Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft Auf Aktien

Marita Grothus

Beatrix Kottwitz

Albrecht Weiss

Ulrich Pegelow

Guenter Uphues

Inken Prueser

Maria Liphard

A bleaching composition is presented having a) an enzyme which produces hydrogen peroxide from atmospheric oxygen, b) a substrate for said enzyme, and c) a transition metal compound, where the enzyme is covalently bound to the transition metal compound. The bleaching composition is useful in disinfectants and laundry detergents as a bleaching component and for inhibiting the transfer of dyes.

Bleaching system

A detergent or disinfectant composition comprising is presented having 0.5 to 10 percent by weight of an activator compound which under perhydrolysis conditions forms a percarboxylic acid, and releases a leaving group capable of being used as a substrate for enzymes, and up to 50 percent by weight of a peroxygen compound. The composition increases the oxidation of peroxide compounds in oxidation, bleaching, detergent, cleaning and disinfecting solutions, especially at low temperatures.

Activators for peroxide compounds in detergents and cleaning agents

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Friedberg, Germany

Marita Grothus