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cord-295034-em6z8mlu	Daverey, Achlesh	COVID-19: Eco-friendly hand hygiene for human and environmental safety	2020-11-11		.txt	text/plain	1896	125	40	Frequent handwashing with soap and the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers is recommended by WHO for hand hygiene and to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, there are safety concerns associated with the use of soaps and alcohol-based hand sanitizers. Therefore, the review aims to highlight the health and environmental concerns associated with the frequent use of soaps/detergents and alcohol-based hand sanitizers amid COVID-19. The potential of some of the natural detergents and sanitizing agents as eco-friendly alternatives to petrochemical-based soaps and alcohol-based hand rubs for hand hygiene are discussed. Overall, all these properties of plant-derived natural soaps and detergents have the potential to replace the synthetic detergents and alcohol-based sanitizers. Economical production of biosurfactants and extraction of bioactive antimicrobial agents from the plants will play a crucial role in their commercial application and sustainability as eco-friendly soaps and hand sanitizers and therefore further research is needed in this direction.	./cache/cord-295034-em6z8mlu.txt	./txt/cord-295034-em6z8mlu.txt