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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2008
Tadashi Shimamoto, Higashi-Hiroshima, JP;
Toru Tsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Nakai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Higashi-Hiroshima-shi, JP;
Altan Co., Ltd., Ota-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an anti-norovirus agent that has high norovirus-inactivating activity and is safe for the human body, and an anti-norovirus composition that contains the anti-norovirus agent and is useful for disinfection and infection control against the norovirus. The anti-norovirus agent includes, as an active ingredient, an extract from a plant of the genuscontaining tannin (hereinafter referred to as a 'persimmon extract'), preferably a persimmon extract produced by heating squeezed juice or an extract from the fruit of a plant of the genusor treating the squeezed juice or the extract with an alcohol. The anti-norovirus composition contains the anti-norovirus agent and at least one selected from the group consisting of alcohols, surfactants, antimicrobial agents, humectants, and cosmetic fats and oils, and preferably further containing an organic acid, such as citric acid, and/or a salt thereof or vitamin C.