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WO2015193206A1
WO2015193206A1 PCT/EP2015/063235 EP2015063235W WO2015193206A1 WO 2015193206 A1 WO2015193206 A1 WO 2015193206A1 EP 2015063235 W EP2015063235 W EP 2015063235W WO 2015193206 A1 WO2015193206 A1 WO 2015193206A1
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    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
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  • This invention relates to enzymatic stain removal of stains from substrates.
  • the invention relates to a stain removal composition for removal of stains by direct application or pre-treatment of a stain on a stained substrate.
  • Enzymes are used in detergent formulations to aid cleaning and stain removal.
  • US3707505 discloses an enzyme-bearing detergent compositions which are enhanced in terms of enzyme storage stability by the presence of N-Acyl amino acid and its salts and esters, the N-acyl group being the radical of a fatty acid having 6-20 carbon atoms.
  • Example 10 describes a liquid washing detergent obtained by adding 0.1g of protease and 1 g. of amylase to a mixture of 15g. of lauryl alcohol ether sulphate, 10g. of alkylamide of coconut fatty acid, 5 g. of ethyl alcohol and 2g. of N-myristoyl-L-arginine butyl ester lactate.
  • the objective of the invention is to improve low / ambient temperature enzyme stain removal of stains on stained fabrics.
  • the present invention provides an ambient stain-removal composition comprising the combination of:
  • the arginine ester compound comprises an arginine alkyl ester, more preferably the compound is arginine methyl ester or arginine ethyl ester or any combination thereof.
  • the stain may comprise biological material such as fat, oil, blood, starch and combinations thereof.
  • said stains comprise biological material, preferably starch material and more preferably these are deposited on a fabric substrate.
  • the composition is ambient-active.
  • composition comprises one or more surfactants.
  • the invention provides a process for removing a stain from a fabric substrate, comprising the step of treating the stain with the composition of the first aspect of the invention .
  • the method takes place in ambient conditions.
  • the method of the second aspect comprises the step of applying said composition directly to the stained substrate, with or without the addition of water.
  • the step of applying the composition may itself be a main washing process or it may be as a pre-step (as a pre-treatment) to a further, subsequent ('main') washing process steps.
  • Such further, subsequent washing steps main comprise any manual washing process and/or any washing process in a washing machine e.g fabric or dishwashing machine.
  • the invention provides a fabric stain removal treatment device comprising a storage chamber for storing the composition of the first aspect of the invention and a treatment member for applying said composition directly to a substrate, preferably using the method of the second aspect.
  • the invention provides use of an arginine alkyl ester compound in the enzymatic removal of stains from a substrate.
  • the arginine alkyl ester compound enhances the enzymatic removal of stains present on fabric and is effective at lower temperatures. This offers improved laundry (i.e. fabric) cleaning of stained fabrics in regions where ambient water washing is prevalent. Improved washing performance at lower temperatures may help inhibit the adoption of hot water washing in these countries, a rising trend as standards of living increase and more people are able to afford washing machines.
  • the invention provides enzymatic performance of proteinaceous and/or starch based soil and/or stains in an ambient temperature cleaning processes (with low temperature wash liquor) without serious
  • the enzyme can therefore be selected more freely, on the basis of other
  • the arginine alkyl ester compound improves the removal of based stains at ambient temperature and thus may significantly reduce the energy cost for each wash.
  • substrate includes fabric, clothing etc. and other surfaces such as cutlery, crockery and other domestic hard surfaces.
  • arginine ester compound / "arginine alkyl ester compound” is intended to include any suitable arginine ester compound including stereoisomeric and racemic forms, derivatives, and substituted derivatives, salts thereof, and any mixtures thereof.
  • the arginine alkyl ester compound is present in any wash liquor in a concentration in the range 0.01 mg/ml - 10mg/nnl and more preferably in the range 0.01 - 0.32 mg/ml, more preferably 0.08-0.16 mg/ml.
  • the arginine alkyl ester compound is present in any composition of the invention in a concentration in the range 40 mg - 5000 mg per dose, preferably 320mg - 4000 mg per dose.
  • the composition may be provided as a single dose format or as multiple dose, free flowing format (powder, liquid, gel, paste etc) which is measured out by the consumer using a dosing device.
