Disinfecting agent comprising eugenol, terpineol and thymol

• Main Authors: CHAKRABORTTY AMIT, MEDEPALLI SRILAXMI VENKATA, CHEVITI BHARAT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.09.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; 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; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; TRAPPING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

The present invention relates to a method of disinfecting a surface and to antimicrobial composition, particularly for personal cleaning, oral care, or hard surface cleaning. It is an object of the present invention to provide for an antimicrobial composition that has relatively fast antimicrobial action. The inventors have found that use of small amounts of eugenol in combination with thymol and terpineol enables this fast kinetics at much lower amount of thymol and terpineol than without eugenol.