EP2780438A1 - A liquid hard surface antimicrobial cleaning composition - Google Patents

A liquid hard surface antimicrobial cleaning composition

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EP2780438A1
EP2780438A1 EP12772771.7A EP12772771A EP2780438A1 EP 2780438 A1 EP2780438 A1 EP 2780438A1 EP 12772771 A EP12772771 A EP 12772771A EP 2780438 A1 EP2780438 A1 EP 2780438A1
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Sameer Keshav Barne
Amit Chakrabortty
Maya Treesa Saji
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/48—Medical, disinfecting agents, disinfecting, antibacterial, germicidal or antimicrobial compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D1/00—Detergent compositions based essentially on surface-active compounds; Use of these compounds as a detergent
    • C11D1/38—Cationic compounds
    • C11D1/62—Quaternary ammonium compounds
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/16—Organic compounds
    • C11D3/20—Organic compounds containing oxygen
    • C11D3/2075—Carboxylic acids-salts thereof
    • C11D3/2082—Polycarboxylic acids-salts thereof
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/16—Organic compounds
    • C11D3/20—Organic compounds containing oxygen
    • C11D3/2075—Carboxylic acids-salts thereof
    • C11D3/2086—Hydroxy carboxylic acids-salts thereof
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D3/00—Other compounding ingredients of detergent compositions covered in group C11D1/00
    • C11D3/16—Organic compounds
    • C11D3/36—Organic compounds containing phosphorus
    • C11D3/362—Phosphates or phosphites

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  • the invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning and disinfection composition.
  • the invention more particularly relates to a hard surface disinfection composition that
  • Liquid compositions for disinfecting and cleaning hard surfaces like floors, walls, windows, doors, furniture, and table tops in various indoor and outdoor locations are known. Toilets and bathrooms are other places where germs proliferate and
  • disinfection and cleaning compositions in liquid form are widely used.
  • Other types of hard surfaces that are cleaned by such compositions include utensils and other articles found in households, offices and other public places.
  • halogen and active oxygen are two most effective bleaches.
  • Bleaches are compounds that liberate oxidising agents like chlorine, bromine, fluorine, nascent oxygen or other oxidizing agents that break the cell walls of microbes like bacteria and virus thereby disinfecting the surfaces thus treated.
  • Phenolics are another class of anti ⁇ microbials often derived from essential oils extracted from natural sources which are formulated in an emulsified form and sold as floor and toilet cleaners.
  • these compounds are sometimes considered either harsh or take a long time for the antimicrobial action to take place.
  • these compositions include surfactants to both emulsify the oily components present therein or to enable cleaning via detergency action. To remove the residual surfactants the surfaces being treated or cleaned are soon thereafter rinsed or wiped to be substantially free of the disinfection/ cleaning composition. This allows very little time for the disinfection action to take place.
  • compositions comprising selected ingredients viz. select salts of dicarboxylic or tricarboxylic acids and sodium tripoly phosphate (STPP) in a benzalkonium chloride (BAC) containing composition provides for synergistic antimicrobial efficacy not provided by each one alone or by any of the binary combinations of these agents, in very short time scales of less than 15 seconds. Further, inclusion of essential oil agents like terpineol and/or thymol provides for further enhanced
  • composition comprising benzalkonium chloride and select salts of dicarboxylic or tricarboxylic acid provides for enhanced antimicrobial efficacy, which action was also not known
  • Liquid hard surface cleaning compositions having a pH of 9 to 12 comprising cationic surfactant like benzalkonium chloride (BAC) are known. It is also known to include alkaline agent like STPP in such compositions.
  • BAC benzalkonium chloride
  • WO09128012 discloses cleaner concentrates, associated cleaners, and associated methods that are capable of removing from surfaces fresh, greasy soils and polymerized soils and include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, and as a remainder, water.
  • GB1395839 Hoechst & Benckiser, 1975 discloses detergent compositions with reduced phosphate content which comprises (a) 2 to 40 parts by wt . of a blend of sodium tripolyphosphate and trisodium citrate in a ratio between 99: 1 and 54: 55 and (b) 1 part by wt . of at least one nonionic surfactant, said
  • composition in 1 percent aqueous solution having a pH of at most 10.