  • the dose may range from 10 ml to 100ml.
  • concentration within the composition may be higher and the concentration per dose higher than in main wash formulations, so may in the range 300- 5000 mg per dose, preferably 500 mg - 2000 mg per dose.
  • Pre-treatment device dose levels may vary from 0.1 - 10ml.
  • ambient-active is intended to mean less that 25 degrees Celcius and preferably 22 degrees Celcius or less, more preferably 15 degrees or less but always greater than 1 degree Celcius and "active" means effective in achieving stain removal.
  • treatment in the context of enzymatic treatment composition preferably means cleaning and more preferably stain removal.
  • stain removal is measured in terms of Remission units or a Remission index.
  • Stain removal is preferably shown when there is a remission equal to or greater than 2 Remission units and more preferably greater or equal to 5 units. This is represents effective stain removal for a visible (by the human eye) effect.
  • enzyme includes enzyme variants (produced, for example, by recombinant techniques) are included. Examples of such enzyme variants are disclosed, e.g., in EP 251 ,446 (Genencor), WO 91/00345 (Novo Nordisk), EP 525,610 (Solvay) and WO 94/02618 (Gist-Brocades NV). All percentages mentioned herein are by weight calculated on the total
  • composition unless specified otherwise.
  • abbreviation 'wt%' is to be understood as % by weight of the total composition.
  • the wash liquor has a pH in the range 4 - 9.5.
  • the pre-treatment composition is ambient-active. Accordingly, the temperature of the wash liquor step of aqueous washing process is therefore less than 40°C and preferably less than 30°C and more preferably less than 25°C and more preferably less than 22°C further more preferably 15°C or less at all times during the washing but excluding drying. Encouraging low temperature wash liquor is advantageous environmentally and financially. Accordingly, the enzymatic treatment composition is preferably packaged with instructions to treat a substrate at low temperatures using the composition for example in the method described herein, the low temperatures being preferably less than 40 °C, more preferably less than 30°C even more preferably less than 25°C preferably at 22°C or less most preferably at 15 degrees °C.
  • the invention is especially advantageous for the particular situation where one requires enzymatic cleaning of stains in a ambient temperature cleaning processes (i.e.with ambient temperature wash liquor) but where compositions are unavoidably stored at higher temperatures.
  • Psychrophilic enzymes are effective at low temperatures but are sensitive to raised temperatures due to their flexibility.
  • Mesophilic (and thermophilic) enzymes are stable at raised temperatures, but have reduced performance in low temperature washing conditions.
  • the invention affords low temperature enzymatic cleaning of a substrate using mesophilic enzymes.
  • the enzyme system preferably comprises a mesophilic or
  • thermophilic enzyme system The enzyme system may even be a mesophilic, thermophilic or psychrophilic enzyme system. Enzymes may be from animal, vegetable, bacterial origin (derived from bacteria) or fungal origin (derived from fungus) however enzymes from bacterial origin are preferred. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included.
  • Genes encoding such enzymes can be transferred from one host to a preferred expression production host which may or may not be the same as the original host.
  • the one or more enzymes preferably comprises an amylase.
  • Suitable amylases include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. Amylases include, for example, alpha-amylases obtained from Bacillus, e.g. a special strain of B. licheniformis, described in more detail in GB 1 ,296,839, or the Bacillus sp. strains disclosed in WO 95/026397 or WO 00/060060. Preferably the enzyme is in liquid form when admixed to the detergent composition.
  • amylases are DuramylTM, TermamylTM, Termamyl UltraTM, NatalaseTM, StainzymeTM, FungamylTM and BANTM (Novozymes A/S), RapidaseTM and PurastarTM (from Genencor International IncCommercially available amylases include StainzymeTM (Novozymes).
  • the enzymes are preferably present at 0.001 - 5%wt more preferably 0.01
  • the composition preferably comprises further enzymes.
