reminding a structure of a side chain of a molecule of vitamin A on the chemical structure.

Pharmacological effect of Citral

Citral has analgeziruyushchy, antiseptic and antiinflammatory effects. Drug is rather active concerning the majority of pathological microorganisms. In addition well stimulates processes of epithelization (healing of damages) of a cornea and conjunctiva. According to reviews the Citral applied on integuments is practically not absorbed (on it is soaked up).

Indications

Citral is generally applied locally to treatment:

• Konjyunktivitov;

• Keratitov;

• Dry syndrome of Shegren (gipolakrimiya);

• Nipple cracks at nursing mothers.

Citral is a part of many medicines as one of excipients giving them a pleasant lemon smell. The mixture with Tsitralyyu which is widely applied in pediatric practice is most known.

Application instruction

At diseases of eyes Citral is used in the form of aqueous-alcoholic solution (1:10000) which is dug in in each eye on two drops by three times a day.

According to reviews Citral is very effective at treatment of nipple cracks. In this case in solution of drug moisten a small gauze napkin, and I put to nipples after each feeding and for the night. Just before feeding the napkin is removed, and the nipple and peripapillary area are carefully washed out under flowing water before full removal of the remains of Citral.

Contraindications to use

According to the instruction CitralФормула Цитраля is contraindicated in case of existence at the patient of individual hypersensitivity to this medicine.

Side effects of Citral

There are no data on side effects of this medicine now.

Interaction of Citral with other medicines

Combined use of Citral and Riboflavinum (B2 Vitamin) promotes considerable acceleration of epithelization of a cornea and conjunctiva.

Overdose

In the instruction to Citral it is noted that there are no data on possible overdose by this medicine so far.

Form of production of Citral

Citral is produced in the form of 1% of spirit solution in glass dark bottles on 10,0 ml.

 
 
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