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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1979
The Lion Dentrifice Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A novel antimicrobial agent is proposed which is effective for preventing growth of microorganisms belonging not only to bacteria but also to Eumycetes in foodstuffs, cosmetics, medicines and the like. The inventive antimicrobial agent contains 2',6'-dihydroxy-9-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl) octylphenone as the effective ingredient thereof and its effectiveness is exhibited in a concentration level of from 0.0001 to 1% by weight as the phenone compound in the foodstuff etc. Different from conventional synthetic antimicrobial agents used in foodstuffs and the like, the inventive antimicrobial agent is absolutely free from the problem of safety when taken into human body in any large amounts since the phenone compound as the effective ingredient thereof is a product of natural origin and can be obtained from mace by extraction.