I'm trying to see if lubes with glycerol contribute to yeast infections and I need to design a media that will mimic the conditions inside the vagina.
*It needs to be carbohydrate-poor enough that I can create a (-) control without being too unlike vaginal fluid.
*The lubes have to dissolve into it (water-based will work fine, but I don't know what to do about silicone or oil-based lubes)
*It should have a chemical composition as similar as possible to vaginal fluid.
I have enough information to create rudimentary synthetic vaginal fluid for the media, but I expect it to be "goopy". I've only ever done cell cultures in agar or liquid media and I don't know if it will work in the fake-vaginal fluid goo.
any suggestions?
also I saw a pending patent on a synthetic cervical mucus, has anyone seen it before?
is it fore sale anywhere?
