Detergent product containing deodorant compositions
AssigneeLever Brothers Company
InventorsDavid C. Hooper, George A. Johnson, Donald Peter
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Abstract
A deodorant toilet bar comprises a soap mixture; optionally, straight chain fatty acids; and a deodorant composition. The bar can be employed for personal washing of the skin and will as a result reduce human body malodor.
Claims16
A deodorant toilet soap bar comprising:
- (i) from 0.5 to 99.9% by weight of a soap mixture;
- (ii) from 0 to 15% by weight of C.sub.6 to C.sub.18 straight chain fatty acids;
- and
- (iii) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant active components, said components having a lipoxidase-inhibiting capacity of at least 50% or a Raoult variance ratio of at least 1.1, said components being classified into six classes consisting of:
- Class 1:
- phenolic substances
- Class 2:
- essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils
- Class 3:
- aldehydes and ketones
- Class 4:
- polycyclic compounds
- Class 5:
- esters
- Class 6:
- alcohols
- provided that where a component can be classified into more than one class, it is placed in the lower or lowest numbered class;
- said components being so selected that
- (a) the deodorant composition contains at least five components of which at least one must be selected from each of Class 1,Class 2 and Class 4;
- (b) the deodorant composition contains components from at least 4 of the 6 classes, and
- (c) any component present in the deodorant composition at a concentration of less than 0.5% by weight of said composition is eliminated from the requirements of (a) and (b), said deodorant composition having a deodorant value of from 0.50 to 3.5 as measured by the Deodorant Value Test.
A method for suppressing human body malodour which comprises applying to the skin in the region of apocrine sweat glands a malodour reducing amount of a deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant active components, said components having a lipoxidase-inhibiting capacity of at least 50% or a Raoult variance ratio of at least 1.1, said components being classified into six classes consisting of:
- Class 1:
- phenolic substances
- Class 2:
- essential oils, extracts, resins and synthetic oils
- Class 3:
- aldehydes and ketones Class 4:
- polycyclic compounds
- Class 5:
- esters
- Class 6:
- alcohols,
- provided that where a component can be classified into more than one class, it is placed in the lower or lowest numbered class;
- said components being so selected that
- (a) the deodorant composition contains at least five components of which at least one must be selected from each of Class 1, Class 2 and Class 4;
- (b) the deodorant composition contains components from at least 4 of the 6 classes, and
- (c) any component present in the deodorant composition at a concentration of less than 0.5% by weight of said composition is eliminated from the requirements of (a) and (b).
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