Antibacterial and antifungal composition
AssigneeNippon Gohsei Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasayasu Hasegawa, Hideo Nishikawa, Yasuo Kotani
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Abstract
An antibacterial and antifungal composition comprising (A) at least one member selected from the group consisting of dehydroacetic acid, sorbic acid and their alkali metal salts and (B) at least one member selected from the group consisting of o-phenylphenol and its alkali metal salts, p-chloro-m-xylenol, 2-(4-thiazolyl)-1H-benzimidazole, 8-hydroxyquinoline and its salts and chelates, methyl 1-(butylcarbamoyl)-2-benzimidazolecarbamate, tetrachloroisophthalonitrile and N-(fluorodichloromethylthio)phthalimide. The antibacterial and antifungal effects can be synergistically increased when the component (A) is employed in combination with the component (B).
Claims1
An antibacterial and antifungal composition comprising a mixture of:
- (A) at least one member selected from the group consisting of dehydroacetic acid, and its alkali metal salts;
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- (B) tetrachloroisophthalonitrile, wherein the weight ratio of component (A) to component (B) is in the range of 95/5 to 60/40.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.