EP1331946A2

EP1331946A2 - Synergistic medicament containing aromatic agents and having an antagonistic, regenerative and/or protagonist decontamination effect

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Publication number: EP1331946A2
Application number: EP01989449A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jörg-Peter Schür
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2000-11-09
Filing date: 2001-11-09
Publication date: 2003-08-06
Also published as: CA2428318A1; AU2002227913B2; WO2002038181A3; US20050014827A1; AU2791302A; WO2002038181A2; JP2004513153A

Abstract

The invention relates to medicaments comprising a microbicidal composition consisting of at least two GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) aromatic agents or derivatives thereof, and to the use of these compositions for producing decontamination and/or regenerative agents for treating humans and animals.

Description

Synergistic, flavor-containing drug with antagonistic, regenerative and / or protagonistic decontaminative effect

The present invention relates to medicaments comprising a microbicidal composition of at least two GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) aroma substances or their derivatives and the use of these compositions for the production of decontaminative and / or regenerative agents for the treatment of humans and animals.

Background of the Invention

The growing number of resistance of microorganisms to known antibiotics requires continuous further development of the active substances and / or the discovery of new active substances and active principles to ensure adequate protection for humans and animals. In addition, the use of conventional antibiotics in veterinary medicine (especially in fattening farms) is extremely controversial, since it is believed that this also exposes the end link of the food chain, namely humans, to excessive antibiotics or antibiotic metabolites, which leads to additional resistance can lead.

The increase in malnutrition, the use of anti-infectives, immunosuppressants, antidepressants, contraceptives, antiallergics, etc. leads to, on the one hand, promoting resistance of microorganisms and, on the other hand, creating associated diseases, the symptoms of which are often not linked to the cause, as they cause other clinical pictures to pretend. So take z. B. "fungal infections" z. B. the genera Candida and Aspergillus have increased significantly in recent years and the disease patterns described above are most likely to be caused by Candida and / or Aspergillus contamination in the mucous membrane and gastrointestinal tract, especially since yeasts and fungi of these genera are able to also form mutagenic, carcinogenic toxins, which in turn not only reduce quality of life but also endanger life. Lead effects. HJ Preusser (Medical Mycology Zbl. Bact. Suppl. 8) already described the importance of the "pathogenic potential in the genus Candida" in 1980 and Hurley, RJDe Louvois report on the "ecological aspects of yeast-like funghi of medical importance". Male, O./Boltz-Nitulescu already describe in Vienna. Clin. Weekly 91, 826-830 (1979), "Animal experiments on the persorption of Candida Albicans and the intestinal triggerability of an immune response". Büchner, Th. Describes in "Fungal infections in oncology", Schattauer, 1996, about predisposing factors for mycoses: hormonal diseases, therapy: corticosteroids; gastroenterological diseases: therapy immunosuppressants; haematological diseases, therapy: cytostatics; Immune deficiencies (including AIDS), therapy: radiation; malignant tumors, therapy: antibiotics; Infectious diseases, indwelling diseases, burns, major surgery.

Most prior art disinfectants and methods such as e.g. B. chemical biocides, disinfectants, antibiotics, chemotherapeutics and. Ä. destroy bacteria, fungi or viruses z. B. by coagulase, cell membrane defects or the like, mostly in connection with pH and / or aw value dependency, they act very selectively on microorganisms. Mechanisms of action of the usual kind therefore lead to resistance (e.g. through detection of signals) in microorganisms. Upon detection of antibody-antigen-like signals from conventional disinfectants, microorganisms are able to form "wagon castle-like" defensive strategies with larger and more difficult to penetrate attack surfaces and thus to show resistance behavior (Bob Shapiro, Monsanto, California).

When selectively acting conventional disinfectants such. B. Antibiotics, which act as DNA / RNA selective inhibitors by acting as inhibitors for the formation of new RNA in pro and eukaryotes, result in inheritable RTF (resistance transfer factor) r genes that code enzymes against certain selective substances for resistance. The animal / human immune system has two recognition mechanisms: a) soluble antibodies (in the form of, for example, proteins, enzymes, amino acids) and cell-bound T cell receptors, also called "killer cells", which initiate the lysis of intracellular, pathogenic, infected cells , The ideal active principle for the disinfection of microorganisms in plant, animal and human areas is equally effective on fungi, bacteria (gram-positive / gram-negative) and viruses and other possible pathogenic cells, eg. B. Protozoa, without resistance and selection mechanisms in / on the applied areas non-toxic, not mutagenic, not teratogenic, not carcinogenic, safe to work and environmentally compatible, easy to manufacture and use. A prerequisite for this seems to be the active principle based on molecular-physiological transmembrane transport and proton / electron gradient transfer, which allows hydrophilic and lipophilic substances in the area of integral proteins in microorganism membranes to permeate under certain conditions regardless of pH. Lipophilic substances can diffuse through the area of integral proteins. This means that groups of substances are required that allow free energy level compensation. They must be designed so that they have an "energy deficit" compared to the "energy surplus" of e.g. B. proteins, RTP in microorganisms, so that an energy balance with energy reduction z. B. the protein molecules by means of electron transfer while increasing the energy in the "energy deficit" (attraction = electron transport) substance groups or mixtures. A metabolism of the microorganism can no longer take place and is harmlessly interrupted.

The object of the present application was now to provide a medicament that bactericide, fungicide, virucide, toxins of z. B. can reduce microorganisms, does not tend to develop resistance and provides humans and animals with adequate protection against pathogenic microorganisms. Surprisingly, it has now been found that special microbicidal compositions which contain GRAS (generally recognized as safe) aroma substances as microbicidal constituents and which are known from WO 96/29895 and WO 98/58540 as process auxiliaries and additives for foodstuffs, suitable microbicides Have properties that also make them usable as medicinal products for humans and animals.

Due to the fact that the GRAS flavorings are toxicologically harmless on the one hand, ie they are broken down in the body of humans and animals, or from it are excreted, and on the other hand, these microbicidal compositions have a novel mode of action, the problem of resistance formation is significantly reduced, if not excluded, in these drugs, since the mode of action is not selective, all microorganisms are equally inactivated.

It has also been found that flavoring agents or similar substance groups of natural provenance, owing to their diversity, in contrast to the prior art monosubstances or their mixtures, have constant variability and ability to work synergistically, symbiotically, protagonistically or antagonistically by means of often difficult to identify in the smallest doses , diverse active substances are able to permeate in their cells without being recognized as "enemies" by microorganisms. Aroma substances and similar other substance groups are in a position as synergisms, often as an aroma substance, to prevent microorganisms from growing (protagonism) or to promote microorganisms in growth (antagonism).

Summary of the invention

The subject of the present application is accordingly

(1) a pharmaceutical composition comprising a microbicidal composition containing at least two GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) flavoring agents or their derivatives;

(2) a preferred embodiment of the drug (1), wherein the microbicidal composition

(I) one or more GRAS aroma alcohols or their derivatives and

(II) one or more flavoring agents selected from (11-1) polyphenol compounds (b) and

(II-2) GRAS aromatic acids (c) or their derivatives;

(3) a preferred embodiment of the drug (1), wherein the microbicidal composition contains the GRAS flavor alcohol benzyl alcohol as a necessary ingredient; (4) a preferred embodiment of the medicament (1), wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least two GRAS essential oils (i);

(5) a preferred embodiment of the medicament (1), wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least one lipophilic GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) flavoring and at least one hydrophilic GRAS flavoring;

(6) a preferred embodiment of the medicament (1), wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least one GRAS flavoring substance with double bonds (e.g. acids and / or alcohol (s)) or a derivative thereof;

(7) a preferred embodiment of the medicament (1) to (6), which is a decontaminant and / or regenerative;

(8) a preferred embodiment of the medicament (7), the medicament being in the form of inhalation, oral, intravenous, intramuscular, rectal, contact preparation, internal / external (also mucous membrane), intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, on / in internal organs (e.g. B. endoscopically) in the form of tablets, liquid, gas, powder, injection, infusion, suppository, spray, ointments or plasters;

(9) the use of the microbicidal compositions defined in (1) to (6) for the manufacture of a decontaminative and / or regenerative agent, in particular for the manufacture of an antibiotic, cytostatic agent or agent for the treatment of: obesity (adenovirucide), rheumatism, dermatoses, gastritis , Gastrointestinal diseases, bronchial diseases, depression, arthritis, mucous membrane diseases, impotence, poor concentration, mental disorders, migraines, sleep disorders (ie vegetative symptoms), gastrointestinal symptoms, allergies and skin diseases, joint diseases, genital and hormonal disorders, infections, cancer and immune deficiency;

(10) using a GRAS flavoring or a derivative thereof to make a regenerative;

(11) Food supplements or animal foods comprising a GRAS flavoring agent or a derivative thereof and / or a microbicidal composition as defined in (1) to (6); and

(12) a method for the treatment of the diseases / symptoms defined in (9) in humans and animals, comprising the administration of a GRAS flavoring agent or a derivative thereof and / or one as defined in (1) to (6) Microbicidal composition in humans and animals in need of such treatment.

