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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2000
Shitsuw Shikata, Wakayama, JP;
Masafumi Nomura, Wakayama, JP;
Toshihiro Oki, Wakayama, JP;
Hitoshi Tanimoto, Wakayama, JP;
Tsutomu Tokumoto, Wakayama, JP;
Nobuyuki Ogura, Wakayama, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a detergent composition which is excellent in enzyme stability and exhibits excellent detergency particularly to protein-related dirt of socks and other items even under laundering conditions at a lower temperature. That is, the present invention provides a detergent composition comprising specific proportions of (a) an anionic surfactant, (b) a chlorine scavenger, (c) a protease whose &agr;-keratin-hydrolyzing activity at 10° C. is not less than 0.09×10 &mgr;g/mPU·min and (d) a protease whose &agr;-keratin-hydrolyzing activity at 10° C. is less than 0.09×10 &mgr;g/mPU·min.