Patent ID: 6599514
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: A01N,A23L

Abstract:
An antifungal composition comprising one or more antifungal agents and one or more food additives wherein said one or more antifungal agents is an antifungal protein which is isolated from or is present in an extract of a seed of a plant of the genera selected from the group consisting of Raphanus, Brassica, Sinapis, Amaranthus, Impatiens, and Mirabilis, and said one or more food additives is selected from the group consisting an acid, a salt of said acid, an ester of said acid and a C1-6 alkyl ether, and wherein said one or more antifungal agent(s) and said one or more food additive(s) produce a synergistic effect on the overall antifungal activity of the composition in comparison to the antifungal activity of the antifungal agent alone, and are present in the composition in a respective ratio of from 1:0.5 to 1:900000; provided that said composition does not contain nisin, lactoferrin and derivatives thereof, trichorzianine or lysozyme.