JPH09279178A - Fragrance-absorbing agent - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a fragrance-absorbing agent composed of a liquid containing a water-soluble mineral, a surfactant, butylene glycol, ethanol, a perfume and water at specific ratios, effective for intensifying the natural fragrance of a cut flower and further imparting the flower with new fragrance. SOLUTION: This agent contains (A) 0.3-20.0wt.% of a liquid containing a water-soluble mineral, (B) 0.2-7.5wt.% of a surfactant, (C) 0.4-6.0wt.% of 1,3- butylene glycol, (D) 0.5-8.0wt.% of ethanol, (E) 4.0-50.0wt.% of a perfume such as geraniol and (F) the remaining part of water. Preferably a cut flower is dipped in an aqueous solution consisting of 0.2-10.0wt.% of the fragrance- absorbing agent, 0.1-5.0wt.% of a sugar and the remaining part of water for prescribed period to impart the cut flower with fragrance.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fragrance agent, and more particularly to a fragrance agent capable of imparting an original scent of cut flowers or a desired aroma to cut flowers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cut flowers have been cultivated for many years in order to improve their color, shape and fluffiness. In such breed improvement, it was neglected to retain the original scent of the flower, so the aroma of the original species gradually faded, and for example, many rose varieties are known. For example, purple purple rain is the only variety that can be identified by its fragrance.

By the way, the substance (scent component) that is the basis of the scent of flowers is stored in petals in the form of "glycoside" combined with sugar before flowering. The glycoside itself has no scent, but when the bud begins to open, the enzyme activates, and this enzyme separates the sugar and the scent component and emits them as a scent peculiar to the flower.

On the other hand, gypsophila, which is known as a representative of Karen flowers, is often a beautiful flower and is often made into a bouquet together with beautiful flowers to serve as a complement to these flowers, although it is a beautiful flower by itself. . Therefore, gypsophila is in high demand regardless of the season, and the production areas spread all over the country, and the planted area has tripled in a decade or more. This gypsophila, whose English name is "Baby Brace", is a sweat-like scent (smell) that makes the inside of the room dull due to isovaleric acid, which is the main component of the scent, when placed in a closed, warm and narrow room for a long time.
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Therefore, various studies have been conducted in order to improve such scent of gypsophila, and as one of the results, a glycoside of phenylethyl alcohol, which is one of the scent components of rose, has been studied. It has recently been found that when an aqueous solution is made and cut flowers of gypsophila are inhaled with this solution overnight, the emission of isovaleric acid is suppressed. Based on this achievement, there is also a movement to sell the product in partnership with the production area, such as "Smell gypsophila". However, this happened only to be found to have the effect of suppressing the release of isovaleric acid, and none of the flowers other than gypsophila have been elucidated. It cannot be used as a universal method of pulling out and increasing, or changing a fragrance that is not favored by consumers to a fragrance.

By the way, the inventor of the present application has developed a water-soluble mineral-containing liquid capable of subdividing a water molecular group by adding a small amount to ordinary water, and as of October 30, 1990. Japanese Patent Application No. 2-290869 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-1
No. 66290) was filed. When water containing the water-soluble mineral-containing solution according to the present invention is sucked into cut flowers, a single group of water molecules disperse mineral ions and become fully distributed to cells and become a natural state, resulting in a dramatic improvement in shelf life. It is confirmed to do.

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Accordingly, in the present invention,
As a result of earnest research to obtain an aroma absorbing agent that can enhance the natural scent of cut flowers, etc., or change a fragrance that is not favored by consumers to an aroma, 0.3-20.0% by weight
And surfactant 0.2 to 7.5% by weight, 1-3 butylene glycol 0.4 to 6.0% by weight, and ethanol 0.5 to
It was found that the intended purpose can be achieved by preparing the fragrance agent with 8.0% by weight, 4.0 to 50.0% by weight of fragrance and the balance water.

In this case, if the content of the water-soluble mineral-containing liquid is less than 0.3% by weight, not only the water molecules are subdivided but also the fragrance components are insufficiently crosslinked, so that the aroma of the target plant is absorbed. However, if the content exceeds 30% by weight, the total amount of ions becomes too large to dehydrate the target plant and make it impossible to perfume it.

On the other hand, if the amount of the surfactant is less than 0.2% by weight, the fragrance cannot be sufficiently emulsified, and the content is 7.
If it exceeds 5% by weight, the surfactant activity is too strong and the vitality of the target plant is lost. As the surfactant, for example, water, ethylene glycol, isopropyl alcohol, pine resin as a builder, surfactants (anionic and nonionic), potassium hydroxide, etc. A commercially available colloidal detergent having excellent solubility in water and detergency can be preferably used.

When the content of 1-3 butylene glycol is 0.
If it is less than 4% by weight, the effect as a wetting agent is low, and if it exceeds 6.0% by weight, the vitality of the target plant is lost. The same amount of propylene alcohol can be used instead of the 1-3 butylene glycol.

