Oral care composition
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsLaurence Marie Bernard, Alison Katharine Green, Elizabeth Sarah Mountney
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Abstract
The invention provides for an oral care composition which contains a non-cationic, water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble antimicrobial agent, and an alkalimetal, ammonium or substituted ammonium alkylsulphate which contains a straight-chain, saturated or unsaturated C10 alkyl group. Such oral care composition provides for a higher antimicrobial efficacy than similar compositions which, however, contain predominantly an alkalimetal C12 alkylsulphate
Claims6
An oral care composition comprising from about 0.1 to about 1% by weight of a non-cationic, water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble antimicrobial agent, and a foaming effective amount of an alkali, ammonium or substituted ammonium C8-C18 alkylsulphate salt, wherein the C8-C18 alkylsulphate salt comprises at least 30% by weight of a straight-chain, saturated or unsaturated C10 alkyl group.
An oral care composition comprising:
- (i) from about 0.1 to about 1% by weight of a non-cationic, water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble antimicrobial agent;
- (ii) from about 0.5 to about 3% by weight of an alkalimetal, ammonium or substituted ammonium C8-C18 alkylsulphate detergent, wherein at least 30% by weight of the detergent is an alkalimetal, ammonium or substituted ammonium alkylsulphate with a straight-chain, saturated or unsaturated C10 alkyl group;
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- (iii) a sodium or stannous fluoride present in an effective amount to prevent caries.
A method for controlling microbial growth on a surface, comprising applying to the surface a composition comprising from about 0.1 to about 1% by weight of a non-cationic, water-insoluble or sparingly water-soluble antimicrobial agent, and a foaming effective amount of an alkali, ammonium or substituted ammonium C8-C18 alkylsulphate salt, wherein the C8-C18 alkylsulphate salt comprises at least 30% by weight of a straight-chain, saturated or unsaturated C10 alkyl group.
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