  • US2009176887 discloses a biocidal composition which comprises an effective amount of a biocidal agent such as a quaternary ammonium compound or a blend of quaternary ammonium compounds and an effective amount of a cellular membrane disruptor.
  • a biocidal agent such as a quaternary ammonium compound or a blend of quaternary ammonium compounds
  • a cellular membrane disruptor an effective amount of a cellular membrane disruptor.
  • the synergy index of the biocidal agent and the cellular membrane disruptor is less than 1.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition that has relatively fast antimicrobial action.
  • composition with a pH in the range of 9 to 12 comprising
  • the first aspect of the invention provides for a liquid hard surface antimicrobial cleaning composition with a pH in the range of 9 to 12.
  • the composition comprises 0.5 to 4% by weight of benzalkonium chloride; 0.25 to 3% by weight of salt of di or tri carboxylic acid; 0.25 to 3% by weight sodium
  • tripolyphosphate tripolyphosphate ; and 87 to 97% by weight water.
  • the composition comprises 0.5 to 4%, more preferably 1 to 2%, further more preferably 1.25 to 1.75% cationic surfactant benzalkonium chloride.
  • the composition comprises 0.25 to 3%, preferably 0.5 to 2%, more preferably 0.5 to 1.5% by weight of the composition salt of di or tri carboxylic acid.
  • the salt of di or tri carboxylic acid is preferably chosen from an oxalate, fumarate, phthalate, maleate, malate, malonate or citrate.
  • tricarboxylic acid is most preferably a phthalate, malate, malonate, or citrate.
  • Alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts are preferred, more preferably alkali metal salts of which sodium salt is most preferred. Structure of salts of some of the carboxylic acids are given below:
  • the composition comprises 0.25 to 3%, preferably 0.5 to 2%, more preferably 1.25 to 1.75% by weight of the composition sodium tripolyphosphate .
  • composition of the invention comprises water as a preferred carrier. Water is present in 87 to 97%, preferably 90 to 95% by weight of the composition.
  • the composition optionally comprises an antimicrobial active selected from an essential oil active.
  • an essential oil active selected from an essential oil active.
  • the essential oil antimicrobial active is present in 0.01 to 2% by weight of the composition.
  • Preferred essential oil actives are thymol, terpineol, eugenol or mixtures thereof. Most preferred essential oil active is a mixture of thymol and terpineol.
  • thymol and terpineol are present in 0.05 to 1%, more preferably 0.08 to 0.3% by weight of the composition.
  • Most useful antimicrobial compositions of the present invention preferably have thymol higher than 0.05 and lesser than 0.3% by weight of the composition.
  • Thymol may be added to the antimicrobial composition in purified form.
  • thyme oil or thyme extract comprising thymol may be added to the antimicrobial composition, while ensuring that thymol is present in the desired concentration in the composition of the present invention.
  • Thyme oil or thyme extract is obtained from the thyme plant.
  • Thyme plant refers to a plant belonging be genus Thymus and includes but is not limited to the following species: Thymus vulgaris, Thymus zygis , Thymus satureoides, Thymus mastichina , Thymus broussonetti , Thymus maroccanus , Thymus pallidus , Thymus algeriensis , Thymus serpyllum, Thymus pulegoide, and Thymus citriodorus .
  • Most of the useful fast acting antimicrobial compositions of the present invention preferably have terpineol higher than 0.05 and lesser than 1% by weight of the composition.
  • the terpineol is preferably selected from alpha-terpineol , beta- terpineol, gamma-terpineol or mixtures thereof. It is
  • terpineol is alpha-terpineol.
  • Terpineol may be added to the antimicrobial composition in purified form.
  • pine oil comprising terpineol may be added to the antimicrobial composition.
  • composition of the invention optionally comprises a
  • surfactant is a non-ionic surfactant.
  • Non-ionic surfactant is preferably present in an amount of 2 to 10% by weight of the composition.
  • Particularly preferred nonionic surfactants are fatty alcohol ethoxylates preferably C8-C22, more preferably C8-C16 fatty alcohol ethoxylates, comprising between 1 and 8 ethylene oxide groups.
  • Suitable surfactant concentrations in liquid forms of hard surface cleaning application are preferably from 1 to 5 % by weight of the composition.
