Takasago International Corporation

Tetsuharu Okazaki

Hitoshi Kondo

Susumu Akutagawa

Akio Yamaguchi

Shigeru Mitsuhashi

Haruki Tsuruta

Shinji Endoh

Hiroko Kudo

Tadahiro Hiramoto

Kenji Saiki

A deodorant composition having an excellent effect of deodorizing bad breath, refrigerator odors, and odors from pets and domestic animals, and which does not adversely affect the environment. The composition contains (i) at least one natural extract selected from the group consisting of Rosemary extract, sunflower seed extract, raw coffee bean extract, tea extract, grape pericarp extract, grape seed extract and apple extract, and (ii) an enzyme capable of oxidizing phenolic compounds.

Deodorant composition

A liquid crystal compound represented by formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a straight chain alkyl group having from 4 to 18 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 represents a straight chain alkyl group having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having from 3 to 6 atoms and having a methyl group as a side chain; and m and n each represents 1 or 2, is disclosed. The liquid crystal compound of formula (I) is optically and electrically stable and exhibits fast electro-optical switching in image display.

Ferroelectric smectic liquid crystal compound and composition containing

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Tetsuharu Okazaki