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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2018
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Nivedita Jagdish Patil, Bangalore, IN;
Siva Rama Krishna Perala, Bangalore, IN;
Janhavi Sanjay Raut, Bangalore, IN;
Jyoti Kumar Tiwari, Bangalore, IN;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a composition comprising 5 to 100 wt. % of a structured aqueous phase wherein the composition contains 0.1 to 10 wt. % sericin by weight of water, said sericin having a proportion of beta-sheet in the secondary structure that exceeds 80%. It was found that sericin having a proportion of beta-sheet in the secondary structure that exceeds 80% is an excellent water structurant and can suitably be used to structure the aqueous phase of a wide range of products, such as cosmetic products, pharmaceutical products, food products and detergent compositions.