Patent ID: 8236291

Claim:
An antibacterial and deodorant fiber containing zinc oxide and/or complex oxide represented by General Formula (1) below in the range of 0.1 to 10 wt % with respect to the total weight of the fiber: M 2+ (1-x 1 )M 3+ x 1 -δ O (1) wherein M 2+ represents zinc or a divalent metal having zinc as an essential component thereof; M 3+ represents a trivalent metal selected from Al, Fe, and Ce; x 1 represents a number in the range 0<x 1 <0.5; and δ represents a cation lattice defect, said fiber characterized in that a fiber treatment agent comprising at least a component (A), and a component (B)and/or a component (C)described below is attached thereto at 0.2 to 5 wt % of the total weight of the fiber, the fiber treatment agent containing 20 to 80 wt % of the component (A), and 80 to 20 wt % of the component (B) and/or component (C): (A) at least one plant extract, said plant being at least one selected from the group consisting of tea leaves, aloe, bamboo, bamboo grass, Japanese butterbur ( Petasites japonica ), loofa ( Luffa cylindrica ), horsetail ( Equisetum arvense ), Japanese mugwort ( Artemisia princeps ), geranium ( Geranium nepalense var. thunbergii), persimmon, and grapefruit; (B) at least one nonionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of an alkylene oxide adduct type nonionic surfactant and a polyhydric alcohol type nonionic surfactant; (C) at least one anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid salt, sulfonic acid salt, sulfuric acid ester salt, and phosphoric acid ester salt.