  • composition of the invention has pH in the range of 9 to 12, preferably in the range of 10.5 to 11.5. This could be achieved by incorporating the essential ingredients of the invention in selected amounts, else may be attained by
  • the alkaline agent is a compound having a hydrophilic property and a hydrophilic property.
  • the alkaline agent is preferably present in 0.1 to 1% by weight of the composition.
  • composition of the invention can be achieved in the absence of conventional disinfectants like bleaches e.g. halogens, halogenated
  • bleaches compounds and active oxygen based bleaches.
  • small amount of such bleaches may be present in the composition e.g. less than 1%, preferably less than 0.5%, more preferably less than 0.1% and the efficacy of the composition is achievable even with the bleaches being absent from the composition.
  • composition may further comprise various additional ingredients known to a person skilled in the art.
  • additional ingredients known to a person skilled in the art.
  • additional ingredients include but are not limited to:
  • perfumes perfumes, pigments, preservatives, emollients, sunscreens, emulsifiers, gelling agents, or thickening agents.
  • the antimicrobial composition may be in form of a liquid but the liquid composition may be further thickened to a gel or a paste.
  • the antimicrobial composition of the present invention can be used for cleansing and care of hard surfaces such as glass, metal, plastic, wood, ceramic and the like.
  • a method of cleaning and disinfecting a hard surface comprising applying to said hard surface a composition of the invention diluted with water in a weight ratio of 1: 20 to 1: 200, preferably in a ratio of 1:40 to 1:80.
  • the method preferably comprises a step of rinsing the surface with a suitable solvent preferably water or the surface may be wiped with a suitable wipe.
  • composition of the invention provides an antimicrobial action where the contact time of the antimicrobial actives with the surface is low, i.e. of the order of less than 5 minutes, preferably less than 2 minutes, further more preferably less than a minute and in many cases less than 15 seconds.
  • compositions comprising benzalkonium chloride and a salt of di or tricarboxylic acid for providing antimicrobial benefit.
  • the antimicrobial use is preferably non-therapeutic.
  • the composition for use in antimicrobial activity preferably has benzalkionium chloride at a
  • Antibacterial Compositions for hard surface cleaning as shown in Table - 1 were prepared. The compositions were tested for antibacterial efficacy using the European Suspension Test BS EN1276 which is briefly described below: A test suspension of bacteria (1 ml) was added to a sample of the product under a certain dilution condition (8 ml) along with a specific soil (1 ml) . The mixture was maintained at 20°C for 5 minutes. After this period of contact time, an aliquot is taken and is immediately neutralized by a validated method. The number of bacteria in each sample are determined by plating in TSA agar and the reduction in viable count is calculated after incubating for 48 hours.
  • BS EN1276 European Suspension Test BS EN1276 which is briefly described below: A test suspension of bacteria (1 ml) was added to a sample of the product under a certain dilution condition (8 ml) along with a specific soil (1 ml) . The mixture was maintained at 20°C for 5 minutes. After this period of contact time
  • Table - 1 indicates that the compositions as per the invention (Examples 2 and 3) provides for vastly improved antibacterial efficacy as compared to a composition outside the invention (Example - 1) .
  • Examples 4 to 6 Examples at low contact times
  • compositions of the invention are effective even at short contact times of about 30 seconds.
  • compositions similar to Examples 1 to 3 were prepared and tested against various other types of bacteria as shown in
  • BSA Serum Albumin
  • Examples 10 to 15 are vastly superior to sampl outside the invention (Examples 7 to 9) in terms of
  • compositions of the invention additionally comprising essential oil actives Compositions as shown in Table - 4 were tested for
  • Examples 17 to 21 give vastly superior antibacterial efficacy as compared to a sample outside the invention (Example 16) .
  • Table - 5 Various compositions as shown in Table - 5 were prepared and the antimicrobial efficacy was measured using the procedure used for Example -1 (except that in the present case, the dilution used was 1:60) . The data on the log reduction of bacteria is shown in Table - 5. Table - 5
  • the invention thus provides for a composition for hard surface disinfection that interact synergistically to enable

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Abstract

The invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning and disinfection composition that provides relatively fast antimicrobial action. A aqueous composition with a pH in the range of 9 to 12 comprising selective amounts of benzalkonium chloride; a salt of di or tri carboxylic acid; and sodium tripolyphosphate is claimed.

