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US 5,516,510 AGranted
Deodorizing active ingredients
AssigneeReckitt & Colman Inc.
InventorsWolfgang Beilfuss, Heinz Eggensperger, Karl-Heinz Diehl, Peter Oltmanns
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Abstract
Deodorant compositions comprise glycerin monoalkyl ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which R is a branched or unbranched C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 alkyl in combination with other deodorant ingredients. Preferably R is C.sub.8 to C.sub.12 alkyl; more particularly, C.sub.8 alkyl; and most preferably, 2-ethylhexyl.
Claims6
An aqueous or alcoholic deodorizing composition for human body odor comprising
- (a) from 0.01 to 20 wt % of a deodorizing glycerin monoalkyl ether of the general formula ##STR4## in which R is a branched or unbranched C.sub.8 -C.sub.12 group, and (b) an effective amount of one or more substances selected from the group consisting of
- (i) astringent and other skin-compatible active ingredients with specific action against odor-causing bacteria, said ingredients selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxychloride, dibromodicyanobutane, 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-phenol, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-diol-1,3, octenidine salts and alexidine salts, and
- (ii) naturally occurring deodorizing active ingredients selected from the group consisting of farnesol, phenoxyethanol, glycerin monolaurate, alkali rhodanides, linalool, citronellol, geraniol and phenethyl alcohol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.