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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rie Tsuchiya, Birkerød, DK;
Assignee:
Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/28 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to oral compositions comprising plaque-inhibiting or plaque-removing enzymes, in particular at least one starch-hydrolysing enzyme, e.g. an &agr;-amylase or a debranching enzyme such as a pullulanase, and/or at least one starch-modifying enzyme, e.g. a transglucosidase or a CGTase, and to a method for inhibiting plaque formation or removing plaque using such oral compositions.