Antimicrobial Compositions and Related Methods of Use
AssigneeJeneil Biosurfactant Company, LLC
InventorsNiranjan R. Gandhi, Victoria Palmer Skebba, Gary A. Strobel
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Abstract
Antimicrobial compositions comprising one or more compound components generally recognized as safe for human consumption, and related methods of use, such compositions and methods as can be employed in a wide range of agricultural, industrial, building, pharmaceutical, personal care and/or animal care products and applications.
Claims20
A naturally-derived antimicrobial composition comprising a C2-about C5 acid component;
- a C2-about C5 acid ester component;
- and at least two C2-about C5 components isolatable from a volatile by-product of an isolated culture of Muscodor crispans, said composition having a pathogen activity profile different from an isolated, cultured Muscodor crispans, a volatile by-product thereof or a synthetic mixture of said volatile by-product.
A naturally-derived antimicrobial composition comprising about 8-about 10 components selected from C2-about C5 alcohols, C2-about C5 ketones, C2-about C5 aldehydes, C2-about C5 acids and C2-about C5 acid esters, each said component isolatable from an isolated culture of M. crispans, said composition having a pathogen activity profile different from the pathogen activity profile of an isolated, cultured Muscodor crispans, a volatile by-product thereof or a synthetic mixture of a said volatile by-product, each said component of said composition generally recognized as safe for human consumption under Chapter 21 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.
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