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US 4,026,814 AGranted
Oxido-reductase in soap
AssigneeLever Brothers Company
InventorsGeorge Arthur Johnson, Martin Rodney Ewart, Brian Anthony Pethica
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Abstract
A soap with a reduced tendency to generate malodours during storage is provided by incorporating an enzyme system which contains an oxido-reductase enzyme and a hydrogen acceptor.
Claims10
A soap of a fatty acid comprising
- (a) an oxido-reductase enzyme in an amount effective to inhibit the generation of malodors during storage of the soap;
- (b) a hydrogen acceptor selected from the group consisting of nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide, nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide phosphate and mixtures thereof.
A method for the manufacture of a soap of a fatty acid which comprises incorporating in the soap an oxido-reductase enzyme and a hydrogen acceptor selected from the group consisting of nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide, nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide phosphate and mixtures thereof, in an amount effective to inhibit the generation of malodors during storage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.