Patent ID: 6495512
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: A01N,A61L

Abstract:
An antimicrobial/fragrance composition capable of eliminating one or more microorganisms from a solid or semi-solid surface or three-space inhabited by said microorganisms consisting essentially of:(a) salicylaldehyde; and (b) at least one organoleptically-compatible antimicrobial synergism cofactor substance with the weight ratio of salicylaldehyde:cofactor substance being from about 1:10 up to about 10:1; the degree of synergism in the mixture being defined according to the IFF Antimicrobial Synergism Test, wherein the difference between the actual and expected antimicrobial values of the mixture is greater than or equal to a multiple of &pgr; and the expected antimicrobial value of the mixture and wherein &pgr; is a value of from about 0.01 up to about 0.10, wherein the cofactor is selected from the group consisting of: (i) at least one phenolic compound having the structure: wherein one or two of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is the same or different C1-C3 alkyl and the other of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 is hydrogen; (ii) benzyl alcohol having the structure: (iii) indole having the structure: (iv) ethyl vanillin having the structure: (v) orcinyl methyl ether having the structure: (vi) terpinenol-4 having the structure: (vii) tetrahydrolinalool having the structure: