Patent ID: 7704934

Claim:
A method for enhancing the deposition of a chemically, cosmetically, or physiologically active ingredient contained in a personal care or healthcare composition on a surface said method comprising including therein a cationically functionalized cassia galactomannan wherein a portion of the hydrogen groups in the pendant hydroxy groups of the cassia galactomannan are substituted with a group represented by the formula: -AR 1 wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R 1 is a group independently selected from —N(R 3 ) 3 + X − , —S(R 3 ) 2 + X − , and —P(R 3 ) 3 + X − , wherein R 3 independently represents substituted and unsubstituted C 1 to C 24 alkyl, substituted and unsubstituted benzyl and substituted and unsubstituted phenyl; and X is any suitable anion that balances the charge on the onium cation.