Description

A LIQUID HARD SURFACE ANTIMICROBIAL CLEANING COMPOSITION
Technical field
The invention relates to a liquid hard surface cleaning and disinfection composition. The invention more particularly relates to a hard surface disinfection composition that
provides synergistic antibacterial efficacy.
Background of the invention
Liquid compositions for disinfecting and cleaning hard surfaces like floors, walls, windows, doors, furniture, and table tops in various indoor and outdoor locations are known. Toilets and bathrooms are other places where germs proliferate and
disinfection and cleaning compositions in liquid form are widely used. Other types of hard surfaces that are cleaned by such compositions include utensils and other articles found in households, offices and other public places.
Two of the popular classes of disinfecting/sanitizing actives are (i) bleaches and (ii) phenolics. Halogen and active oxygen are two most effective bleaches. Bleaches are compounds that liberate oxidising agents like chlorine, bromine, fluorine, nascent oxygen or other oxidizing agents that break the cell walls of microbes like bacteria and virus thereby disinfecting the surfaces thus treated. Phenolics are another class of anti¬ microbials often derived from essential oils extracted from natural sources which are formulated in an emulsified form and sold as floor and toilet cleaners.
These compounds are sometimes considered either harsh or take a long time for the antimicrobial action to take place. Very often, these compositions include surfactants to both emulsify the oily components present therein or to enable cleaning via detergency action. To remove the residual surfactants the surfaces being treated or cleaned are soon thereafter rinsed or wiped to be substantially free of the disinfection/ cleaning composition. This allows very little time for the disinfection action to take place.
Therefore, there is a need for providing a composition that gives relatively more efficacious antimicrobial action when the cleaning period is relatively small, typically about 5 minutes or less, preferably lesser than 2 minutes and in many cases less than one minute or sometimes as low as 15 seconds or lesser. The present inventors have surprisingly found that compositions comprising selected ingredients viz. select salts of dicarboxylic or tricarboxylic acids and sodium tripoly phosphate (STPP) in a benzalkonium chloride (BAC) containing composition provides for synergistic antimicrobial efficacy not provided by each one alone or by any of the binary combinations of these agents, in very short time scales of less than 15 seconds. Further, inclusion of essential oil agents like terpineol and/or thymol provides for further enhanced
antibacterial efficacy.
Further, the present inventors have found that use of a
composition comprising benzalkonium chloride and select salts of dicarboxylic or tricarboxylic acid provides for enhanced antimicrobial efficacy, which action was also not known
heretofore .
Liquid hard surface cleaning compositions having a pH of 9 to 12 comprising cationic surfactant like benzalkonium chloride (BAC) are known. It is also known to include alkaline agent like STPP in such compositions.
WO09128012 (Ecolab) discloses cleaner concentrates, associated cleaners, and associated methods that are capable of removing from surfaces fresh, greasy soils and polymerized soils and include one or more alkalinity sources, one or more chelants, one or more surfactants, and as a remainder, water. GB1395839 (Hoechst & Benckiser, 1975) discloses detergent compositions with reduced phosphate content which comprises (a) 2 to 40 parts by wt . of a blend of sodium tripolyphosphate and trisodium citrate in a ratio between 99: 1 and 54: 55 and (b) 1 part by wt . of at least one nonionic surfactant, said
composition in 1 percent aqueous solution having a pH of at most 10.
US2009176887 (Stepan) discloses a biocidal composition which comprises an effective amount of a biocidal agent such as a quaternary ammonium compound or a blend of quaternary ammonium compounds and an effective amount of a cellular membrane disruptor. The synergy index of the biocidal agent and the cellular membrane disruptor is less than 1.
None of the patent publications cited above address the problem of slow-acting antimicrobial composition, nor disclose the synergistic combination of actives disclosed and claimed in the present invention for providing the fast acting antimicrobial action in disinfecting hard surfaces.
It is an object of the present invention to overcome or
ameliorate at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art, or to provide a useful alternative.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a liquid hard surface cleaning and disinfecting composition that has relatively fast antimicrobial action.