The microbicidal compositions defined above under (1) to (6) show (A) GRAS flavoring synergisms (protagonisms) and can therefore be used in decontaminant drugs

(a) used to sterilize bacteria, bacilli, viruses, yeasts and fungi (general antibiotic effect - decontaminant; GRAS flavoring agent synergisms, i.e. protagonisms); or

(b) for sterilizing z. B. mycoses (yeasts, yeasts, fungal infections and more generally. Decontamination) can be used. On the one hand as (b) antifungal and decontaminant or on the other hand as

(c) Multi-step application to eliminate the causes of the resulting diseases (e.g. mycoses or other infections / contaminations that can lead to this) (general antifungal effect and / or multi-step application; step 1 - decontaminative)

The microbicidal compositions defined above under (1) - (6) also show

(B) GRAS flavor synergisms (antagonisms). The drugs can therefore also be used as regenerative agents for maintaining or for supporting or promoting the growth of vital microorganisms (e.g. in the gastrointestinal tract, small intestine, oral mucosa, genital mucosa)

(d) as an agent with a general regenerative effect and / or

(e) in multi-step applications (e.g. as step 2 after a decontaminative application in step 1).

(C) GRAS flavoring synergisms of the compositions defined under (1) - (6) are able to

(f) reduce toxins from microorganisms (and, as in applications (A) and (B), do not form any resistance). (D) The GRAS flavor synergism (antagonism) takes on an additional meaning if

(g) "regenerative" the human or animal organism "benign" vital microorganisms (individual mixtures or synergisms, symbiotic) (live, preserved, killed, cells, or the like) are fed in order to favor them in positive growth and access to support body cells, their permeating or attachment, or even to enable them.

The use of these means (A) and (C), decontaminative and (B) and (D), regenerative agent, is in / on the human or animal body, and may instead individually combined ^'or multi-step processes are used in. It is solid, liquid or gaseous. In. Oral use, it can be supplemented with additives / carriers / fillers / supplements of an inert type, so that in the corresponding passages of the stomach, small and large intestine or ileum it has its targeted effect and. Ä. Also in the form of combined timers, functionally inert substances with the targeted time-fixed application unfolds its effect. Other applications are: im, iv, inhalative, oral, intravenous, intramuscular, rectal, contact preparation, internal / external (also mucous membrane), intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, on / in internal organs (e.g. endoscopic) in the form of tablets, liquid , Gas, powder, injection, infusion, suppository, spray, ointments, plasters.

Detailed description of the invention

The microbicidal compositions (1) to (6) according to the invention are described in more detail below:

The GRAS flavoring agents mentioned are recognized by the FDA for use in food as commercially safe (GRAS = Generally Recognized As Safe In Food). The GRAS flavoring agents mentioned are those compounds which are mentioned in FEMA / FDA GRAS Flavor Substances Lists GRAS 3-15 No. 2001-3905 (status 2000). This list contains natural and nature-identical flavorings that are approved by the FDA for use in food: FDA Regulation 21 CFR 172.515 for nature-identical flavorings (Synthetic Flavoring Substances and Adju- vants) and FDA Regulation 21 CFR 182.20 for natural flavoring substances and adjuvants.

The GRAS flavoring agents of the microbicidal composition of the medicaments (1) to (6) of the present invention are preferably selected from (a) GRAS flavoring alcohols or their derivatives, (b) GRAS polyphenols, (c) GRAS acids or their Derivatives, (d) GRAS phenols or their derivatives, (e) GRAS esters, (f) GRAS terpenes, (g) GRAS acetals, (h) GRAS aldehydes and (i) GRAS essential oils.

In particular, the following GRAS aroma alcohols (a) can be used:

Benzyl alcohol, acetoin (acetylmethylcarbinol), ethyl alcohol (ethanol), propyl alcohol (1-propanol), iso-propyl alcohol (2-propanol, isopropanol), propylene glycol, glycerin, n-butyl alcohol (n-propyl carbinol), iso-butyl alcohol (2-methyl -1-propanol), hexyl alcohol (hexanol), L-menthol, octyl alcohol (n-octanol), cinnamon alcohol (3-phenyl-2-propen-1-ol), α-methylbenzyl alcohol (1-phenylethanol), heptyl alcohol ( Heptanol), n-amyl alcohol (1-pentanol), iso-amyl alcohol (3-methyl-1-butanol), anise alcohol (4-methoxybenyl alcohol, p-anise alcohol), citronellol, n-decyl alcohol (n-decanol) , Geraniol, ß-γ-hexanol (3-hexenol), lauryl alcohol (dodecanol), linalool, nerolidol, nonadienol (2,6-nonadien-1-ol), nonyl alcohol (nonanol-1), rhodinol, terpineol, borneol, clineol (Eucalyptol), anisole, cuminyl alcohol (cuminol), 10-undecen-1-ol, 1-hexadecanol. Both natural or nature-identical derivatives and synthetic derivatives can be used as derivatives. Suitable derivatives are e.g. B. the esters, ethers and carbonates of the aforementioned GRAS aroma alcohols. Particularly preferred GRAS aroma alcohols are benzyl alcohol, 1-propanol, glycerol, propylene glycol, n-butyl alcohol, citronellol, hexanol, linalool, acetoin and their derivatives.

The following polyphenols can in particular be used as polyphenols (b):

Pyrocatechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, phloroglucin, pyrogallol, cyclohexane, usnic acid, acyl polyphenols, lignins, anthocyanins, flavones, catechins, gallic acid derivatives (e.g. tannins, gallotannin, tannins, gallus tannins), carnosol, carno solic acid (including its derivatives such as (2,5-dihydroxyphenyl) carboxyl and (2,5-dihydroxyphenyl) alkylene carboxyl substitutions, salts, esters, amides), coffee acid and its esters and amides, flavonoids (e.g. flavone, flavonol, isoflavone , Gossypetin, Myrecetin, Robinetin, Apigenin, Morin, Taxifolin, Eriodictyol, Naringin, Rutin, Hesperidin, Troxerutin, Chrysin, Tangeritin, Luteolin, Catechine, Quercetin, Fisetin, Kaempferol, Galangin, Rotenoids, Aurone, Flavonole from Diole z. B. Camellia Primula. Furthermore, their possible derivatives, e.g. B. salts, acids, esters, oxides and ethers can be used. The most preferred polyphenol is tannin (a GRAS compound).

The following acids can be used as GRAS acids (c): acetic acid, aconitic acid, adipic acid, formic acid, malic acid (1-hydroxysuccinic acid), caproic acid, hydrocinnamic acid (3-phenym propionic acid), pelargonic acid (nonanoic acid), Lactic acid (2-hydroxypropionic acid), phenoxyacetic acid (glycolic acid phenyl ether), phenylacetic acid (α-toluenic acid), valeric acid (pentanoic acid), iso-valeric acid (3-methylbutanoic acid), cinnamic acid (3-phenylpropene acid), citric acid, mandelic acid, hydroxyphenyl acid (2,3-di-hydroxybutanedioic acid; 2,3-dihydroxysuccinic acid), fumaric acid, tannic acid and their derivatives.

Suitable derivatives for the purposes of the present invention are understood to be esters (for example C 1-4 alkyl esters and benzyl esters), amides (including N-substituted amides) and salts (alkali, alkaline earth and ammonium salts of the abovementioned acids For the purposes of the present invention, derivatives include modifications of the side chain hydroxy functions (for example acyl and alkyl derivatives) and modifications of the double bonds (for example the perhydrogenated and hydroxylated derivatives of the acids mentioned).

The following phenol compounds can be used as GRAS phenols (d): thymol, methyleugenol, acetyleugenol, safrol, eugenol, isoeugenol, anethole, phenol, methylchavicol (estragole; 3-4-methoxyphenyl-1-propene), carvacrol, α-bisabolol , Fornesol, anisole (methoxybenzene) and propenylguaethol (5-propenyl-2-ethoxaphe- nol) and their derivatives. Derivatives in the sense of the present invention are compounds in which the phenolic hydroxyl group is esterified or etherified.

GRAS esters (e) include, for example, allicin and the following acetates iso-amyl acetate (3-methyl-1-butyl acetate), benzyl acetate, benzylphenylacetate, n-butyl acetate, cinnamyl acetate (3-phenylpropenylacetate), citric acid acetate, ethyl acetate (ethyl acetate) , Eugenol acetate (acetyleugenol), geranyl acetate, hexyl acetate (hexanylethanoate), hydrocinnamate acetate (3-phenyl-propyl acetate), linalyl acetate, octyl acetate, phenylethyl acetate, terpinylacetate, triacetin (glyceryl triacetate), potassium acetate and sodium acetate and sodium acetate and sodium acetate. Other suitable esters are the ester derivatives of the acids (c) defined above.

In particular, camphor, limonene and β-caryophylls are suitable as terpenes (f).

The acetals (g) which can be used include, in particular, acetal, acetaldehyde-butyl acetal, acetaldehyde dipropylacetal, acetaldehyde phenethylpropylacetal, cinnamaldehyde-ethylene glycol acetal, decanaldimethyl acetal, heptanaldimethylacetal, heptane-alglycery acetal and benzaldehyde acetal glycol.

As aldehydes (h) are in particular acetylaldehyde, anisaldehyde, benzaldehyde, isobutylaldehyde (methyl-1-propanal), citral, citronellal, n-caprinaldehyde (n-decanal), ethylvanillin, fufurol, heliotropin (piperonal), heptylaldehyde (heptanal) , Hexylaldehyde (hexanal), 2-hexenal (ß-propylacrolein), hydrocinnamaldehyde (3-phenyl-1-propanal), laurylaldehyde (docdecanal), nonylaldehyde (n-nonanal), octylaldehyde (n-octanal) , Phenylacetaldehyde (1-oxo-2-phenylethane), propionaldehyde (propanal), vanillin, cinnamaldehyde (3-phenylpropenal), perillaaldehyde and cuminaldehyde can be used.

