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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Tadayuki Suzuki, Wakayama, JP;
Masatoshi Kamei, Wakayama, JP;
Masaharu Hayashi, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuhiko Kurita, Wakayama, JP;
Tadayuki Suzuki, Wakayama, JP;
Masatoshi Kamei, Wakayama, JP;
Masaharu Hayashi, Wakayama, JP;
Kazuhiko Kurita, Wakayama, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a freshness-keeping agent for plants, such as a harvested plant, demonstrating an effect of keeping the freshness without selecting a type among various plants such as a harvested plant and also having a high safety. That is, the present invention provides a freshness-keeping agent for plants, such as a harvested plant, comprising a sugar derivative- or sugar alcohol derivative-based surfactant (A) and at least one selected from the group consisting of a sugar (B), a plant hormone (C), an aging inhibitor (D), an aggregating agent for colloidal particles (E) and a germicide, fungicide and preservative (F), preferably in a specific ratio by weight.