Polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan mono-fatty acid esters strongly enhanced the inactivation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by steam-heat treatment at 121 degrees C, as assayed by using the Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) and the pyrogen test. In an aqueous solution containing 0.1% surfactant, the decrease of LPS (1 microgram/ml) from E. coli 055:B5 at 121 degrees C followed first-order kinetics. Based on the LAL assay, 0.1% surfactant was essential to achieve 3-log cycle reduction of LPS with concomitant loss of pyrogenicity by steam-heat treatment for 20 min at 121 degrees C. Steam-heat treatment for 20 min at 121 degrees C in the absence of surfactant was insufficient to achieve depyrogenation. Polyoxyethylene (9) lauryl ether and decaglycerin mono-laurate similarly enhanced depyrogenation by steam-heat treatment. The effects of all the surfactants were concentration-dependent for all of the six kinds of LPS examined.
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