Patent ID: 9073966
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: C07C,C07K,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting compounds having the ability to suppress or reduce malodor development on body surfaces, which comprises: providing a medium that includes a compound to be screened and at least one bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of family Streptococci, Corynebacteria and Bacilli, or a preparation comprising a functional β-lyase; adding to the medium at least one precursor compound of formula (I′) in which R with the dotted line representing the location of the carbon bond binding to the sulphur atom and; determining a change in the amount of at least one metabolite of the precursor compound or the presence of the precursor compound itself to determine whether the screened compound has the ability to suppress or reduce malodor or malodor development.