  • the composition preferably comprises a lipase; the preferred lipases including so called ' first wash' lipases which comprise a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which has at least 90 percent sequence identity with the wild-type lipase derived from Humicola lanuginosa strain DSM 4109 and compared to said wild-type lipase, comprises a substitution of an electrically neutral or negatively charged amino acid within 15 A of E1 or Q249 with a positively charged amino acid; and may further comprise:
  • i. comprises a negatively charged amino acid in position E210 of said wild-type lipase
  • ii comprises a negatively charged amino acid in the region corresponding to positions 90-101 of said wild-type lipase
  • iii. comprises a neutral or negatively charged amino acid at a position corresponding to N94 of said wild-type lipase
  • iv. has a negative charge or neutral charge in the region corresponding to positions 90-101 of said wild-type lipase
  • lipases from Humicola (synonym Thermomyces), e.g. from other H. lanuginosa (T. lanuginosus) strains or from H. insolens, a Pseudomonas lipase, e.g. from P. alcaligenes or P. pseudoalcaligenes, P.
  • P. wisconsinensis a Bacillus lipase, e.g. from B. subtilis (Dartois et al. (1993), Biochemica et Biophysica Acta, 1 131 , 253-360), B. stearothermophilus (JP 64/744992) or B. pumilus (WO 91/16422).
  • lipase enzymes include LipolaseTM and Lipolase UltraTM, and the Bacterial enzyme, Lipomax ® ex Genecor. This is a bacterially derived Lipase, of variant M21 L of the lipase of Pseudomonas alcaligenes as described in WO 94/25578 to Gist-Brocades (M. M.M.J. Cox, H.B.M. Lenting, L.J.S.M.
  • the composition preferably comprises a phospholipase classified as EC 3.1 .1 .4 and/or EC 3.1 .1 .32.
  • phospholipase is an enzyme which has activity towards phospholipids. Phospholipids, such as lecithin or
  • phosphatidylcholine consist of glycerol esterified with two fatty acids in an outer (sn-1 ) and the middle (sn-2) positions and esterified with phosphoric acid in the third position; the phosphoric acid, in turn, may be esterified to an amino-alcohol.
  • Phospholipases are enzymes which participate in the hydrolysis of phospholipids. Several types of phospholipase activity can be distinguished, including
  • phospholipases A1 and A2 which hydrolyze one fatty acyl group (in the sn-1 and sn-2 position, respectively) to form lysophospholipid; and lysophospholipase (or phospholipase B) which can hydrolyze the remaining fatty acyl group in
  • Phospholipase C and phospholipase D release diacyl glycerol or phosphatidic acid respectively.
  • the composition preferably comprises a cutinase. classified in EC 3.1 .1 .74.
  • the cutinase used according to the invention may be of any origin.
  • Preferably cutinases are of microbial origin, in particular of bacterial, of fungal or of yeast origin.
  • the composition preferably comprises a cellulase include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included. Suitable cellulases include cellulases from the genera Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Humicola, Fusarium, Thielavia, Acremonium, e.g. the fungal cellulases produced from Humicola insolens, Thielavia terrestris, Myceliophthora thermophila, and Fusarium oxysporum disclosed in US 4,435,307, US 5,648,263, US 5,691 ,178, US 5,776,757, WO 89/09259, WO 96/029397, and WO 98/012307.
  • the composition preferably comprises peroxidases/oxidases, especially of bacterial origin. Chemically modified or protein engineered mutants are included.
  • An example of an oxidative bacterium is, but not limited to, are Aeromonas sp wherefrom oxidases can be sourced.
  • the composition preferably comprises a pectate lyase (also called
  • polygalacturonate lyases include pectate lyases that have been cloned from different bacterial genera such as Erwinia, Pseudomonas, Klebsiella and
  • the pectate lyase comprises the pectate lyase disclosed in Heffron et al., (1995) Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact.
  • pectatel lyases are disclosed in WO 99/27083 and WO 99/27084.
  • Other specifically contemplated pectate lyases derived from Bacillus
  • pectate lyase variants are disclosed in WO 02/006442, especially the variants disclosed in the Examples in WO 02/006442 (which document is hereby incorporated by reference).
  • alkaline pectate lyases include BIOPREPTM and
  • the composition preferably comprises a mannanase:
  • mannanases EC 3.2.1 .78
  • mannanases include mannanases of bacterial and fungal origin.
  • the mannanase is derived from a strain of the filamentous fungus genus Aspergillus, preferably Aspergillus niger or Aspergillus aculeatus (WO 94/25576).
  • WO 93/24622 discloses a mannanase isolated from Trichoderma reseei. Mannanases have also been isolated from several bacteria, including Bacillus organisms. For example, Talbot et al., Appl. Environ.
