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US 5,403,587 AGranted
Disinfectant and sanitizing compositions based on essential oils
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsKaren A. McCue, Dennis T. Smialowicz
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Abstract
The present invention provides an aqueous antimicrobial composition containing one or more essential oils which exhibit antimicrobial properties and which can be combined with a water carrier and a solubilizing or dispersing agent to form a solution or a dispersion of the essential oil in the water carrier, said essential oil exhibiting antimicrobial properties when incorporated in said water carrier.
Claims9
An aqueous antimicrobial composition comprising:
- a) 0.02 to 5.0 weight percent of an essential oil capable of being dissolved or dispersed in a water carrier and exhibiting antimicrobial properties when incorporated in a water carrier;
- b) a solubilizing or dispersing agent sufficient to form an aqueous solution or dispersion of said essential oil in a water carrier said solubilizing or dispersing agent comprising from 2.75 to 30 weight percent of said composition of an organic solvent and from 0.75 to 10 weight percent of said composition of a surfactant;
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- c) sufficient water to make 100 weight percent.
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