The GRAS essential oils (i) which can be used are, in particular, the essential oils listed below and / or the alcoholic, glycolic or extracts obtained from the plants mentioned by means of high-pressure CO ₂ processes: (i1) oils or extracts with a high proportion of alcohols: lemon balm, coriander, cardamom, eucalyptus;

(i2) oils or extracts with a high proportion of aldehydes: eucalyptus citriodora, cinnamon, lemon, lemongrass, lemon balm, citronella, lime, orange;

(i3) oils or extracts with a high proportion of phenols: oregano, thyme, rosemary, orange, clove, fennel, camphor, mandarin, anise, cascarille, tarragon and allspice; (i4) oils or extracts with a high proportion of acetates: lavender;

05) Oils or extracts with a high proportion of esters: mustard, onion, garlic;

06) Oils or extracts with a high proportion of terpenes: pepper, bitter orange, caraway, dill, lemon, peppermint, nutmeg;

07) Oils or extracts with a high proportion of acids: Olibanum.

In the preferred embodiment (2) of the present invention, component (I) contains one or more GRAS aroma alcohols or their derivatives. According to the invention, the use of one, two or three GRAS aroma alcohols is preferred.

The mixing ratio of component (I) to component (II) is preferably between 10,000: 1 and 1: 10,000, particularly preferably between 1000: 1 and 1: 1000 and very particularly preferably between 100: 1 and 1: 100.

In a preferred embodiment, the microbicidal composition of the medicament (2) contains

(1-1) Benzyl alcohol as a necessary component and if necessary

(I-2) one or more further GRAS aroma alcohols (a) or their derivatives and

(11-1) one or more polyphenol compounds (b) and / or

(II-2) one or more GRAS acids (c) or their derivatives.

Suitable amounts of components (1-1), (I-2), (11-1) and (II-2) are:

0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 75% by weight of benzyl alcohol;

0 to 99.8% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 99% by weight of component (I-2);

0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight of component (11-1) and / or

0 to 70% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 30% by weight of component (II-2). The microbicidal composition of the medicament (2) can furthermore contain the GRAS flavoring substances (d) to (i) defined above, their proportion in the microbicidal composition preferably being less than or equal to 25% by weight and preferably in the range from 0.001 to 9% by weight. Preferred among the other GRAS flavorings are the phenols (d), aldehydes (h) and essential oils (i).

For the purposes of the present invention, particular preference is given to those microbicidal compositions whose microbicidally active constituent consists exclusively of GRAS flavoring agents, ie. H. contains no "derivatives" of GRAS flavorings. An example of such a composition is a mixture of benzyl alcohol, one or two of the above-mentioned GRAS aroma alcohols (a) and tannin. This mixture preferably contains 80 to 98% by weight of benzyl alcohol and 1 to 10% by weight of tannin. Another example of a preferred composition is a mixture of two alcohols (a), a polyphenol (in particular tannin) and an essential oil (i), in particular the phenolic essential oil 03).

In embodiment (4) of the present invention, the microbicidal composition contains at least two GRAS essential oils (i). These are preferably the essential oils listed above and / or the alcoholic, glycolic or extracts 01) to 06) obtained by high-pressure CO ₂ processes. In addition, the microbicidal composition can contain other GRAS flavors such as alcohols (a), polyphenol compounds (b), acids (c), phenols (d), esters (e), terpenes (f), acetals (g), aldehydes (h) , their derivatives and / or aromatic substances 0).

The GRAS flavoring substances (a) to (h) and their derivatives are the GRAS compounds defined above. To distinguish it from the microbicidal composition of embodiment (2), however, it should be taken into account that if the microbicidal composition of the medicament (4) contains a GRAS aroma alcohol (a), it preferably does not contain any polyphenol compounds (b) and / or GRAS- Aromatic acids (c) contains. Some of the GRAS flavoring substances with aromatic carrier properties listed above as well as suitable non-GRAS compounds can be used as flavoring substances 0). Preferred flavor carriers are lecithins, 1, 2-propylene glycol (x), glycerin (x), glycerol acetates, ethyl citrates, ethyl lactate, benzyl alcohol (x), mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, also esterified with acetic acid, lactic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, Alginic acid (x), sodium alginate, potassium alginate, calcium alginate (x), agar agar, carrageenan, locust bean gum, guar gum, tragacanth, gum arabic, xanthan gum, pectins, methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, acetylated distarch phosphate, starch acetate acetate esterified with acetic acid, distilled acetate, acetic acid acetate, ester acetate with acetic acid, esterified with acetic acid; Calcium and magnesium stearate, sodium potassium and calcium acetate, sodium potassium and calcium lactate (x), sodium, potassium and calcium citrate, sodium potassium calcium and magnesium carbonate, sorbitol, colloidal silica (x), Dicalcium orthophosphate, food, food additives, food supplements, food raw materials, animal feed, animal feed additives, animal feed Supplements, feed raw materials, with propylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, glycerol, alginates, lactates, silica, alginic acid being particularly preferred. The microbicidal composition of embodiment (4) preferably contains

0.01 to 20 wt .-%, preferably 0.1 to 10 wt .-%, GRAS essential oils

(0th

0 to 80% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 40% by weight, GRAS flavorings (a) to (h) and

0 to 80% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 50% by weight of flavoring substances 0).

Particularly preferred microbicidal compositions according to embodiment (4) of the present invention are those which contain at least three GRAS essential oils (c) and / or those in which the further GRAS flavorings are anisole and quercitin. The latter compositions are particularly preferred. This particularly preferred microbicidal composition contains 0.1 to 100% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 80% by weight of GRAS essential oils (i), 0 to 20% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight .-% anisole and 0 to 20 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 10 wt .-% quercetin. According to embodiment (5) of the present invention, the microbicidal composition contains at least one lipophilic and at least one hydrophilic GRAS flavoring agent (however, it should be mentioned here that hydrophilic-hydrophilic and lipophilic-lipophilic GRAS flavoring agent combinations also have excellent microbicidal activities). The hydrophilic GRAS flavoring can be a hydrophilic, alcoholic GRAS flavoring (a _h ) and / or a hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavoring. The proportion of the hydrophilic, alcoholic GRAS flavorings may be up to 99% by weight of the composition and is preferably 30 to 98% by weight, particularly preferably 80 to 95% by weight. The proportion of the hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavoring substances in the composition may be up to 90% by weight and is preferably 0.1 to 50% by weight. Preferred compositions are those which, in addition to the hydropilic compounds mentioned, also contain benzyl alcohol and / or a polyphenol compound (b).

Hydrophilic, alcoholic GRAS flavorings (a _h ) are monohydric or polyhydric alcohols with 2-10 carbon atoms, preferably with 2-7 carbon atoms. Particularly preferred compounds are 1-propanol, glycerin, propylene glycol and acetoin. Hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavorings are selected from organic acids (c _h ) with 1 - 15 C atoms and physiologically acceptable salts of the same, hydrophilic acetates (e _h ) and hydrophilic aldehydes (h _h ). Preferred organic acids (c _h ) are those with 2-10 carbon atoms and in particular acetic acid, acronitic acid, formic acid, malic acid, lactic acid, phenylacetic acid, citric acid, mandelic acid, tartaric acid, fumaric acid, tannic acid, hydrocinnamic acid and their physiologically acceptable salts. The hydrophilic acetate (c _h ) is preferably selected from allicin, triacetin, potassium acetate, sodium acetate and calcium acetate and the hydrophilic aldehyde (h _h ) is preferably selected from furfural, propionaldehyde and vanillin.

In the composition used in embodiment (5) of the medicament according to the invention, the lipophilic GRAS aroma substances are preferably selected from (a,) lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols or their derivatives, (b) polyphenol compounds, (c,) lipophilic GRAS aroma acids or their Derivatives, (d) phenols or their derivatives, (e,) lipophilic esters, (f) terpenes, (g) acetals, (h,) lipophilic aldehydes and (i) essential oils. The microbicidal composition preferably contains two of the lipophilic GRAS flavoring agents mentioned.

Suitable lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols (a,) from the alcohols (a) defined above are in particular: aromatic GRAS aroma alcohols, comprising benzyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, 1-phenylethanol, cinnamon alcohol, hydrocinnamic alcohol, 1-phenyl-1 -Propanol and anise alcohol and aliphatic GRAS aroma alcohols, including n-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, L-menthol, octyl alcohol, heptyl alcohol, n-amyl alcohol, iso-amyl alcohol, anise alcohol, citronellol, n-decyl alcohol, geraniol -γ-hexanol, lauryl alcohol, linalool, nerolidol, nonadienol, nonyl alcohol, rhodinol, terpineol, borneol, clineol, anisole, cuminyl alcohol, 10-undecen-1-ol and 1-hexadecanol and their derivatives. The aromatic GRAS aroma alcohols and in particular benzyl alcohol are preferred.

The lipophilic polyphenol compound (b), phenols or their derivatives (d), terpenes (f), acetals (g) and essential oils (i) in the composition of the medicament (8) are preferably the compounds (b) defined above ( d), (f), (g) and (i). The lipophilic GRAS aromatic acids or their derivatives (c,), lipophilic esters (e,) and lipophilic aldehydes include all specifically mentioned acids, esters and aldehydes with the exception of the compounds (c _h ), (e _h ) and (h _h ).

In a preferred embodiment of the medicament (5), the microbicidal composition contains either

(i) two lipophilic GRAS flavor alcohols (a,), but no benzyl alcohol and no polyphenol compounds (b) or

(ii) benzyl alcohol and / or a polyphenol compound (b), but no other GRAS aroma alcohols.