  • JP-A-63036775 relates to the Bacillus microorganism FERM P-8856 which produces beta-mannanase and beta-mannosidase.
  • JP-A-08051975 discloses alkaline beta-mannanases from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. AM-001 .
  • a purified mannanase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is disclosed in WO 97/1 1 164.
  • WO 91/18974 describes a hemicellulase such as a glucanase, xylanase or
  • mannanase active Contemplated are the alkaline family 5 and 26 mannanases derived from Bacillus agaradhaerens, Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus halodurans, Bacillus clausii, Bacillus sp., and Humicola insolens disclosed in WO 99/64619. Especially contemplated are the Bacillus sp. mannanases concerned in the Examples in WO 99/64619.
  • mannanases examples include MannawayTM available from Novozymes A/S Denmark.
  • the enzyme and any perfume/fragrance or pro-fragrance present may show some interaction and should be chosen such that this interaction is not negative. Some negative interactions may be avoided by encapsulation of one or other of enzyme and pro-fragrance and/or other segregation within the product.
  • the composition preferably comprises a surfactant.
  • the surfactant may be a synthetic surfactant.
  • the surfactant comprises a biosurfactant which is mircrobially synthesized e.g. from bacteria, fungi or other microbe.
  • the biosurfactant comprises a glycolipid biosurfactant which may be a rhamnolipid or sophorolipid or trehalolipid or a mannosylerythritol lipid (MEL).
  • the biosurfactant may advantageously comprise a cellobiose, peptide based biosurfactants, lipoproteins and lipopeptides e.g. surfactin, fatty acids e.g. corynomucolic acids (preferably with hydrocarbon chain C12-C14) , phospholipids e.g.
  • Phosphatidylethanolamine produced by Rhodococcus erythropolis grown on n-alkane resulted in the lowering of interfacial tension between water and hexadecane to less than 1 mN m-1 and CMC of 30 mg L-1 (Kretschner et al., 1982) and Spiculisporic acid; polymeric biosurfactants including emulsan, liposan, mannoprotein and polysacchahde-protein complexes.
  • the biosurfactant comprises a rhamnolipid.
  • the composition according to the invention comprises a surfactant, preferably a detersive surfactant.
  • a detersive surfactant we mean that the surfactant, or at least one surfactant of any surfactant mixture, provides a detersive, i.e. cleaning effect to textile fabrics treated as part of a laundering process.
  • Other surfactants which may or may not be detersive surfactants, can be used as part of the composition.
  • the detersive surfactant is present by weight in the laundry detergent
  • compositions at a level of from 3 to 85% by weight, preferably from 3 to 60% by weight, more preferably from 3 to 40% by weight, most preferably from 3 to 35% by weight.
  • Additional surfactants can also be incorporated in the laundry compositions of the invention; these may be detersive or non-detersive
  • the detersive surfactant comprises anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant or a mixture of the two. More preferably the detersive surfactant mixture comprises anionic and nonionic surfactants. Cationic surfactant may optionally be present as part of the detersive surfactant.
  • anionic surfactant is present at a level of from 0.1 to 95% by weight, preferably from 1 to 50% by weight, more preferably from 1 .5 to 25% by weight based on total weight of surfactants present.
  • Nonionic surfactant if present, is incorporated at a level of from 0.1 to 95% by weight, preferably from 1 to 50% by weight, more preferably from 1 .5 to 25% by weight based on total weight of surfactants present. If a detersive surfactant mixture is used that incorporates both anionic and nonionic surfactants, then preferably the ratio of anionic surfactant to nonionic surfactant is from 10:1 to 1 :10.
  • 'nonionic surfactant' shall be defined as amphiphilic molecules with a molecular weight of less than about 10,000, unless otherwise noted, which are substantially free of any functional groups that exhibit a net charge at the normal wash pH of 6-1 1 .
  • nonionic surfactant may be used.
  • fatty acid alkoxylates especially ethoxylates, having an alkyl chain of from C8-C35, preferably C8-C30, more preferably C10-C24, especially C10-C18 carbon atoms, and having preferably 3 to 25, more preferred 5 to 15 ethylene oxide groups, for example, Neodols from Shell (The Hague, The Netherlands); ethylene
  • oxide/propylene oxide block polymers which may have molecular weight from 1 ,000 to 30,000, for example, Pluronic (trademark) from BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany); and alkylphenol ethoxylates, for example Triton X-100, available from Dow Chemical (Midland, Mich., USA).
