ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING ALKYLPYRAZINES AND THEIR USES

• Main Authors: LIEBMINGER, Stefan, BERG, Gabriele, LANGE, Laura
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Hungarian
• Published: 28.05.2021
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; BUTCHERING; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FISHING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEAT TREATMENT; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; SLAUGHTERING; THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRAPPING

Embodiments of the invention relates to an antimicrobial composition comprising an alkyl pyrazine compound or mixture of compounds selected from the group consisting of 2-isobutyl-3-methylpyrazine, 2-isobutyl-3-methoxypyrazine, 2-isopropylpyrazine, 2-isobutylpyrazine and mixtures of methylpyrazines having one, two and three isopropyl or isobutyl substituents. Further embodiments of the invention relate to uses of alkyl pyrazine compounds, in particular for controlling microbial growth.