It is particularly preferred here if the microbicidal composition contains exclusively non-alcoholic, hydrophilic GRAS flavoring substances, in particular exclusively a hydrophilic GRAS aromatic acid (c _h ) and if the microbial zide / anti-parasitic composition 0.01 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 90% by weight of benzyl alcohol or polyphenol compounds (b) and 0.01 to 50% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 30% by weight % contains hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavorings.

In a further preferred embodiment of the medicament (5), the microbicidal composition contains

(III) one or more GRAS aroma alcohols (a,) or their derivatives and

(IV) one or more flavorings selected from

- Polyphenolverbindungen (b) (component IV-1) and

- Lipophilic GRAS aromatic acids or their derivatives (q) (component (IV-2). It is preferred if the composition 0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 99% by weight, component (III ), 0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight, component (IV-1) and 0 to 70% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 30% by weight, component (IV -2) contains.

In addition, the microbicidal composition can contain further GRAS flavorings, selected from (d) phenols or their derivatives, (e,) lipophilic esters, (f) terpenes, (g) acetals, (h,) lipophilic aldehydes and (i) essential oils ,

It is further preferred if the component (III) of the microbicidal composition contains benzyl alcohol as a necessary constituent and optionally one or more other lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols or their derivatives (a,). This microbicidal composition preferably contains 0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 75% by weight of benzyl alcohol; 0 to 99.8% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 99% by weight of component (a,); and 0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight of component (IV-1), 0 to 70% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 30% by weight of component (IV-2) ,

This microbicidal composition can also contain further lipophilic GRAS flavoring substances (d) - (i), as defined above, preferably 0.001 to 25% by weight, particularly preferably 0.01 to 9% by weight, of the further GRAS flavoring substances (d) - (i). These further lipophilic GRAS flavorings are particularly preferably phenols (d) and / or essential oils (i).

In a further particularly preferred embodiment of the medicament (5), component (III) of the microbicidal composition consists of two lipophilic GRAS flavor alcohols and component (IV) contains at least one polyphenol compound (b). Here, the polyphenol compound (b) is preferably tannin, a composition which contains 20-98% by weight of benzyl alcohol and 0.01-10% by weight of tannin being particularly preferred.

For the purposes of the present invention, particular preference is given to microbicidal compositions whose microbicidally active constituent consists exclusively of GRAS flavoring agents, ie. H. contains no "derivatives" of GRAS flavorings. An example of such a composition of embodiment (5) of the invention is a mixture of benzyl alcohol, one or two of the aforementioned GRAS aroma alcohols (a,) and tannin. This mixture preferably contains 0.1 to 98% by weight of benzyl alcohol and 0.01-10% by weight, preferably 1-10% by weight, of tannin. Another example of a preferred composition is a mixture of 2 alcohols, a polyphenol (especially tannin) and an essential oil (especially a phenolic essential oil, component 03)).

In embodiment (6) of the present invention, the microbicidal composition contains at least one GRAS flavoring with double bond (Δ) or a derivative thereof, preferably at least two such compounds. Examples of the compound (Δ) include unsaturated GRAS alcohols (ΘΔ) such as cinnamon alcohol, citronellol, 3-hexenol, nonadienol and 10-undecen-1-ol, unsaturated GRAS acids (CΔ) such as cinnamic acid and fumaric acid, unsaturated GRAS esters (d &) such as cinnamic acid esters (e.g. ethyl cinnamate and propyl cinnamate), cinnamic acetate and citronellyl acetate, unsaturated GRAS acetals (gΔ) such as cinnamaldehyde ethylene glycol acetal and unsaturated GRAS aldehydes (IIΔ) such as cinnamaldehyde and citronellal. The proportion of the compounds (Δ) in the composition (6) is preferably in the range from 0.01 to 70% by weight, more preferably in the range from 0.1 to 30% by weight. As another GRAS flavoring agents preferably contain these essential oils (i) and / or the hydrophilic GRAS flavoring agents defined above.

Preferred compositions of embodiments (1) to (6) are listed below. The quantities, which are - unless stated otherwise - in% by weight are only particularly preferred embodiments of the respective compositions. Particularly preferred compositions herein are those labeled "BHQ", the effectiveness of these particular compositions is shown in the examples.

1. Compositions with at least two GRAS flavoring substances or their derivatives:

45% anise alcohol (a), 35% borneol (a), 20% rhodinol (a) (BHQ-1);

82% valeric acid (c), 18% camphor 03);

10% malic acid (c), 90% acetoin (a);

12% bisabolol (d), 18% geranyl acetate (a), 20% rhodinol (a).

2. Compositions with one or more GRAS aroma alcohols (a) and one or more GRAS aromas:

65% propylene glycol (a), 10% caffeic acid (b), 10% tannin (b), 5% resveratrol (b),

10% lactic acid (c) (BHQ-A);

70% propylene glycol (a), 20% anise alcohol (a), 5% quercetin (b), 5% tannin (b)

(BHQ-C);

82% L-menthol (a), 8% anisole (d), 7% citronellol (a), 3% safrole (d) (BHQ-2);

98% propylene glycol (a), 2% allicin (e) (BHQ-3).

3. Compositions with the necessary ingredient benzyl alcohol: 79% benzyl alcohol (a), 20% geraniol (a), 1% tannin (b) (BHQ-AFC-1); 95% benzyl alcohol (a), 5% mandelic acid (c) (BHQ-AFC-2);

70% benzyl alcohol (a), 30% catechin (b) (BHQ-AFC-3);

1% benzyl alcohol (a), 88% propylene glycol (a), 1% tannin (b), 10% lactic acid (c)

(BHQ-B). 4. Compositions with at least 2 GRAS essential oils (i) 90% bitter orange 06), 10% cinnamon 02);

6% oregano 03), 8% coriander 01), 7% citric acid (c), 79% propylene glycol 0) (BHQ-6);

1% Lavender 04), 1% Anise (i3), 2% Safrol (d), 96% Xanthan 0); 5% cardamom (i1), 5% anise 03), 10% eucalyptus 02), 80% carriers 0), especially alginic acid.

5. Composition with at least one lipophilic and at least one hydrophilic GRAS flavoring:

25% cinnamon alcohol (a,), 25% linalool (a,), 50% glycerin (a _h ) (BHQ-5);

25% cinnamon alcohol (a,), 25% linalool (a,), 50% lactic acid (c _h );

50% benzyl alcohol (a,), 50% glycerin (a _h );

50% benzyl alcohol (a,), 50% lactic acid (c _h );

50% tannin (b), 50% glycerin (a _h );

50% tannin (b), 50% lactic acid (c _h );

45% cinnamon alcohol (a,), 40% linalool (a,), 10% tannin (b), 5% vanillin (h _h ).

6. Compositions with at least one GRAS flavoring with a double bond:

70% cinnamaldehyde (h), 30% oregano 03);

20% eugenol (d), 50% citronellol (a), 20% citronellal (h), 10% ethyl cinnamate (e)

(BHQ-V);

10% cinnamaldehyde (h), 90% glycerin (a) (BHQ-4).

The particularly preferred compositions BHQ-1 to BHQ-6 can be used in particular as decontaminants, BHQ-A, -B and -C can be used in particular as regeneratives, BHQ-AFC + MT can be used in particular as anti-mycotoxin, BHQ-AFC can be used in particular as a fungicide and BHQ-V can be used in particular as a virucide. However, it must be taken into account that (i) all of the BHQs mentioned can be used for decontamination and regeneration; (ii) low to low doses of BHQ decontaminants can make them regeneratives; The properties of the BHQs described above are primarily the properties observed in the tests carried out (suspension and / or inhibitor tests) and are dependent on the dosages selected or in some cases also prescribed there.

In addition to components (a) to (i) and aromatic carrier substances 0), other commercially available pharmacologically acceptable compounds and carrier materials (k) such as alcohols (k1) emulsifiers ( k2), stabilizers (k3), antioxidants (k4), preservatives (k5), solvents (k6), ointments (k7), carriers (k8) including those with "timer" function (d ^'h.., Resolution = Effect at the point of determination), etc. The proportion of components (k) in the microbicidal composition depends on the application form of the drug and may be up to 95% by weight, is preferably less than 10% by weight and is preferably in the range from 0.1 to 5 wt .-%. So the amount of additives is very small for inhalants (aerosols) with a microbicidal composition of up to over 90 wt .-% of the aerosol, but is significantly larger, for. B. with oral, intravenous or intramuscular application of the drug, in which the microbicidal composition content is usually in the range of 0.1 to 20 wt .-%, but it can also be used in applications up to 95, even 100 wt .-% % of the functional composition. The ratio of the compounds (k) to one another also depends on the form of administration of the medicament.

According to the invention, the alcohols (k1) are monohydric or polyhydric alcohols having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, preferably having 2 to 7 carbon atoms, the GRAS alcohols (a) not being included in this. Such quantities of GRAS aroma alcohols (a) and further alcohols (k1) are preferably used that their mixing ratio is between 1000: 1 and 1: 1000, in particular between 100: 1 and 1: 100 and particularly preferably between 10: 1 and 1:10 lies.

The medicinal product can be administered in solid, liquid or gaseous form for humans and animals. The drug can be an inhaled, oral, intravenous intramuscular, rectal agent, contact preparation, internal / external (also mucous membrane), intraperitoneal, subcutaneous agent, on / in internal organs (e.g. endoscopic) in the form of tablets, liquid, gas, powder, injection, infusion, suppository, spray, ointments, plasters, have an effect. The drug can be administered preventively as well as for the treatment of acute infestation.

The pharmaceutical of the present invention can e.g. B. as an inhalant, especially for inhalation in respiratory diseases, especially in the treatment of pneumonia or in the mucous membrane against mycoses and. contamination is used.

