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US 4,304,679 AGranted
Detergent product containing deodorant compositions
AssigneeLever Brothers Company
InventorsDavid C. Hooper, George A. Johnson, Donald Peter
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Abstract
A deodorant detergent product comprises a non-soap detergent active compound, and a deodorant composition. The product can be used for personal washing of the skin and will as a result reduce human body malodor. The product can also be employed for washing fabrics which when subsequently worn in contact with the skin aid in the reduction of human body malodor.
Claims14
A deodorant detergent product comprising:
- (i) from 0.5 to 99.99% by weight of a non-soap detergent active compound, and
- (ii) from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a deodorant composition comprising from 45 to 100% by weight of deodorant 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.
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