Anti-microbial cleansers

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Patent Number

EP934742B1

Abstract

PURPOSE: To obtain an antimicrobial material useful for foods, medicines, etc., having excellent antimicrobial durability and shelf stability regardless of an environment using the antimicrobial material, comprising an inclusion compound prepared by including a volatile organic antimicrobial agent in cyclodextrin and amorphous calcium phosphate. CONSTITUTION: This antimicrobial material comprises (A) an inclusion compound prepared by including a volatile organic antimicrobial agent such as allyl isothiocyanate or hinokitiol in cyclodextrin, (B) amorphous calcium phosphate having <=0.1μm particle diameter and (C) chitosan, for example, obtained by deacetylating chitin in a concentrated alkali solution.