Spoilage retardant compositions for treatment of crops
AssigneeBotanocap Ltd.
InventorsAvishay PELAH, Yigal GEZUNDHAIT, Rafael ISCHAKOV
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided is a microcapsule including a wax encapsulating an essential oil. As provided, the wax may be a naturally occurring wax having a melting point above 60° C., the microcapsule may comprises 5-25% by weight of the essential oil, the microcapsule may have an average diameter of 5-1000 microns, and the microcapsule may be a matrix type microcapsule in which the essential oil is distributed uniformly within the wax.
Claims21
-23. (canceled)
A microcapsule comprising a wax encapsulating an essential oil,
- wherein the wax is a naturally occurring wax having a melting point above 60° C., the microcapsule comprises 5-25% by weight of the essential oil, the microcapsule has a diameter of 5-1000 microns and the microcapsule is a matrix type microcapsule in which the essential oil is distributed uniformly within the wax.
A sachet sealed in an airtight package comprising a plurality of microcapsules comprising a wax encapsulating an essential oil,
- wherein the wax is a naturally occurring wax having a melting point above 60° C., the microcapsules comprise 12-25% by weight of the essential oil, the microcapsules are matrix type microcapsules in which the essential oil is uniformly distributed within the wax and the microcapsules have an average diameter of 5-1000 microns.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.