Patent ID: 6540988
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A method for reducing or preventing body malodour by topically applying to human skin a composition comprising an active agent capable of inhibiting the production of odoriferous steroids by micro-organisms on the skin surface, wherein the agent is a perfume composition which is capable of inhibiting bacterial 4-ene reductase and/or 5âˆž-reductase and which comprises at least 30% by weight of at least 5 perfume components selected from the group consisting of (Z)-3,4,5,6,6-pentamethylhept-3-en-2-one, mixtures of diethyl- and dimethyl-cyclohex-2-en-1-one, citronellol, 2-methyl-3-(4-(1-methylethyl)phenyl)propanal, 2-(methyloxy)-4-propyl-1-benzenol, 4-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-(4-methyl-3-pentenyl)cyclohex-3-ene-1-carbaldehyde, 3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methyl-propanal, &agr;-ionone, &bgr;-ionone, 4-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)cyclohex-3-enecarbaldehyde, 3-(4-hydroxy-4-methylpentyl)-cyclohex-3-ene carbaldehyde, methyl iso-eugenol, tetrahydrolinalol, coriander, benzyl salicylate, dupical, phenyl ethyl alcohol, 9-decenol, clove leaf oil distilled, citral and vanillin.