 alko coco hand sanitizer alko coco hand sanitizer the name alko coco was coined after one of the key ingredients that was used to produce the hand sanitizer the founders of alko coco are gregory blyden kezia bess and sharlene roberts they are all lecturers within the department of chemistry faculty of natural sciences ug in explaining how the project was conceptualised mr gregory blyden said we wanted to develop a hand sanitizer that was moisturising one that meets the who guidelines and that would not give a negative effect on the skin over the years of working with laboratory persons especially with sensitive skin people would complain that they have experienced symptoms such as acne drying of the skin and dermatitis after using various pharmaceutical hand sanitizers alko coco sanitizers contain ingredients that have both antibacterial and antimicrobial properties mr blyden with enthusiasm said we still have a number of r and e research and evaluation work to do but it is our hope that by yearend we can develop a product that can be marketed that will satisfy our customers ssmith tue 2142023 1000  