Further, if the content of ethanol is less than 0.5% by weight, the bactericidal effect will be insufficient, and if the content exceeds 8.0% by weight, protein coagulation due to alcohol will occur and the target plant will be affected. To lose vitality.

As the fragrance, a natural or synthetic scent component of the target flower is properly selected, but if the content is less than 4.0% by weight, the desired scent cannot be imparted. If the content exceeds 50.0% by weight, the amount becomes excessive and the target plant causes an absorption rejection reaction. It is preferable to use purified water as the water, and the property of facilitating absorption of each material by adding a trace amount (about 0.05% by weight) of an ionized metal such as ionized copper, ionized zinc, or ionized manganese. Is born.

By the way, the above-mentioned water-soluble mineral-containing liquid contains starch and / or grains, seeds and eggshells 2.
The pulverized mixture containing 5: 3.0: 0.5 by weight was put into a fermentation tank, water 3 was added to the mixed raw material 1, and the mixture was heated to 50 to 100 ° C. with stirring to gelatinize the starch. rear,
The mixture is kept warm at 30-40 ° C to make a viscous mixture, and the mixture is kept at 30-40 ° C to add the predetermined koji mold to the complex fermentation, and the complex-fermented mixture is added for 1-2 months. It is produced by aging to some extent. The water-soluble mineral-containing liquid thus obtained contains 5 to 10% by weight of mineral components (ash content), and in addition to a large amount of mineral ions such as calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium and iron, phosphorus, copper, zinc, It contains trace mineral elements such as manganese, sulfur and silicon.

The starch used for the production of the water-soluble mineral-containing liquid is not particularly limited, such as sweet potato starch, potato starch and other potato starch, corn starch and the like, and the same applies to cereals such as rice flour, wheat flour and buckwheat flour. Powder or the like can be used. Further, various seeds such as walnut, apricot, white peach, yellow peach, apricot, and plum can be used as seeds.

When actually using the fragrance agent thus obtained, 0.2 to 10.0% by weight of fragrance agent, 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of sugar and the balance The landing water (aqueous solution) is adjusted with the above water, the cut flowers are allowed to absorb this aqueous solution for a predetermined time to accumulate glycosides in the petals, and the scent component is released by the activated enzyme. in this case,
The amount of the fragrance agent is preferably about 5.0% by weight,
If it is less than 2% by weight, the scent component is insufficient, and if it exceeds 10.0% by weight, the target plant causes an absorption rejection reaction and cannot be landed. In addition, when a small amount of ionized metal such as ionized iron, ionized zinc, and ionized manganese is added to this landing water (aqueous solution), landing becomes good and a life prolonging effect can be added.

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BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the fragrance agent according to the present invention, a fragrance is emulsified with a surfactant to be water-soluble, and the fragrance components are cross-linked and fragmented with an ionized metal, and at the same time, the water molecule group itself is also fragmented. Therefore, the target plant can efficiently absorb the scent component that could not be absorbed until now.

The fragrance agent is used as landing water obtained by dissolving it in water together with sugar.
When this landing water is sucked up through the cut flower conduit, its scent component (fragrance) is stored in petals and buds as a glycoside. When the enzyme is activated under conditions such as flowering over time, the sugar component of the glycoside and the scent component are separated and released as an aroma.

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EXAMPLES Next, the fragrance-imparting agent according to the present invention and a method for imparting fragrance to cut flowers using this fragrance-absorbing agent will be described in detail below by exemplifying embodiments thereof. It goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the examples, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Example 1 Water-soluble mineral-containing liquid 0.30 parts by weight Ionized copper 0.05 parts by weight Surfactant (colloidal detergent) 6.00 parts by weight 1-3 butylene glycol 4.00 parts by weight Ethanol 8.00 Parts by weight Geraniol (fragrance) 45.00 parts by weight water (purified water) balance (total amount is 100 parts by weight)

Of the above components, the components excluding the colloidal detergent are charged into a stirring vessel, stirred with a magnetic stirrer for 3 to 6 hours (100 to 250 revolutions / minute), and then left for 24 hours. Next, looking at the state of stirring and separating these components, a colloidal detergent was added, and the mixture was stirred again with a magnetic stirrer for 3 to 6 hours (100 to 250 rpm) to obtain a fragrance agent. This fragrance had a rose odor due to geraniol.

