Fig. 5From: GermiX: A skin friendly hand sanitizer with prolonged effectivity against pathogenic bacteriaMode of anti-bacterial activity of PHS. a, b Bacterial membrane disruption by PHS is evaluated through potassium (K+) ion efflux in S. epidermidis (a) and S. aureus (b) measured as parts per million (ppm) of K+ ions in the medium and represented comparatively over a period of 5 min post-treatment with standard hand sanitizer (positive control) and PHSBack to article page