On the other hand, such inhalation agents can also be used preventively in livestock stalls (e.g. chicken, pork, beef) in order to counteract bronchial diseases, which is synonymous with reduced feed intake and thus weight loss. The possible devices for nebulizing stables with such an inhalation agent are described in the application DE 199 31 185.4. The atomization takes place in such a way that the concentration of the microbicidal composition is 0.01 to 1 ml / m ^{3 of} air, in particular 0.01 to 0.1 ml / m ^{3 of} air. In the case of exchanging air systems in which there is an hourly circulation, the dosage must be set such that 0.01 to 1 ml / m ³ / h, in particular 0.02 to 0.1 ml / m ³ / h, microbicidal composition (1) to (6) is given.

From a toxicological point of view, it is particularly preferred that the microbicidal compositions of the medicaments according to the invention consist exclusively of GRAS flavorings. Furthermore - especially when using the medicament according to the invention for atomizing the stalls in the case of factory farming - care should be taken to ensure that the microbicidal composition is free of ethanol and isopropanol or free of questionable doses of ethanol and isopropanol, since the intake ( Inhalation of large quantities) of these substances is harmful to health. In addition, there may be an explosion hazard when using these connections. The decontaminative activity of the medicaments according to the invention is based on the following new principle of action: the composition allows the constituents to penetrate into the microorganism, thus preventing its multiplication but not destroying it. The regenerative activity allows penetration into the microorganism and / or the body cell in order to stabilize and / or multiply and / or permeate "benign" microorganisms. In addition, the medicament of the present invention can also be used as a cytostatic, antiallergic, agent for the treatment of overweight, rheumatism, dermatoses, gastritis, gastrointestinal diseases, bronchial diseases, genital and urinary tract diseases, depression, arthritis, mucosal diseases, impotence, poor concentration, mental disorders, Lack of motivation, diseases of the internal organs, menstrual disorders, migraines, sleep disorders, ie vegetative symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, allergies, and skin diseases, joint diseases, genital and hormonal disorders, infections, cancer and immune insufficiency.

According to embodiment (9), the invention further relates to the use of the microbicidal compositions (1) to (6) defined above for the production of medicaments, for. B. an inhalant for the treatment of respiratory diseases or mucosal contamination in humans and animals and for the production of antibiotics for humans and animals. In the context of the present invention, “antibiotics” are to be understood as meaning drugs with microbicidal, decontaminative activity.

In the food supplements and animal foods (11) according to the invention of the present invention, the proportion of microbicidal composition (1) to (6) is preferably 0.1 to 20% by weight, but it can also be used in applications up to 95, even at 100% .-% of the functional composition.

Finally, the invention relates to methods for the treatment of humans and animals (12), for example the treatment of respiratory diseases in humans and animals, comprising the inhaled administration of the microbicidal compositions defined above; Systemic treatment of humans and animals, comprising the administration of the microbicidal compositions by inhalation, orally, intravenously, intramuscularly, rectally, contact preparation, internally / externally (also mucous membrane), intraperitoneally, subcutaneously, on / in internal organs (e.g. endoscopically) in the form of tablets, liquid, gas , Powder, injection, infusion, suppository, spray, ointments, patches, as an antibiotic, cytostatic, microbicidal agent for the treatment of obesity (adenovirucide), rheumatism, dermatoses, gastritis, gastrointestinal diseases, bronchial diseases, depression, arthritis, mucosal diseases, impotence, Weakness of concentration, mental disorders, migraines, sleep disorders, ie vegetative symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms, allergies and skin diseases, joint diseases, genital and hormonal disorders, infections, cancer and immune deficiency. The dose required depends on the type and severity of the disease, age, gender, weight and general health status of the patient and is usually in the range from 0.1 to 10000 mg, preferably 0.5 to 1000 mg per kg of body weight of the patient per day ,

The present invention is illustrated by the following examples.

Examples

Materials and methods

All of the following recipes are in% by weight:

BHQ-1: 45% anise alcohol, 35% borneol, 20% rhodinol;

BHQ-2: 82% L-menthol, 8% anisole, 7% citronellol, 3% safrole;

BHQ-3: 98% propylene glycol, 2% allicin;

BHQ-4: 10% anisaldehyde, 90% glycerin;

BHQ-5: 25% cinnamon alcohol, 25% linalool, 50% glycerin;

BHQ-6: 6% oregano, 8% coriander, 7% citric acid, 79% propylene glycol;

BHQ-A: 65% propylene glycol, 10% caffeic acid, 10% tannin, 5% resveratrol,

10% lactic acid;

BHQ-B: 1% benzyl alcohol, 88% propylene glycol, 1% tannin, 10% lactic acid;

BHQ-C: 70% propylene glycol, 20% anise alcohol, 5% quercetin, 5% tannin;

BHQ-AFC-1: 79% benzyl alcohol, 20% geraniol, 1% tannin; BHQ-AFC-2: 95% benzyl alcohol, 5% mandelic acid;

BHQ-AFC-3: 70% benzyl alcohol, 30% catechin;

BHQ-MT: 5% cardamom, 5% anise, 10% eucalyptus citriopora, 80% alginic acid;

BHQ-V: 20% eugenol, 50% citronellol, 20% citronellal, 10% ethyl cinnamate.

example 1

Microbicidal decontaminative effect: Aroma-containing medicinal products BHQ 1-6 are both in concentrated and in aqueous (or other diluents) 1:20 (5%) dilution according to the suspension method acc. DGHM guidelines 2.3.1 fully effective 0ogRF3-5) on gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, molds and yeasts (even toxin-forming). The same is confirmed by the inhibition or inhibition yard test according to USP. The virus-inactivating effect of BHQ is confirmed by an immunological HBsAg (antigen) test on an example BHQ.

A: Quantitative suspension according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

Product BHQ; Test conditions: 20 ° C without protein; Medium: PBS and demineralizer

IV (3% Tween 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 3% saponin ^■)

B: Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

Product BHQ; Test conditions: 20 ° C without protein; Medium: PBS and dehempers

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

C: Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

D: Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

Example 2

inhibition zone; Hole test: diameter of the punch hole = 8 mm; Preliminary evaluation after 24 h inhibitor diameter in mm (evaluation 24 h)

Example 3

Strain A: Geotichum candidum (DSMZ 1240) Strain B: Aspergillus niger (DSMZ 1988) Strain C: Penicillium commune (DSMZ 2211) Strain D: Penicillium roqueforti (DSMZ 1079) Strain E: Aspergillus ochraceus (DSMZ 824) Strain F: Fusarium chiamydosporum (DSMZ 62049)

B003 - State of the Art "Antifungal"

Example 4

A: Methodology of microbicidal. decontaminative. Virucidal agent test in the HBsA activation activation test: hepatitis B // HTLV-HIV (A DS)

The destruction of the immunological reactivity of the HBsAg is tested using the "Guidelines of the Federal Health Office and the German Association for Combating Virus Diseases for the Testing of Microbicidal Agents for Efficacy against Viruses" (Bundesgesundheitsbl. 25: 397 (1982)). In addition to the direct detection of infection, there is evidence of the destruction of the antigenicity of HBsAg.

BHQ agents were tested in a suspension test at 20 and 37 ° C with and without additional protein load. 1 part of Aqua bidest was added to 1 part of a HBsAg-containing serum (1: 100 prediluted in PBS). or 1 part of 2% serum albumin or 1 part of fetal calf serum and 8 parts of the 1.25-fold test concentration of the BHQ agent.

After the exposure time had ended, the action of the agent was interrupted by a 1: 100 dilution of the mixture with PBS which contained 10% fetal calf serum. Then each sample was examined in duplicate with a highly sensitive solid-phase radioimmunoassay for HBsAg (Austria II, Abbott Diagnostics, Delkenheim). An average of the bound radioactivity (Cpm ¹²⁵ J-anti-HBs) was calculated from both batches.

The starting value (100% value) for the calculation of the percentage decrease in the binding of ¹²⁵ J-anti-HBs was the mean of quadruple batches with the longest test time used in the test, which instead of 8 parts of the BHA agent 8 parts Aqua dist. had been added. This average was in the batch with Aqua bidest. 5391 Cpm, in the batch with serum albumin 4919 Cpm and in the batch with fetal calf serum 4657 Cpm. The mean value of 10 test batches of the medium concentration diluted 1: 100 in PBS with 10% fetal calf serum served as the 0% value for the calculation of the antigen inactivity. This mean value was 216 cpm with a 1% BHQ mean. It was thus in the range of the mean of four runs performed with the negative control serum of the test (134 cpm) and the mean of four runs with the PBS used as diluent with 10% fetal calf serum (211 cpm). There is therefore no effect of the BHQ agent falsifying the test result on the HBsAg test system ("toxicity control").

A complete inactivation of the HBsAg was assumed if the Cpm measured after the BHQ agent treatment was below 2.1 times the Cpm of the negative control (here less than 454 Cpm). This corresponds to the positivity limit specified by the test manufacturer. The above average of the 10 batches of the 1: 100 mean test concentration further diluted in PBS with 10% fetal calf serum was regarded as a negative control.

B: Effect on the immunological reactivity of HBsAg

1. Effect of 1% BHQ agent at 20 ° C: Under the influence of 1% BHQ agent at 20 ° C even with high protein load (approach with fetal calf serum) after 24 h exposure to a complete destruction of the immunological HBsAg reactivity (Table 1). In the test, no binding of ¹²⁵ I anti-HBs could be measured that exceeded the limit of positivity.