Summary of the invention
According to the first aspect of the invention there is
provided a liquid hard surface antimicrobial cleaning
composition with a pH in the range of 9 to 12 comprising
(a) 0.5 to 4% by weight of benzalkonium chloride;
(b) 0.25 to 3% by weight of salt of di or tri carboxylic acid;
(c) 0.25 to 3% by weight sodium tripolyphosphate; and
(d) 87 to 97% by weight water. According to another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of cleaning and disinfecting a hard surface comprising applying to said hard surface a composition of the first aspect diluted with water in a weight ratio of 1: 20 to 1: 200.
Detailed description of the invention
These and other aspects, features and advantages will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art from a reading of the following detailed description and the appended claims. For the avoidance of doubt, any feature of one aspect of the present invention may be utilised in any other aspect of the invention. The word "comprising" is intended to mean
"including" but not necessarily "consisting of" or "composed of." In other words, the listed steps or options need not be exhaustive. It is noted that the examples given in the
description below are intended to clarify the invention and are not intended to limit the invention to those examples per se. Similarly, all percentages are weight/weight percentages unless otherwise indicated.
Except in the operating and comparative examples, or where otherwise explicitly indicated, all numbers in this description indicating amounts of material or conditions of reaction, physical properties of materials and/or use are to be
understood as modified by the word "about". Unless specified otherwise, numerical ranges expressed in the format "from x to y" are understood to include x and y. When for a specific feature multiple preferred ranges are described in the format "from x to y", it is understood that all ranges combining the different endpoints are also contemplated. The first aspect of the invention provides for a liquid hard surface antimicrobial cleaning composition with a pH in the range of 9 to 12. The composition comprises 0.5 to 4% by weight of benzalkonium chloride; 0.25 to 3% by weight of salt of di or tri carboxylic acid; 0.25 to 3% by weight sodium
tripolyphosphate ; and 87 to 97% by weight water.
The composition comprises 0.5 to 4%, more preferably 1 to 2%, further more preferably 1.25 to 1.75% cationic surfactant benzalkonium chloride.
The composition comprises 0.25 to 3%, preferably 0.5 to 2%, more preferably 0.5 to 1.5% by weight of the composition salt of di or tri carboxylic acid. The salt of di or tri carboxylic acid is preferably chosen from an oxalate, fumarate, phthalate, maleate, malate, malonate or citrate. The salt of di or
tricarboxylic acid is most preferably a phthalate, malate, malonate, or citrate. Alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts are preferred, more preferably alkali metal salts of which sodium salt is most preferred. Structure of salts of some of the carboxylic acids are given below:
Sodium oxalate Sodium fumarate
Sodium phthalate Sodium maleate
Sodium malate Sodium malonate
Citrate
It is observed that inclusion of di or tri carboxylates in the composition of the invention provides for the desired
antimicrobial efficacy while mono carboxylates do not
demonstrate as good an efficacy.
The composition comprises 0.25 to 3%, preferably 0.5 to 2%, more preferably 1.25 to 1.75% by weight of the composition sodium tripolyphosphate .
The composition of the invention comprises water as a preferred carrier. Water is present in 87 to 97%, preferably 90 to 95% by weight of the composition.
The composition optionally comprises an antimicrobial active selected from an essential oil active. When present, the essential oil antimicrobial active is present in 0.01 to 2% by weight of the composition. Preferred essential oil actives are thymol, terpineol, eugenol or mixtures thereof. Most preferred essential oil active is a mixture of thymol and terpineol.
When present thymol and terpineol are present in 0.05 to 1%, more preferably 0.08 to 0.3% by weight of the composition.
Most useful antimicrobial compositions of the present invention preferably have thymol higher than 0.05 and lesser than 0.3% by weight of the composition. Thymol may be added to the antimicrobial composition in purified form. Alternatively, thyme oil or thyme extract comprising thymol may be added to the antimicrobial composition, while ensuring that thymol is present in the desired concentration in the composition of the present invention. Thyme oil or thyme extract is obtained from the thyme plant. Thyme plant refers to a plant belonging be genus Thymus and includes but is not limited to the following species: Thymus vulgaris, Thymus zygis , Thymus satureoides, Thymus mastichina , Thymus broussonetti , Thymus maroccanus , Thymus pallidus , Thymus algeriensis , Thymus serpyllum, Thymus pulegoide, and Thymus citriodorus .