Experimental Example 1 A vase A containing 0.3 wt% of the flavor absorbing agent obtained in Example 1, 2 wt% of glucose as a sugar, and 1000 cc of landing water adjusted with the balance tap water was prepared. To do. Also, prepare a vase B containing 1000 cc of tap water only, put 30 cut flowers of gypsophila in each of these vase A, B, and put each vase A, B in another closed container (height 1 m x
It was housed in a width of 1 m and a depth of 1 m), kept at 20 degrees Celsius and left standing for three days and nights. And 20 subjects evaluated the aroma of each closed container and cut flowers, and the following results were obtained. Evaluation of test subject's fragrance-A closed container containing vase A; full of scent of roses and scent of roses from petals. Twenty people ・ A closed container containing vase B; full of odors peculiar to gypsophila, such as soft sweat. 20 people

Experimental Example 2 Also, 1000 cc of landing water prepared as described above
20 cut carnation cut flowers, which are originally recognized as having a weak scent, are placed in vase A containing 1000 cc of tap water, and vase B containing 1000 cc of tap water only, and these vase A and B are separately sealed containers ( It was housed in a height of 1 m × width of 1 m × depth of 1 m), kept at 20 ° C., and left standing for three days and nights. When 20 subjects evaluated the aroma of each closed container, the following results were obtained. Evaluation of test subject's fragrance-A closed container containing vase A; full of scent of roses and scent of roses from petals. 20 people-A closed container containing vase B; almost no scent.
20 people

Example 2 Water-soluble mineral-containing liquid 0.40 parts by weight Ionized copper 0.05 parts by weight Surfactant (colloidal detergent) 5.00 parts by weight Propylene glycol 5.00 parts by weight Ethanol 8.00 parts by weight Citronellal (Fragrance) 40.00 parts by weight Water (purified water) balance (total amount is 100 parts by weight)

Of the above components, the components excluding the colloidal detergent are put into a stirring vessel, stirred with a magnetic stirrer for 3 to 6 hours (100 to 250 rpm), and then left for 24 hours. Next, looking at the state of stirring and separating these components, a colloidal detergent was added, and the mixture was stirred again with a magnetic stirrer for 3 to 6 hours (100 to 250 rpm) to obtain a fragrance agent. The flavoring agent had a lemon odor due to citronellal.

Experimental Example 3 Landing water 10 prepared by adjusting 0.25% by weight of the flavoring agent obtained in Example 2, 2% by weight of sucrose and the balance tap water.
Vase A containing 00 cc and 1000 cc of tap water only
Prepare a vase B, and cut the willow branches (buds) 30
The books were placed in vases A and B, respectively, and these vases A and B were respectively housed in separate closed containers (height 1 m × width 1 m × depth 1 m), kept at 20 ° C. and left standing for three days and nights. Then, the following results were obtained when 20 subjects evaluated the aroma and the scent of pussy willow in each closed container. Evaluation of test subject's fragrance-A closed container containing vase A; it had a scent of lemon, and when the buds were crushed, it had a scent of lemon. 20 people-A closed container containing vase B; no particular odor (smell) was given. 20 people

According to Experimental Examples 1 to 3, the fragrance agent (fragrance component) dissolved in the landing water is stored in the petals (buds) in the form of "glycoside" in combination with sugar and activated as the flower blooms. It was found that the enzyme separated the sugar and the scent component and emitted the aroma. On the other hand, if the fragrance (fragrance component) contained in the aroma absorbing agent is a fragrance different from the unique scent of the target flower, a completely new fragrance can be imparted to the flower.
It was also confirmed that a new scent can be similarly imparted even when the fragrance peculiar to the flowers is light. And this means that if the same fragrance as the specific scent of the target flower is used, the scent unique to that flower can be enhanced. This is constituted as a fragrance agent by embedding the fragrance component crosslinked by the emulsifying action of the surfactant and the ionized metal into a molecular group of water that has been subdivided, and when it is sucked up through the conduit of the plant. , This scent component (fragrance) is stored in petals and buds as a glycoside, and the enzyme activated under conditions such as flowering over time separates the sugar component of the glycoside from the scent component and emits it as an aroma. Is.

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As described above, according to the fragrance agent of the present invention, it is possible not only to enhance the original scent of cut flowers or to impart a new fragrance to cut flowers, but also
For example, by adding a sedative scent component to cut flowers, the space decorated with the cut flowers can create a relaxed atmosphere. Further, together with the scent component, for example, by adding an appropriate dye such as a pigment or a colorant, these dye components are also cross-linked by the ionized metal and subdivided, so that it is possible to impart a desired color to the target plant. It has various advantages such as

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[Submission date] October 17, 1996

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[Claims] 1. A water-soluble mineral-containing liquid 0.3 to 20.0
% By weight, 0.2 to 7.5% by weight of a surface active agent, 0.4 to 6.0% by weight of 1-3 butylene glycol, and 0.1% of ethanol.
A fragrance agent comprising 5 to 8.0% by weight, a fragrance of 4.0 to 50.0% by weight, and the balance water. 2. The fragrance agent according to claim 1, which is 0.2 to 10.
A method for imparting an aroma to a cut flower, which comprises immersing the cut flower in an aqueous solution containing 0% by weight, a sugar content of 0.1 to 5.0% by weight, and the balance of water for a predetermined time.