2. Effect of 1% BHQ agent at 37 ° C: Even with the action of 1% BHQ agent at 37 ° C, HBsAg was completely destroyed - regardless of the protein load - after 24 hours of exposure (Table 2).

C: Assessment of the HBV inactivating effect

Based on the selected test criteria, a HBV-inactivating effect is attested to a microbicidal agent in the antigen inactivation test if, under the influence of the same, the immunological reactivity of the HbsAg has come. This is the case - regardless of the protein load - with 1% BHQ agent both at 20 and at 37 ° C after 24 hours of exposure.

This is an excellent test result. Comparative studies have shown that the hurdle that a microbicide agent has to overcome in the antigen inactivation test is extremely high. When testing other microbicidal agents, Thraenhart and Kuwert found residual amounts of HBsAg in the antigen inactivation test under conditions which showed good HBV activity with MADT (see I.).

This statement also seems justified because the HBV is much less resistant than previously thought. Although the virucidal activity of alcoholic microbicide agents is considered to be limited, it could be shown that 10 ⁶ doses of HBV infectious to the chimpanzee were inactivated by exposure to 70% isopryl alcohol for 10 min at room temperature. The microbicidal agent had difficult operating conditions because the infectious serum had dried on a plastic surface (Bond et al., J. Clin. Microbiol. 18: 535 (1983)). Under these conditions, the same group was also able to show a complete inactivation of HBV with an iodine-containing detergent in a chimpanzee experiment.

Taking all the facts into account, 1% BHQ agent can be attested to an excellent HBV-inactivating effect after 24 hours of exposure both at 20 and at 37 ° C. It seems particularly important that this good effectiveness is present even with high protein loads.

More recently, the question has been repeatedly raised as to whether the microbicide agents successfully tested according to the guidelines of the Federal Health Office and the DVV are also effective against the causative agent of AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome). This can be unconditionally approved because the HTLVll / LA V / HIV virus is one of the most sensitive viral pathogens that we know of. Heating to 56 ° C. for 30 minutes inactivates the virus (spire et al., Lancet, 1: 188-189 (1985)). The virus is also quickly destroyed at pH values below 7 and above 10. Even exposure to pH 5.7 for 10 min reduces the virus concentration to one thousandth of the starting amount (Martin et al., J. Infect. Dis. 152: 400-403 (1985)). A separate check of microbicidal agents with the question of HTLV-III / LAV / HIV effectiveness therefore does not appear to be necessary if the test against the highly resistant test viruses (polio, adeno, papova and pox viruses) is successful.

Testing the HBV effectiveness of a microbicidal agent also allows a good conclusion to be drawn about the HTLV-III / LAV / HIV effectiveness. Both viruses have a lipoprotein coat and also show many other structural and biological similarities. Even after exposure to 19% ethanol, the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase necessary for HTLV III / LAV / HIV reproduction is no longer detectable (Spire et al., Lancet, 11: 899-901 (1984)). The action of 50% ethanol at 23 ° C for 10 min destroys the infectivity of the virus with and without additional protein load (Piszzkiewicz et al., Lancet 11: 1188-1189 (1985)). The mild lipid solvent ethanol presumably works by destroying the lipoprotective shell of the virus. The AIDS safety of coagulation factor preparations precipitated with cold 20% ethanol (exposure time 10 h) has been clinically proven (Gazengel, Larrieu, Lancet, 11: 1189 (1985)).

Since the microbicide BHQ-V tested here has an excellent HBV-destroying effect, it can be assumed that the less stable HTLV-III / LAV / HIV will be inactivated with certainty under the same conditions.

To. one part HBsAg-containing serum, 1 part aqua bidest. or 1 part of 2% serum albumin or 1 part of fetal calf serum and 8 parts of the 1.25-fold test concentration of the BHQ agent.

Table 1: Effect at 20 ° C of 1% BHQ-V on HBsAg antigenicity

Table 2: Effect at 37 ° C of 1% BHQ-V on HBsAg antigenicity

* According to the manufacturer, the detection limit of HBsAg in the Austria-Il test is 2.1 times the Cpm of the negative control (hi 454 Cpm)

Example 5

Decontaminative antitoxin effect (e.g. mycotoxin e.g. aflatoxin from Aspergillus parasiticus, the aroma-containing drug

BHQ (AFC and MT) were tested in vitro in 0.2 and 0.4% application for their microorganism-toxin reaction activity. To this end, an in vitro carrier was sought that contains similar surface structures that are difficult to access, such as the human or animal intestine.

Aspergillus parasiticus as reference mushroom with aflatoxin cleavage was grown on the carrier (green coffee). The carrier was treated with BHQ by spraying with respect to O-Probe. The aflatoxin content was measured using the Mycotoxin Testing System VICAM (Fluorometic and HPLC Method) Aflatest®. The Aflatest® follows the following scheme:

sampling

Grinding and weighing the sample

Add salt and a methanol / water mixture to the sample

Filter

^,.

Dilution and Filtration

Dilute part of the sample taken with water

Filter

l

affinity

Apply the sample to an affinity column

Wash the column with water

Elute the aflatoxins from the column with methanol

Collect the eluate in a cuvette i

Aflatoxinmessung

Inject in HPLC or

Add developer to the eluate

Insert the cuvette into a fluorimeter

Save the digital display after 1 min

Since aflatoxins, like many toxins from microorganisms, have clearly carcinogenic properties, as described in Samson et al., Introduction to Food Borne Fungi "and Mücke et al," Schimmelpilze "(1999), the toxin-reducing effect comes here, for example experiments with BHQ up to 42% are of great importance.

Test Methods

Yeast and mold (§ 35 LMBG *** L01.00-37, Dec. 91, mod.)

Germ count (§ 35 LMBG *** L01.00-5, Nov. 93, mod.)

Aflatoxin and Ochratoxin Test Mycotoxin Testing System VICAM (Fluorometic & HPLC

method)

* ^* only the mold used for contamination: Aspergillus parasiticus

* Mb = VDLUFA method book vol. VI, 4th edition 1985 and further additions, VDLUFA publishing house Darmstadt, E. Lechner (ed.)

*** § 35 LMBG = Food and Consumer Goods Act; Official collection of investigation procedures according to § 35

Example 6

Check for possible selection (germ spectrum shift) or resistance formation in practical long-term use (aroma-containing agent model) (final differentiation of the bacterial flora (bacteria / mold) in e.g. cheese ripening rooms - with and without air treatment with BHQ agents ( flavoring mixture))

Examination: RCS air germ strips TC total bacterial count; VM yeasts and molds

Start of investigation: 5 months after BHQ use Sample name: Place: Cheese warehouse of the High Flow cheese dairy air sampler, Biotest

In order to test an aroma-containing medicinal product without tests on humans (phase I - III) for its selection behavior or resistance formation during its decontaminative work, a five-month practical application test was carried out in the air at 5 ppb / m ³ / h in a cheese dairy room, because BHQ is also able to sterilize air.

Coated cheeses (e.g. Gouda) are e.g. T. treated with high antifungal (natamycin) doses so as not to mold during and after ripening. A ripening period lasts about 4 weeks. The air in the ripening rooms may already have produced resistant microorganisms due to the antifungal treatment that has been used for years. The bacterium Listeria (Listeria), for example, is increasingly found in / on cheese, which has already led to considerable health risks. It is all the more astonishing that with such a low dosage of 5 ppb of BHQ, a germ reduction of> 90% already takes place. Antibiotics react with resistance at sublethal dose (underdosing). It can be assumed that BHQ was dosed too low (sublethally) in the application test, nevertheless there was no visible resistance or spectrum shift after more than five months of use, so that BHQ can not be regarded as resistance-forming, which has been evident for millennia due to the structure of the flavoring substances has not led to resistance and also because of the variability of the aromas it seems difficult that microorganisms can immediately identify them as "enemies", which is obviously possible for microorganisms with "monosubstances or their mixtures" (such as anti-infectives and the like). That is, also that, for example, in the case of "anti-infectives according to the prior art, sublethal dosing (under-dosing) mostly results in resistance.

1. Germ content (colony-forming units per 1000 liters of air)

2. Flora analysis

+ detectable

The microbiological analyzes of the ambient air show a significant reduction in the bacterial and bacterial content of bacteria and mold alike - in the germ area of the BHQ-controlled room.

An evaluation of the flora analysis carried out here shows that basically the same types of germs were found in the fog room as in the non-approved cheese store. All airborne germs isolated from the fog room were also found in the untreated air. A germ selection by the application of BHQ could not be proven. Due to the strong reduction in the number of bacteria and fungi, it can be assumed that after five months of continuous use of BHQ, there was no development of selections and resistance. Example 7

A. Regenarative effect of the aroma-containing drug: During the development work and bacteriological tests, it was repeatedly noticed that - in contrast to microbicidal agents according to the prior art - the flavor synergisms not only have protagonistically decontaminative, microbicidal properties, but are also capable of being accurate to do the opposite, namely to develop antagonistic regenerative properties, d. i.e. to stabilize or maintain or even promote microorganism growth.

This would have the advantage in all possible human and animal application forms of medical and pharmaceutical type either to maintain the "positive" microorganisms necessary for life in the body or to reanimate or intensify their growth. Microorganisms (e.g. lactobacilli, Bac. Subtilis, positive coliforms, etc.) can also be regeneratively supplied to the body, which are then maintained, stabilized or strengthened and increased in their adaptation and function in the body cells, so that one for the body The necessary regenerative effect is possible, with approx. 40 trillion body cells, but 100 trillion microorganisms (approx. 400 - 500 species) a plausible and necessary process, especially since the lifestyle and medication of modern times balance the necessary microorganism species in the body and their quantity and quality (resistance or selectionism, ie other germs overgrow or take over) is already disturbed in many people and animals, and causes of many clinical pictures are as described above.

