Patent ID: 8679526

Claim:
An antimicrobial composition in the form of a hydrogel comprising a combination of glucose and glucose oxidase, one or more peroxidases, from 0.01 to 0.1% of water-soluble iodide salt by weight, from 1 to 50 mg/100 g of one or more enhancing agents selected from the group consisting of a benzene molecule substituted with a —OH or —(CH 2 ) n OH (n=1, 2, 3, or 4) group and substituted with one alkoxy group with a chain length of 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms and further optionally substituted with one to 4 substituents, each independently selected from the group consisting of an hydroxy group, an aldehyde, a ketone, an acid and a halogen, an hydroxyalkyl group with 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, a linear or branched alkyl group or a linear or branched alkenyl group with 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, wherein said hydroxyalkyl, alkyl or alkenyl groups are further optionally substituted with a halogen, carboxyl, hydroxyl, aldehyde or ketone group, and wherein the hydrogel comprises alginate and water suitable for dissolving the one or more peroxidases, the one or more enhancing agents, and the iodide, wherein said composition is formulated for prolonged use on skin.