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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Joseph Hayden, Germantown, MD (US);
Virginia Streusand Goldman, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Gillette Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 65 ; 424 47 ; 424 66 ; 424 68 ; 424400 ; 424401 ; 424D / ;
Abstract
A deodorant composition is disclosed which comprises a body odor suppressing effective amount of an optically active bactericide comprising D-amino acid, e.g., at least one selected from the group consisting of .beta.-chloro-D-alanine and D-cycloserine, in a dermatologically acceptable carrier. A method is also provided for inhibiting body odor by applying to the skin a body odor suppressing effective amount of the bactericide.