The "American Journal of Gastrointerology" and the science journal "The Lancet" have been reporting more and more about these phenomena, among other things, since we have been able to find biotechnological answers to questions. So it is conceivable that a multi-step application method can be used, or a combinatorial application or a single application of the respective "flavoring medicinal product". They can optionally be used in the following forms of application: oral (tablets, liquidum, powder, gas phase (mist) intravenous, intramuscular (injections, infusions, liquid, powder or similar) rectally (suppository or similar) inhalation (liquidum, gas phase, spray)

Counter preparation (application of mucous membranes: internally liquid, powder, gas phase or the like;

External application: ointment, liquid, powder, gas phase or similar) intraperitoneally (ip) (liquid, solid, gas phase) subcutaneously (sc) (liquid, solid, gas phase) on / in internal organs (injection, infusion, endoscopic or similar) ä.)

B. Application Procedure: I. Multi-Step:

1. "Decontaminative" for the disinfection of pathogens causing illness or infection in / on the body with aroma-containing medicinal products (depending on the recipe and dosage)

2. "Regenerative" to regenerate (maintain or promote growth) necessary microorganisms in / on the body with aroma-containing drugs (depending on the recipe and dosage).

II. Combinatorial procedure: 1. + 2. simultaneously

1st + 2nd in a row

III. Single use: 1, 2 and / or combinatorial or multi-step with state-of-the-art medicinal products (e.g. anti-infectives, antidepressants, cytostatics, contraceptives and many more)

C. Quantitative suspension tests: The regenerative, bacteriological, antagonistic properties of the aroma synergisms of the aroma-containing medicament (BHQ) according to the invention are shown on the basis of the quantitative suspension procedure according to DBHM guidelines 2.3.1 and the inhibitor / inhibitor test (USP). Cl quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

C.ll. Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

C JL Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

C.IV. Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

CV. Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

C.VI. Quantitative suspension test according to DGHM guidelines 2.3.1

IV (3% Tween® 80 + 0.3% lecithin + 0.1% histidine + 3% saponin)

Example 8

inhibition zone; Hole test: diameter of the punch hole = 8 mm; Preliminary evaluation after 24 hours

Inhibitor diameter in mm (evaluation 24 h)

Claims

claims

1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a microbicidal composition which contains at least two GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) flavoring substances or their derivatives.

2. Medicament according to claim 1, wherein the GRAS flavorings are selected from:

(a) GRAS aroma alcohols or their derivatives, in particular benzyl alcohol, acetoin, ethyl alcohol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, glycerin, n-butyl alcohol, iso-butyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, L-menthol, octyl alcohol, cinnamon alcohol, α-methylbenzyl alcohol , Heptyl alcohol, n-amyl alcohol, iso-amyl alcohol, anis alcohol, citronellol, n-decyl alcohol, geraniol, ß-γ-hexanol, lauryl alcohol, linalool, nerolidol, nonadienol, nonyl alcohol, rhodinol, terpineol, borneol, clineyl alcohol, anisole, 10 -Undecen-1-ol, 1-hexadecanol and their derivatives;

(b) polyphenol compounds, in particular pyrocatechol, resorcinol, hydroquinone, phloroglucin, pyrogallol, cyclohexane, usnic acid, acylpolyphenols, lignins, anthocyanins, flavones, catechins, gallic acid derivatives, coffee acid, flavonoids, derivatives of the above-mentioned polyphenellates and extracts from the polyphenols mentioned;

(c) GRAS acids or derivatives, in particular acetic acid, aconitic acid, adipic acid, formic acid, malic acid, caproic acid, hydrocinnamic acid, pelagonic acid, lactic acid, phenoxyacetic acid, phenylacetic acid, Vaierian acid, iso- valeric acid, cinnamic acid, citric acid, mandelic acid, tartaric acid, tartaric acid, tartaric acid Tannic acid and its derivatives;

(d) GRAS phenols or their derivatives, in particular thymol, methyleugenol, acetyleugenol, safrol, eugenol, isoeugenol, anethole, phenol, methylchavicol, carvacrol, α-bisabolol, fornesol, anisole, propenylguaethol and their derivatives;

(e) GRAS esters, especially acetates including iso-amyl acetate, benzyl acetate, benzylphenylacetate, n-butyl acetate, cinnamyl acetate, citronellyl acetate, ethyl acetate, eugenol acetate, geranyl acetate, hexyl acetate, hydrocinnamyl acetate, linalyl acetate, octyl acetate, triacyl acetate, phenyl ethyl acetate, phenyl ethyl acetate, Sodium acetate and calcium acetate as well as esters and ester derivatives of acids (c);

(f) terpenes, especially camphor, limonene and ß-caryophyllene; (f) terpenes, especially camphor, limonene and ß-caryophyllene;

(g) acetals, especially acetal, acetaldehyde dibutylacetal, acetaldehyde dipropyl acetal, acetaldehyde phenethyl propyl acetal, cinnamaldehyde ethylene glycol acetal, decanaldimethylacetal, heptanaldimethylacetal, heptanal glycery acetal and benzaldehyde propylene glycol acetal;

(h) aldehydes, in particular acetylaldehyde, anisaldehyde, isobutylaldehyde, citral, citronellal, n-caprinaldehyde, ethylvanillin, heliotropin, heptylaldehyde, hexylaldehyde, 2-hexenal, hydrocinnamaldehyde, laurylaldehyde, nonaldehyde Propionaldehyde, vanillin, cinnamaldehyde, perillaaldehyde and cuminaldehyde; (i) GRAS essential oils, in particular essential oils and / or alcoholic, glycolic or extracts of the following plants obtained by high-pressure CO ₂ processes (i1) oils or extracts with a high proportion of alcohols: lemon balm, coriander, cardamom, eucalyptus ;

(i3) oils or extracts with a high proportion of phenols: oregano, thyme, rosemary, orange, clove, fennel, camphor, mandarin, anise, cascarille, tarragon and allspice;

(i4) oils or extracts with a high proportion of acetates: lavender; (i5) oils or extracts with a high proportion of esters: mustard, onion, garlic; (i6) oils or extracts with a high proportion of terpenes: pepper, bitter orange, caraway,

Dill, lemon, peppermint, nutmeg; (i7) Oils or extracts with a high proportion of acids: Olibanum.

3. Medicament according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the microbicidal composition

(I) one or more GRAS alcohols (a) or their derivatives and

(II-2) GRAS aromatic acids (c) or their derivatives, contains, in particular a microbicidal composition, which

0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 99% by weight, component (I), 0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.0Ϊ to 10% by weight, component (11-1) and 0 to 70% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 30% by weight, component (II-2 ) contains.

4. Medicament according to claim 3, wherein the microbicidal composition (1-1) benzyl alcohol as a necessary component and optionally

(I-2) one or more further GRAS aroma alcohols (a) or their derivatives and

(11-1) one or more polyphenol compounds (b) and / or (II-2) contains one or more GRAS acids (c) or their derivatives; in particular a microbicidal composition containing 0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 75% by weight of benzyl alcohol; 0 to 99.8% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 99% by weight of component (I-2); and 0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight of component (11-1), 0 to 70% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 30% by weight of component (II-2) contains.

5. Medicament according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the microbicidal composition still further GRAS flavorings, selected from (d) phenols, (e) esters, (f) terpenes, (g) acetals, (h) aldehydes and (i) ethereal Oils, and is in particular a microbicidal composition which contains 0.001 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 9% by weight, of the further GRAS flavoring substances (d) - (i).

6. Medicament according to claim 5, wherein the further GRAS flavorings are phenols (d) and / or essential oils (i).

7. Medicament according to one or more of claims 4 to 6, wherein the microbicidal composition contains one or two further GRAS flavor alcohols (a) and at least one polyphenol compound (b).

8. Medicament according to claim 7, wherein the polyphenol compound (b1) is tannin, in particular the microbicidal composition contains 0.1-20% by weight of benzyl alcohol and 0.01-10% by weight of tannin.

9. Medicament according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least two GRAS essential oils (i).

10. Medicament according to claim 9, wherein the microbicidal composition still further GRAS flavorings, selected from alcohols (a), polyphenol compounds (b), acids (c), phenols (d), esters (e), terpenes (f), acetals (g) and aldehydes (h) and / or aromatic carriers (j)

11. Medicament according to claim 10, wherein the aroma carriers (j) are selected from GRAS aroma substances and non-GRAS compounds with aroma carrier properties and particularly preferably propylene glycol, benzyl alcohol, glycerol, alginates, lactates, silica and / or alginic acid.

12. Medicament according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the microbicidal composition

0.01 to 20% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 10% by weight, GRAS essential oils (i),

0 to 80 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 40 wt .-%, GRAS flavorings (a) to

(dog

Contains 0 to 80 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 50 wt .-% aromatic carrier substances (j).

13. Medicament according to one or more of claims 10 to 12, wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least three GRAS essential oils (i) and / or the further GRAS flavoring agents are anisole and / or quercetin, in particular the microbicidal composition

0.1 to 100% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 80% by weight of GRAS essential oils (i)

0 to 20% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight of anisole and

0 to 20 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 10 wt .-% contains quecetin.

14. Medicament according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least one GRAS aroma alcohol (a), preferably an aromatic GRAS aroma alcohol and in particular benzyl alcohol.

15. Medicament according to claim 14, wherein the microbicidal composition contains less than 50 wt .-%, preferably less than 30 wt .-%, particularly preferably less than 20 wt .-% ethanol, isopropanol or benzyl alcohol or a mixture of these substances.

