Patent ID: 8361951

Claim:
An agent for washing or cleaning a textile fabric, the agent comprising a surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, and mixtures thereof; and at least one component selected from the group consisting of ligands of the general formula (I), ligand-metal complexes of ligands of the general formula (I), and combinations thereof: X[-Het] 3 (I) wherein X represents a moiety selected from the group consisting of N,N (+) —R 1 , P, P (+) —R 1 , P(O), B, B (−) —R 1 , C—R 2 , or Si—R 2 ; each Het independently represents an optionally-substituted, nitrogen-containing heterocycle; and R 1 and R 2 each independently represents hydrogen or other substituent.