Antimicrobial compositions derived from high-lauric vegetable oils
AssigneeBurke Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorCharles Day
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Abstract
Provided herein are antimicrobial compositions comprising derivatives of lauric acid, and methods for preparing and using such compositions. As a non-limiting example, a process for preparing an antimicrobial composition may comprise: (1) a saponification step wherein a high-lauric vegetable oil is contacted with a strong base, thereby providing a high-laurate soap component; (2) a lipolysis step wherein a high-lauric vegetable oil is contacted with a lipase, thereby providing a lipolyzed oil composition comprising glycerol monolaurate; and (3) a combination step wherein the soap composition is combined with the lipolyzed oil composition, thereby providing the antimicrobial foaming soap composition.
Claims29
An antimicrobial composition comprising:
- at least about 50% by weight of 2-lauryl glycerol;
- and a high-laurate soap component,
- wherein the composition comprises 2-lauryl glycerol in a concentration of at least about 2 mM;
- and wherein the high-laurate soap component comprises at least about 5% by weight of a lauric acid salt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.