Most of the useful fast acting antimicrobial compositions of the present invention preferably have terpineol higher than 0.05 and lesser than 1% by weight of the composition. The terpineol is preferably selected from alpha-terpineol , beta- terpineol, gamma-terpineol or mixtures thereof. It is
particularly preferred that the terpineol is alpha-terpineol. Terpineol may be added to the antimicrobial composition in purified form. Alternatively pine oil comprising terpineol may be added to the antimicrobial composition.
It is observed that in addition to the synergistic
antimicrobial interaction of benzalkonium chloride, salt of di or tri carboxylic acid and sodium tripoly phosphate, inclusion of essential oil actives further enhances the antimicrobial efficacy.
A composition of the invention optionally comprises a
surfactant. Preferred surfactant is a non-ionic surfactant. Non-ionic surfactant is preferably present in an amount of 2 to 10% by weight of the composition. Particularly preferred nonionic surfactants are fatty alcohol ethoxylates preferably C8-C22, more preferably C8-C16 fatty alcohol ethoxylates, comprising between 1 and 8 ethylene oxide groups. Suitable surfactant concentrations in liquid forms of hard surface cleaning application are preferably from 1 to 5 % by weight of the composition.
The composition of the invention has pH in the range of 9 to 12, preferably in the range of 10.5 to 11.5. This could be achieved by incorporating the essential ingredients of the invention in selected amounts, else may be attained by
incorporating an alkaline agent. The alkaline agent is
preferably sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide. The alkaline agent is preferably present in 0.1 to 1% by weight of the composition.
The present inventors have determined that the highly
efficacious antimicrobial action of the composition of the invention can be achieved in the absence of conventional disinfectants like bleaches e.g. halogens, halogenated
compounds and active oxygen based bleaches. However small amount of such bleaches may be present in the composition e.g. less than 1%, preferably less than 0.5%, more preferably less than 0.1% and the efficacy of the composition is achievable even with the bleaches being absent from the composition.
The composition may further comprise various additional ingredients known to a person skilled in the art. Such
additional ingredients include but are not limited to:
perfumes, pigments, preservatives, emollients, sunscreens, emulsifiers, gelling agents, or thickening agents.
The antimicrobial composition may be in form of a liquid but the liquid composition may be further thickened to a gel or a paste. The antimicrobial composition of the present invention can be used for cleansing and care of hard surfaces such as glass, metal, plastic, wood, ceramic and the like.
According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of cleaning and disinfecting a hard surface comprising applying to said hard surface a composition of the invention diluted with water in a weight ratio of 1: 20 to 1: 200, preferably in a ratio of 1:40 to 1:80.
The method preferably comprises a step of rinsing the surface with a suitable solvent preferably water or the surface may be wiped with a suitable wipe.
The inventors have determined that the composition of the invention provides an antimicrobial action where the contact time of the antimicrobial actives with the surface is low, i.e. of the order of less than 5 minutes, preferably less than 2 minutes, further more preferably less than a minute and in many cases less than 15 seconds.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention there is provided use of a composition comprising benzalkonium chloride and a salt of di or tricarboxylic acid for providing antimicrobial benefit. The antimicrobial use is preferably non-therapeutic. The composition for use in antimicrobial activity preferably has benzalkionium chloride at a
concentration in the range of 0.001 to 4% and salt of di or tri carboxylic acid at a concentration in the range of 0.001 to 3% at the site of disinfection.
The invention will now be demonstrated with the help of the following non-limiting examples
EXAMPLES
Examples 1 to 3 : Antibacterial efficacy of the composition of the invention
Antibacterial Compositions for hard surface cleaning as shown in Table - 1 were prepared. The compositions were tested for antibacterial efficacy using the European Suspension Test BS EN1276 which is briefly described below: A test suspension of bacteria (1 ml) was added to a sample of the product under a certain dilution condition (8 ml) along with a specific soil (1 ml) . The mixture was maintained at 20°C for 5 minutes. After this period of contact time, an aliquot is taken and is immediately neutralized by a validated method. The number of bacteria in each sample are determined by plating in TSA agar and the reduction in viable count is calculated after incubating for 48 hours.
In Table - 1 below the organism used was bacteria P. aeruginosa ATCC 15442 (at 107 cfu/ml concentration); the dilution was 1:70 of the product (a floor cleaner) in hard water. The pH of the samples were 11.0. The soil used was Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) at 0.03%.
The log reduction of bacteria in the above test is summarized in Table - 1.
