Patent ID: 6329322
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A01N,Y10S

Abstract:
An aqueous composition comprisinga) a bioactive compoundb) a stabilizingly effective amount of a phosphate amphoteric surfactant of the general formula ##STR13##R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently are selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.36 straight or branched chain alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, arylalkyl and mixtures thereof, wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are optionally further characterized as containing ether, thioether, polyoxyalkylene oxide, amine, amine oxide, alkylamine, amide, alkylamide, carbonyl or ester groups, or are substituted thereby with open valences filled by R.sub.3 wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or R.sub.1 ;R independently is H, C.sub.1-18 alkyl; alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl;R.sub.4 is independently H, C.sub.1-18 alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or arylalkyl;R.sub.5 is independently OH, OY, A, or OR.sub.4 wherein A is ##STR14##Y is H, or a counterion which, when needed to balance a charge, is an alkali metal, alkali earth metal, protonated amine, or quaternary ammonium counterion,Z is independently H, or oxygen;t and t' are independently 0 or 1;m is 0 to 10;v is 1 and v' is independently 0 or 1;w and w' are independently 0, 1 or 2 with the proviso that both are not equal to 0; andx, x', x"", and x'"" are independently 0 to 50 with the proviso that a nitrogen atom is not bonded directly to a phosphorus atom; andc) water.