Deodorizing active ingredients

US5516510A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Reckitt & Colman Limited · CH

Inventors

• Wolfgang Beilfuss · Hamburg, DE
• Heinz Eggensperger · Hamburg, DE
• Karl-Heinz Diehl · Norderstedt, DE
• Peter Oltmanns · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 1993
• Grant date: May 14, 1996
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K8/345
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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.