Table - 1
The data in Table - 1 indicates that the compositions as per the invention (Examples 2 and 3) provides for vastly improved antibacterial efficacy as compared to a composition outside the invention (Example - 1) . Examples 4 to 6: Examples at low contact times
Experiments similar to Examples 1 to 3 were carried out except that the dilution was 1:40 and the time of contact of the product with the bacteria was 30 seconds instead of 5 minutes. The data is summarized in Table - 2.
Table - 2:
The data in Table 2 indicates that the antibacterial
compositions of the invention (Examples 5 and 6) are effective even at short contact times of about 30 seconds.
Examples 7 to 15: Efficacy of the compositions of the invention on various other bacteria
Compositions similar to Examples 1 to 3 were prepared and tested against various other types of bacteria as shown in
Table - 3. The time of contact was 5 minutes and the dilution of the product with water was 1:200. The soil used was Bovine
Serum Albumin (BSA) at 0.3%.
The compositions and the log reduction of the various bacteria are shown in Table - 3. Table - 3
The data in Table -3 indicates that samples as per the
invention (Examples 10 to 15) are vastly superior to sampl outside the invention (Examples 7 to 9) in terms of
antibacterial efficacy against various types of bacteria.
Examples 16 to 21: Antibacterial efficacy of compositions of the invention additionally comprising essential oil actives Compositions as shown in Table - 4 were tested for
antibacterial efficacy at a dilution of 1:60 with hard water using the soil as used in Examples 9 to 15 at a contact time of 5 minutes. The bacteria used was P. aeruginosa ATCC 15442 (at 107 cfu/ml cell density) . The pH of the compositions was 11. The data is shown in Table - 4. Table -4
The data in Table 4 indicates that various other di/tri carboxylates may be used in the composition of the invention in the presence of essential oil actives and these samples
(Examples 17 to 21) give vastly superior antibacterial efficacy as compared to a sample outside the invention (Example 16) .
Examples 22 to 24: Synergistic interaction between Benzalkonium chloride and Di/tri carboxylates
Various compositions as shown in Table - 5 were prepared and the antimicrobial efficacy was measured using the procedure used for Example -1 (except that in the present case, the dilution used was 1:60) . The data on the log reduction of bacteria is shown in Table - 5. Table - 5
The data in Table - 5 indicates the synergistic interaction between benzalkonium chloride and citric acid for antimicrobial efficacy.
The invention thus provides for a composition for hard surface disinfection that interact synergistically to enable
antibacterial action in fast times.

Claims

Claims
1. A liquid hard surface antimicrobial cleaning composition with a pH in the range of 9 to 12 comprising
(a) 0.5 to 4% by weight of benzalkonium chloride;
(b) 0.25 to 3% by weight of salt of di or tri carboxylic acid;
(c) 0.25 to 3% by weight sodium tripolyphosphate ; and
(d) 87 to 97% by weight water.
2. A composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein said salt of di or tri carboxylic acid is chosen from an oxalate, fumarate, phthalate, maleate, malate, malonate or citrate.
3. A composition as claimed in claim 2 wherein said salt of di or tricarboxylic acid is chosen from a phthalate, malate, malonate, or citrate.
4. A composition as claimed in any one of the preceding
claims comprising an essential oil antimicrobial active selected from thymol or terpineol.
5. A composition as claimed in claim 4 wherein said
antimicrobial active is present in 0.01 to 2% by weight of the composition.
6. A composition as claimed in claim 4 or 5 comprising thymol and terpineol.
7. A composition as claimed in any one of the preceding
claims comprising a non-ionic surfactant.
8. A composition as claimed in claim 7 wherein said non-ionic surfactant is present in an amount of 2 to 10% by weight of the composition.
9. A composition as claimed in claim 7 or 8 wherein said non- ionic surfactant comprises fatty alcohol ethoxylate.
10. A composition as claimed in any one of the preceding
claims comprising an alkaline agent selected from sodium carbonate or sodium hydroxide.
11. A composition as claimed in claim 10 wherein said alkaline agent is present in 0.1 to 1% by weight of the
composition .
12. A method of cleaning and disinfecting a hard surface
comprising applying to said hard surface a composition as claimed in any one of the preceding claims diluted with water in a weight ratio of 1: 20 to 1: 200.
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