Patent ID: 6506737
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: A01N,A61L

Abstract:
A composition for antimicrobial or antiviral use, comprising the product of an in-situ reaction of:(a) a source of a protonizable phosphorus compound of the formula: wherein X is an anion, R, R1, R11 and R111 are each independently a straight or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, in which the hydrocarbon is unsubstituted or substituted by carboxyl, or alkylamido, or in which the hydrocarbon chain is uninterrupted or interrupted by a heteroatom; an aryl group, or aralkyl group in which alkyl has 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and(b) a halide source containing at least two moles of iodide for every one mole of chloride or bromide.