Shiraimatsu Shinyaku Kabushiki Kaisha

Itochu Fine Chemical Corporation

Yugen Kaishi Fukuji Corporation

Toshikazu Fukunaga

A first functional man-made ornamental plant comprises a foliage-floral part L of a man-made ornamental plant having a thin layer AB of a composition comprising an inorganic particulate substance having photocatalyst activity (a) and a binder which is inorganic or has been made inorganic (b) preferably on top of an under-coat layer B of the binder which is inorganic or has been made inorganic (b). A second functional man-made ornamental plant is characterized in that the foliage-floral part L of a man-made ornamental plant is molded from a composition comprising a matrix resin and, as incorporated therein, an inorganic particulate substance having photocatalyst activity (a). Preferably, the surface of the molded foliage-floral part L is delicately roughened.

Functional man-made ornamental plants and a method for manufacture thereof

The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition of matter comprising a dry distillate of at least one plant other than beefsteak plant, bamboo, ginger, mugwort, and garlic. The plant may be selected from, for example, Sasa veitchii, Aspalathus linearis (rooibos tea) Guinea pepper, sesame, and parsley. In addition, the present invention relates to shaped articles containing or carrying the composition of matter as well as a method of producing the composition of matter.

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Hyogo, Japan

Toshikazu Fukunaga