Deodorant compositions containing cyclodextrin odor controlling agents

US6123932A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Gerald John Guskey · Montgomery, US
• Dennis Ray Bacon · Milford, US
• Prem S. Juneja · Cincinnati, US
• Curtis Bobby Motley · Sharonville, US
• George P. Rizzi · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61K2800/31
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are aqueous and anhydrous deodorant compositions which comprise from about 0.1% to about 89.9% by weight of a cyclodextrin odor controlling agent, from about 0.1% to about 30% by weight of a solid non-polymeric gellant and from about 10% to about 90% by weight of an aqueous or anhydrous liquid carrier. Also disclosed are methods of using and making the compositions. The disclosed compositions are especially effective at preventing or eliminating malodors resulting from perspiration.