Anti-adherent botanical compositions

• Main Authors: Yang Huang, Kathleen Clare Engelbrecht, David William Koenig, Aimin He, Divesh Bhatt, Amy Lynn Vanden Heuvel, Vinod Chaudhary, Scott W Wenzel
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.09.2020
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

A composition comprising a carrier and an effective amount of botanical agent. The botanical agent is selected from the group consisting of soybean extract, horse chestnut extract, gypenoside, resveratrol, Astragalus extract, rhubarb root extract, Cassia seed extract, Ginkgo biloba extract, silymarin, and combinations thereof. The composition has microbial anti-adherent properties. The botanical agent can be present in the amount of 0.01% to 20% by weight of the composition. The carrier can be hydrophilic. The composition can comprise a humectant, an emollient, an emulsifier and an antimicrobial agent. A further aspect of the invention is a wipe comprising a nonwoven substrate and an anti-adherent composition comprising one or more of the botanical agents wherein the botanical agent is present in the amount of 0.01% to 20% by total weight of the composition. The wipe can comprise a humectant. The wipe can comprise the botanical agent in an amount of 0.1% to 10% by total weight of the composition.