Patent ID: 6287585
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A01N,A61P,C11D

Abstract:
A method of inhibiting microorganisms present in laundry, said method comprising treating the laundry with a soaking, washing or rinsing liquor comprising a poly-cationic compound and one or more of an oxidase or a peroxidase, under conditions effective to inhibit said microorganisms, wherein the poly-cationic compound is a polymer comprising:a) 0.1 to 100 mol % vinyl amine or ethyleneimine units;b) 0 to 99.9 mol % units of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of N-vinylcarboxamides of the formula I ##STR10##wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl;vinyl formate, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate vinyl alcohol, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl vinyl ethers mono ethylenic unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -carboxylic acid, and esters, nitriles, amides and anhydrides thereof, N-vinylurea, N-imidazoles and N-vinyl imidazolines; andc) 0 to 5 mol % units of monomers having at least two unsaturated ethylenic double bonds, wherein the total amount of a), b) and c) in the polymer being 100 mol.