The Procter Gamble Company

Robert W Boggs

John R Wietfeldt

Ralph Anthony Damico

The subject invention encompasses methods and compositions comprising N-acetylated amino acid complexes for reducing or preventing dental plaque, calculus, or gingival or periodontol diseases of the oral cavity in humans or lower animals.

Use of N-acetylated amino acid complexes in oral care compositions

A proteinaceous foodstuff comprising an edible sulfur-containing amino acid deficient protein and a nutritionally supplemental amount of a sulfur-containing amino acid derivative selected from the group consisting of N-acyl L-methionine ester, N,N'-diacyl L-cystine ester and N-acyl L-cysteine ester, wherein the acyl group is derived from fatty acids having from 1 to 9 carbon atoms, and the ester group is derived from fatty alcohols having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Robert W Boggs