Salicylaldehyde-containing composition having antimicrobial and fragrancing properties and process for using same

A process for eliminating at least one microorganism selected from the group consisting of:

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa;
• Staphylococcus aureus;
• and
• Saccharomyces cerevisae
• from a solid or semi-solid surface or a three-space inhabited by said microorganisms comprising the step of applying to said surface or three-space a microorganism-eliminating concentration and quantity of p-cresol having the structure:
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Means for creation of electronic data processing software designed to yield information for indication of antimicrobial synergism for a fragance-antimicrobial formulation comprising:

• (a) means for ascertainment of specific antimicrobial-fragrance components, which individually eliminate given microorganisms on a solid or semi-solid surface and/or in a three-space inhabited by said microorganisms measured by δAi and δBi, dimensions of antimicrobial inhibition areas with associated data input to memory;
• (b) means for formulating one or more mixtures of said specific antimicrobial-fragrance components of (a) having weight fractions or mole fractions of components, fiA and fiB, with associated data input to memory;
• (c) means for ascertainment of data indicative of antimicrobial activity of the mixtures of (b), ΔA, with associated data input to memory, [ΔA−ΔE] being the actual dimension of antimicrobial inhibition of a given area or volume;
• (d) means for calculation of the expected value, ΔE, of antimicrobial activity of the mixtures of (b) using the inputted, stored memory data of (a) [δAi and δBi] and [fiA and fiB] wherein the term, ΔE, is a measure of the expected value of the dimension of the zone of antimicrobial inhibition, according to the algorithm:
• ΔE=ΣδAifiA+ΣδBifiB;
• and the terms, δAi and δBi, are measures of the dimensions of zones of antimicrobial inhibition for each of the components of the mixture in pure form;
• and wherein, fiA and fiB, are measures of the mole fractions or weight fractions of each of the components in the mixture;
• (e) means for storing in server memory the data required for calculation of k, the IFF Antimicrobial/Olfactory Synergism Test Constant, which is the product of π, a preselected confidence interval fraction varying from 0.01 up to 0.1 and ΔE;
• (f) means for ascertainment of the difference, [ΔA−ΔE], and the product, K=(ΔE)π, with associated data input to server memory;
• (g) means for instructing the setting of a system to accept a formulation in the event of:
• ΔA−ΔE≧K or λ>O
• and reject a formulation in the event of:
• λ≦0, wherein λ, the measure of degree of synergism, is defined thusly:
• λ={[ΔA−ΔE]−K};
• and
• (h) means for instructing the repetition of steps (a) through (g), inclusive, in the event of a result of λ≦O.