Patent ID: 8735338
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: C11D

Abstract:
1. A surfactant composition comprising: a surfactant package of one or more surfactants, at least one of said one or more surfactants comprising an anionic surfactant, and a protein component having a concentration sufficient to substantially increase the surface activity of the one or more surfactants relative to the surface activity of the one or more surfactants in the absence of the protein component, wherein the anionic surfactant is selected from fatty acid alkylolamide sulfosuccinate, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl ether sulfate, and alkyl benzene sulfonate; and wherein the protein component comprises a mixture of multiple intracellular proteins, at least a portion of the mixture includes yeast polypeptides obtained from a yeast fermentation process and yeast heat shock proteins resulting from subjecting a mixture obtained from the yeast fermentation process to heat stress.