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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2012
Colgate-palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Long Pan, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);
Jairajh Mattai, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Shamim Ansari, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jianhong Qiu, Green Brook, NJ (US);
James G. Masters, Ringoes, NJ (US);
Ying Yang, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A personal care composition for application to the skin or hair comprising a cosmetically acceptable carrier and zinc X halide precursors wherein the precursors are a zinc ion source, an X source, and a halide source, wherein the halide source can be part of the zinc ion source, the X source, or a halogen acid, wherein the precursors can complex into the zinc X halide when the composition is applied to the skin or hair, wherein X is an amino acid or trimethylglycine. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided. When the precursors complex into a zinc X halide, the complex can be used to deliver zinc salts to block perspiration and provide antibacterial effects.