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Unilever Plc

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Kalpana Kamalakar Nayak

Prem Chandar

Anat Shiloach

Nitish Kumar

Maya Treesa Saji

Guohui Wu

Sameer Keshav Barne

Vibhav Ramrao Sanzgiri

Vamsi Krishna Manthena

Aravindakshan Perincheery

A soap bar comprising: (a) 25 to 85% by weight, based on the total weight of the bar, of fatty acid soap; (b) 0.1 to 100 ppm by weight, based on the total weight of the bar, of at least one silver (I) compound having a selected silver ion solubility, wherein at 25&#xb0; C., a 1 wt % solution of the bar in water has a pH of from 9 to 11.

Soap bar having enhanced antibacterial activity

The invention is in the field of skin hygiene, especially hand hygiene and/or hand soap compositions. It remains to be desired to prepare skin hygiene compositions having a high anti-microbial effect, even with a low dosage of anti-microbial essential oils. It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a skin hygiene composition, having good anti-microbial properties, at low levels of essential oil. Surprisingly it has been found that composition comprising a low amount of at least two essential oils and a polymer provides improved hygiene efficacy.

Skin treatment composition

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Bengaluru, India

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