Patent ID: 8021695

Claim:
A personal care composition selected from the group consisting of soaps, shampoos, skin care medicaments, cosmetics, and therapeutic formulations consisting essentially of: (a) leghemoglobin extracted from nitrogen fixation root nodules, (b) at least one preservative selected from the group consisting of phenoxyethanol, benzyl alcohol, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, butyl paraben, benzalkonium chloride, methylisothiazolinone, methylchloroisothiazolinone, DMDM hydantoin, imidazolidinyl urea, diazolidinyl urea, butylated hydroxytoluene, tocopherol, triclosan, chlorohexidine digluconate and combinations thereof, and (c) a surfactant, wherein said leghemoglobin is present in a concentration of between about 0.0001% and about 10% based upon the total weight of the composition.