Hypochlorous acid has a broad antibacterial spectrum
代表的なウィルスの構造的分類
| ゲノム（核酸）種 | エンベロープあり | エンベロープなし |
| RNA | インフルエンザウィルス SARSウィルス RSウィルス デングウィルス 風疹ウィルス 麻疹ウィルス 日本脳炎ウィルス 黄熱ウィルス C型肝炎ウィルス HIVウィルス |
ノロウィルス ロタウィルス ポリオウィルス コクサッキーウィルス エンテロウィルス A型肝炎ウィルス ライノウィルス |
| DNA | ヘルペスウィルス B型肝炎ウィルス |
アデノウィルス ヒトパピローマウィルス |
Difference between the effects of hypochlorous acid and ethanol
Viruses are divided into two groups; viruses that have a viral envelope and lack viral envelope. Just as the nucleus is surrounded by cell wall in a bacterium, some viruses, such as Influenza virus is surrounded by the viral envelope, and on the other hand, some viruses such as Norovirus is classified as the non-enveloped virus, which lacks viral envelope.
Ethanol is known to be an effective disinfectant because it is capable of dissolving lipids, which are what the viral envelope is mostly composed of. Hence, ethanol can inactivate viruses surrounded by the viral envelope. However, ethanol cannot inactivate viruses without the viral envelope.
In contrast, hypochlorous acid, the active ingredient of sodium hypochlorite and aqueous hypochlorous acid, can inactivate non-enveloped viruses which are highly resistant to disinfectants. Furthermore, aqueous hypochlorous acid is much quicker at inactivating than sodium hypochlorite.