by Harish Gupta, National Editor, Lokmat Group
Pune company invents chemical free disinfectant to fight COVID 19
Harish Gupta
New Delhi, April 4
Weinnovate Biosolutions, a Pune based startup supported by the Central government has invented a non-alcoholic aqueous-based Colloidal Silver solution for disinfecting hands and environmental surfaces.
This liquid is noninflammable and free of hazardous chemicals and can be an effective sanitizer to prevent the spread of the infection through contact – the prime method of transmission of the pandemic, thereby protecting health professionals and other infected people.
The solution has undergone lab testing, and the manufacturers have received the test license. Preliminary work on synthesizing colloidal silver in a small scale and scale-up batch upto 5 liters has been conducted with reproducibility.
“We are aiming to manufacture primarily a minimum of 200 liters of colloidal silver solution per day with our manufacturing set up to cater to the demand of hand sanitization and disinfection. With our solution, we are positive to reduce the number in infection spread and helping India to be infection-free,” said Dr. Milind Choudhari, one of the founders of Weinnovate Biosolutions.
Interestingly, the government today put out this information official at its official portal. The innovation was funded and supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
The colloidal silver solution of Weinnovate Biosolutions, which is based on the ability of the silver nanoparticles to prevent the synthesis of viral negative-strand RNA and viral budding, is free from hazardous chemicals and has no risk of inflammability compared to alcohol-based disinfectants.
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, issued a statement supporting the new invention.
Silver nanoparticles have been found to be an effective antiviral which act against many deadly viruses like HIV, Hepatitis B, Herpes simplex virus, Influenza virus, and so on.
An Indian patent has been filed for the process of making of colloidal silver, and a test license for making hand sanitizers and disinfectants has been granted.
