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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Hans Stettler, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Wim Teughels, Everberg, BE;
Marc Quirynen, Heverlee, BE;
Nico Boon, Oosterzele, BE;
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BE;
Abstract
The present invention provides an oral care composition comprising a carboxylic acid of the formula (I) wherein: Ris H, or is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group; and Ris H, OH, or NH; for use in: (a) selectively promoting, in an oral cavity: growth, metabolic activity or colonization of bacteria that have beneficial effects on oral health, relative to growth, metabolic activity or colonization of pathogenic oral bacteria; (b) selectively promoting, in an oral cavity, biofilm formation by bacteria that have beneficial effects on oral health, relative to biofilm formation by pathogenic oral bacteria; or (c) maintaining and/or re-establishing a healthy oral microflora.