Use of optical brighteners from the class of the stilbene compounds as antimicrobially active substances
OwnerJ?uuml;rgen Kaschig, Jianwen Maoinventors
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Abstract
Described is the use of a laundry detergent that includes at least one optical brightener from the class of the stilbene compounds for the antimicrobial finishing of textile fiber materials, which comprises washing the fiber materials with this laundry detergent and subsequently exposing the washed textile material to a light source.
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Use of a laundry detergent that includes at least one optical brightener from the class of the stilbene compounds for the antimicrobial finishing of textile fibre materials, which comprises washing the fibre materials with this laundry detergent and subsequently exposing the washed textile material to a light source.
Use according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an optical brightener used is a compound of the formula
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- wherein
- R13 is hydrogen, —SO3M, —O—C1-C4alkyl, —CN, —Cl, —COO—C1-C4alkyl, or CON(C1-C4alkyl)2;
- and
- n3 is 0 or 1, and
- M is as defined in claim 31.
Use of optical brighteners from the class of the stilbene compounds as antimicrobially active substances against microorganisms.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.