Oral hygiene compositions containing antiplaque agents
AssigneeLever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsVan Au, Robert G. Carson, Bijan Harirchian, Kurt M. Schilling
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Abstract
Dentifrice compositions including specific aldobionamides having a .beta.-galactosidic linkage e.g., lactobionamides, which act as antimicrobial agents and/or inhibitors of bacterial adhesion.
Claims29
An oral hygiene composition comprising a suitable carrier and an effective plaque-inhibiting amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aldobionamide and a corresponding ammonium salt of aldobionic acid, wherein the compound includes (i) at least one .beta.-galactosidic linkage and (ii) an amide group:
- ##STR7## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, an aromatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical, an amino acid ester and mixtures thereof.
A method of inhibiting plaque growth in an oral cavity comprising applying into the oral cavity a composition comprising an effective plaque-inhibiting amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aldobionamide and a corresponding ammonium salt of aldobionic acid, wherein the aldobionamide includes (i) at least one .beta.-galactosidic linkage and (ii) an amide group:
- ##STR9## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical, an aromatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical, an amino acid ester and mixtures thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.