16. Medicament according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least one hydrophilic, alcoholic GRAS flavoring and / or a hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavoring and in particular is a microbicidal composition which furthermore contains benzyl alcohol and / or a polyphenol compound (b) contains.

17. Medicament according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the microbicidal composition contains at least one lipophilic GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) flavoring and at least one hydrophilic GRAS flavoring.

18. Medicament according to claim 17, wherein the lipophilic GRAS aroma substances are selected from (a,) lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols or their derivatives, (b) polyphenol compounds, (c,) lipophilic GRAS aroma acids or their derivatives, (d) Phenols or their derivatives, (e,) lipophilic esters, (f) terpenes, (g) acetals, (h,) lipophilic aldehydes and (i) essential oils, in particular a microbicidal composition, which is preferably at least two lipophilic GRAS flavorings contains two lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols (a,).

19. Medicament according to claim 19, wherein the lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols are selected from: aromatic GRAS aroma alcohols, comprising benzyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol, 1-phenylethanol, cinnamon alcohol, hydrocinnam alcohol, 1-phenyl-1-propanol and anise alcohol and aliphatic GRAS aroma alcohols, including n-butyl alcohol, isobutyl alcohol, hexyl alcohol, L-menthol, octyl alcohol, heptyl alcohol, n-amyl alcohol, iso-amyl alcohol, anise alcohol, citronellol, n- Decyl alcohol, geraniol, ß-γ-hexanol, lauryl alcohol, linalool, nerolidol, nonadienol, nonyl alcohol, rhodinol, terpineol, borneol, clineol, anisole, cuminyl alcohol, 10-undecen-1-ol and 1-hexadecanol and their derivatives , the aromatic GRAS aroma alcohols, in particular benzyl alcohol, being preferred.

20. Medicament according to one or more of claims 17 to 19, wherein the hydrophilic GRAS flavoring agent is a hydrophilic, alcoholic GRAS flavoring agent (a _h ) or a hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavoring agent, wherein the hydrophilic, alcoholic GRAS flavoring agent (a _h ) is preferably a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol with 2 to 10, particularly preferably with 2 to 7 C-atom, which is selected in particular from acetoin, ethyl alcohol, propyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol and glycerol and the hydrophilic, GRAS non-alcoholic flavoring is a hydrophilic organic GRAS flavoring acid (c _h ) with 1 to 15 carbon atoms or a physiological salt thereof, a hydrophilic acetate (e _h ) or a hydrophilic aldehyde (h _h ), with the hydrophilic organic acid preferably (c _h ) has 2 to 10 carbon atoms and is selected in particular from acetic acid, aconitic acid, formic acid, malic acid, lactic acid, phenylacetic acid, citric acid, mandelic acid, we acid, fumaric acid, tannic acid, hydrocinnamic acid and their physiological salts; the hydrophilic acetate (e _h ) is preferably selected from allicin, triacetin, potassium acetate, sodium acetate and calcium acetate; and / or the hydrophilic aldehyde (h _h ) is preferably selected from furfural, propionaldehyde and vanillin.

21. Medicament according to claim 20, wherein the microbicidal composition less than 50 wt .-%, preferably less than 30 wt .-%, particularly preferred

- Less than 20 wt .-% benzyl alcohol or a mixture of benzyl alcohol with

Contains ethanol and / or isopropanol, or

- Benzyl alcohol and / or a polyphenol compound (b), but no others

Contains GRAS flavor alcohols.

22. Medicament according to claim 20, wherein the microbicidal composition contains two lipophilic GRAS flavor alcohols (a,), but no benzyl alcohol and no polyphenol compounds (b).

23. Medicament according to claim 21, wherein the microbicidal composition contains exclusively non-alcoholic, hydrophilic GRAS flavoring substances, in particular exclusively a hydrophilic GRAS aromatic acid (c _h ), in particular a microbicidal composition, which

0.01 to 99 wt .-%, preferably 0.1 to 90 wt .-% benzyl alcohol or polyphenol compounds (b) and

Contains 0.01 to 50 wt .-%, preferably 0.1 to 30 wt .-% hydrophilic, non-alcoholic GRAS flavorings.

24. Medicament according to claim 17 or 18, wherein the microbicidal composition

(III) one or more GRAS aroma alcohols (a) or their derivatives and

(IV) contains one or more flavoring substances selected from polyphenol compounds (component (IV-1) and lipophilic GRAS aromatic acids (c) or their derivatives (component IV-2), in particular a microbicidal composition which is

0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.5 to 99% by weight, component (III), 0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight, component (IV-1 ) and 0 to 70 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 30 wt .-%, component (IV-2) contains.

25. Medicament according to claim 24, wherein the microbicidal composition further GRAS flavorings selected from (d) phenols or their derivatives, (e,) lipophilic esters, (f) terpenes, (g) acetals, (h,) lipophilic aldehydes and (i) essential oils.

26. Medicament according to claim 24 to 25, wherein the lipophilic GRAS acid (c) is selected from: Adipic acid, caproic acid, pelagonic acid, phenoxyacetic acid, valeric acid, iso-valeric acid, cinnamic acid, mandelic acid and their derivatives.

27. Medicament according to one or more of claims 24 to 26, wherein the component (III) of the microbicidal composition contains benzyl alcohol as a necessary constituent and optionally one or more other lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols (a,) or their derivatives, in particular a microbicidal one Composition is that

0.1 to 99% by weight, preferably 0.1 to 75% by weight of benzyl alcohol;

0 to 99.8% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 99% by weight of component (a,); and

0 to 25% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 10% by weight of component (IV-1),

0 to 70 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 30 wt .-% component (IV-2) contains.

28. Medicament according to claim 27, wherein component (IV) of the microbicidal composition contains one or more polyphenol compounds (b) as a necessary constituent and optionally (c) one or more GRAS acids or their derivatives.

29. Medicament according to claim 27 or 28, wherein the microbicidal composition contains further lipophilic GRAS flavorings (d) - (i), preferably 0.001 to 25% by weight and particularly preferably 0.01 to 9% by weight, of the others GRAS flavors (d) - (i), in particular the other lipophilic GRAS flavors are phenols (d) and / or essential oils (i).

30. Medicament according to one or more of claims 27 to 29, wherein the microbicidal composition contains one or two lipophilic GRAS aroma alcohols (a,) and at least one polyphenol compound (b), in particular tannin, and in particular is a microbicidal composition which 20 Contains -98% by weight of benzyl alcohol and 0.01-10% by weight of tannin.

31. Medicament according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the microbicidal composition at least one GRAS flavoring agent with one or more double bonds (

32. Medicament according to claim 31, wherein the GRAS acids (c _Δ ) are selected from cinnamic acid, fumaric acid and derivatives thereof and the GRAS alcohols (a _Δ ) are selected from cinnamon alcohol, cironellol, 3-hexenol, nonadienol, 10-Un - decen-1-ol and derivatives thereof and / or wherein the composition contains from 0.01 to 70% by weight, particularly preferably 0.1 to 30% by weight, of the GRAS flavorings with double bond (s).

33. Medicament according to claim 31 or 32, wherein the composition further contains essential oils (i) and / or hydrophilic GRAS flavorings.

34. Medicament according to one or more of claims 1 to 33, wherein the microbicidal composition further contains mono- or polyhydric alcohols with 2 to 10 carbon atoms, emulsifiers, stabilizers, antioxidants, preservatives, solvents and / or carriers (j).

35. Medicament according to one or more of claims 1 to 33, wherein the microbicidal composition contains no derivatives of the GRAS flavoring agents, in particular consists exclusively of GRAS flavoring agents.

36. Medicament according to one or more of claims 1 to 35, which is a decontaminative, a regenerative, a virucide and / or an agent for toxin reduction.

37. Medicament according to one or more of claims 1 to 36, wherein the medicament is in the form of inhalation, oral, intravenous, intramuscular, rectal, contact preparation, internally / externally (also mucous membrane), intraperitoneally, subcutaneously, on / in internal organs (e.g. B. endoscopically) in the form of tablets, liquid, gas, powder, injection, infusion, suppository, spray, ointments or plaster, and is particularly preferably an inhalation agent for humans and animals.

38. Use of the microbicidal compositions as defined in claims 1 to 35 for the production of decontaminative and / or regenerative Agents for the treatment of humans and animals, in particular for the production of an antibiotic, cytostatic or agent for the treatment of: obesity (adenovirucide), rheumatism, dermatoses, gastritis, gastrointestinal diseases, bronchial diseases, depressions, arthritis, mucous membrane diseases, impotence, poor concentration, psychological Disorders, migraines, sleep disorders (ie vegetative symptoms), gastrointestinal symptoms, allergies and skin diseases, joint diseases, genital and hormonal disorders, infections, cancer and immunodeficiency, particularly preferred for the production of an inhalant for the treatment of respiratory diseases in humans and animals.

39. Use of a GRAS flavoring agent or a derivative thereof, in particular a GRAS flavoring agent as defined in claim 2, for producing a regenerative.

40. Use of a GRAS flavoring agent or a derivative thereof, in particular a GRAS flavoring agent as defined in claim 2, for the manufacture of a decontaminant, a virucide or an agent for toxin reduction.

41. Food supplements or animal foods comprising a microbicidal composition as defined in claims 1 to 35

42. A method of treating infectious and respiratory diseases in humans and animals, comprising administering to humans and animals a GRAS flavoring or a derivative thereof and / or a microbicidal composition as defined in claims 1 to 35 in need of such treatment.