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US 2006/0134023 A1Published application
Oral care malodor composition
AssigneeColgate-Palmolive Company
InventorsShira Pilch, Malcolm Williams, Joe Vazquez
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Abstract
An oral odor control agent admixture of generally equivalent proportions of thymol, anise, fennel, basil, and juniperberry essential oils shows efficacy as an odor control agent in oral care for control of garlic odor.
Claims21
An oral odor control agent admixture composition, comprising:
- (a) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent thymol essential oil;
- (b) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent anise essential oil;
- (c) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent fennel essential oil;
- (d) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent basil essential oil;
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- (e) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of juniperberry essential oil.
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An oral care composition comprising:
- (a) an oral care vehicle;
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- (b) from about 0.3 weight percent to about 2 weight percent oral odor control agent dispersed in said oral care vehicle, said odor control agent comprising essential oils in respective proportions to said odor control agent of
- (1) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent thymol essential oil,
- (2) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent anise essential oil,
- (3) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent fennel essential oil,
- (4) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent basil essential oil, and
- (5) a remainder of juniperberry essential oil wherein said juniperberry essential oil is from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of said odor control agent.
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A method for making an oral odor control formulation for diminishing garlic malodor, comprising:
- (a) admixing thymol, anise, fennel, basil, and juniperberry essential oils to comprise an odor control agent of
- (1) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent thymol essential oil,
- (2) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent anise essential oil,
- (3) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent fennel essential oil,
- (4) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent basil essential oil, and
- (5) a remainder of juniperberry essential oil wherein said juniperberry essential oil is from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of said oral admixture composition;
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- (b) admixing an orally effective proportion of said odor control agent with an oral care vehicle.
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A method for suppressing oral malodor, comprising:
- applying to the oral cavity an oral care vehicle having an orally effective amount of a dispersed odor control agent, said odor control agent comprising essential oils in respective proportions to said odor control agent of:
- (1) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent thymol essential oil;
- (2) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent anise essential oil;
- (3) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent fennel essential oil;
- (4) from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent basil essential oil;
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- (5) a remainder of juniperberry essential oil wherein said juniperberry essential oil is from about 10 weight percent to about 30 weight percent of said odor control agent.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.