Patent ID: 7015019

Claim:
Cationic surfactants of the 1-O-L-arginyl ester 3-O-monoacyl glycerides and 1-O-L-arginyl ester 2,3-O-diacyl glycerides type as antimicrobial agents with high surface activity having the general formula: wherein: R 1 can be a hydrogen or an acetyl group; R 2 and R 3 can be a hydrogen or a straight chain, preferably long, either saturated or unsaturated; R 2 and R 3 can be selected from a group of straight chains of 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 carbon atoms, either saturated or unsaturated, pure or mixtures thereof and said surfactants aggregate spontaneously in water forming cubosomes and/or liposomes wherein X is chloride.