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US 12,622,865 B2Granted
Oral care compositions and methods of use
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsManas Vyas, Sandip Rege, Ekta Makwana, Manish Mandhare, Manisha Jha, Bernal Stewart, Payal Arora, Bhagyashri Chavan
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Abstract
This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising herbal extracts including, e.g., Gymnema sylvestre, Emblica officinalis, Eugenia jambolana, Azadirachta indica, and combinations thereof and zinc salts, e.g., zinc citrate and zinc oxide. Additionally, the invention relates to methods of using and of making these compositions, e.g., method of using the oral care compositions to treat gingivitis in diabetic consumers.
Claims16
An oral care composition comprising:
- a. an effective amount of a zinc ion source;
- b. a fluoride source;
- and
- c. an herbal extract consisting of:
- from 0.1 to less than 0.5 wt. % of Gymnema sylvestre extract, based on the weight of the oral care composition, and Eugenia jambolana extract, and optionally melia azadirachta seed oil and/or amla extract, wherein the oral care composition is free of herbal extracts other than Gymnema sylvestre extract, Eugenia jambolana extract, melia azadirachta seed oil and amla extract, and wherein
- the oral care composition demonstrates at least a 35% reduction in gum sponginess, relative to a control that does not contain the zinc ion source and the herbal extract, wherein the reduction is measured by a Visual Analog Scale.
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An oral care composition comprising:
- a zinc source;
- a fluoride source;
- from 20 to 50 wt. % of a calcium carbonate;
- water;
- and
- an herbal extract present in a total amount of 0.2 to 0.5 wt. %, the herbal extract consisting of Gymnema sylvestre extract and amla extract, wherein the oral care composition is free of herbal extracts other than Gymnema sylvestre extract and amla extract, and wherein
- all weight percentages are based on the total weight of the oral care composition.
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