  • nonionic surfactants considered within the scope of this invention include condensates of alkanolamines with fatty acids, such as cocamide DEA, polyol- fatty acid esters, such as the Span series available from Uniqema (Gouda, The Netherlands), ethoxylated polyol-fatty acid esters, such as the Tween series available from Uniqema (Gouda, The Netherlands), alkylpolyglucosides, such as the APG line available from Cognis (Dusseldorf, Germany) and n- alkylpyrrolidones, such as the Surfadone series of products marketed by ISP (Wayne, N.J ., USA).
  • fatty acids such as cocamide DEA
  • polyol- fatty acid esters such as the Span series available from Uniqema (Gouda, The Netherlands)
  • ethoxylated polyol-fatty acid esters such as the Tween series available from Uniqema (Go
  • anionic surfactants' are defined herein as amphiphilic molecules comprising one or more functional groups that exhibit a net anionic charge when in aqueous solution at the normal wash pH of between 6 and 1 1 .
  • Preferred anionic surfactants are the alkali metal salts of organic sulphur reaction products having in their molecular structure an alkyl radical containing from about 6 to 24 carbon atoms and a radical selected from the group consisting of sulphonic and sulphuric acid ester radicals.
  • anionic surfactant hereinafter described can be used, such as alkyl ether sulphates, soaps, fatty acid ester sulphonates, alkyl benzene sulphonates, sulphosuccinate esters, primary alkyl sulphates, olefin sulphonates, paraffin sulphonates and organic phosphate; preferred anionic surfactants are the alkali and alkaline earth metal salts of fatty acid carboxylates, fatty alcohol sulphates, preferably primary alkyl sulfates, more preferably they are ethoxylated, for example alkyl ether sulfates; and alkylbenzene sulfonates or mixtures thereof.
  • cationic, amphoteric surfactants and/or zwitterionic surfactants may be present in the compositions according to the invention.
  • Preferred cationic surfactants are quaternary ammonium salts of the general formula Ri R2R3R4N + X " , for example where Ri is a C12-C14 alkyl group, R2 and R3 are methyl groups, R4 is a 2-hydroxyethyl group, and X " is a chloride ion.
  • This material is available commercially as Praepagen (Trade Mark) HY from Clariant GmbH, in the form of a 40% by weight aqueous solution.
  • the composition according to the invention comprises an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant.
  • Amphoteric surfactants are molecules that contain both acidic and basic groups and will exist as zwitterions at the normal wash pH of between 6 and 1 1 .
  • an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant is present at a level of from 0.1 to 20% by weight, more preferably from 0.25 to 15% by weight, even more preferably from 0.5 to 10% by weight.
  • Suitable zwitterionic surfactants are exemplified as those which can be broadly described as derivatives of aliphatic quaternary ammonium, sulfonium and phosphonium compounds with one long chain group having about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms and at least one water solubilizing radical selected from the group consisting of sulfate, sulfonate, carboxylate, phosphate or phosphonate.
  • a general formula for these compounds is:
  • Ri contains an alkyl, alkenyl or hydroxyalkyi group with 8 to 18 carbon atoms, from 0 to 10 ethylene-oxy groups or from 0 to 2 glyceryl units;
  • Y is a nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorous atom;
  • R2 is an alkyl or hydroxyalkyi group with 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
  • x is 1 when Y is a sulfur atom and 2 when Y is a nitrogen or phosphorous atom;
  • R3 is an alkyl or hydroxyalkyi group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms and Z is a radical selected from the group consisting of sulfate, sulfonate, carboxylate, phosphate or phosphonate.
  • Preferred amphoteric surfactants are amine oxides, for example coco dimethyl amine oxide.
  • Preferred zwitterionic surfactants are betaines, and especially amidobetaines.
  • Preferred betaines are Cs to C18 alkyl amidoalkyl betaines, for example coco amido betaine. These may be included as co-surfactants, preferably present in an amount of from 0 to 10 wt %, more preferably 1 to 5 wt %, based on the weight of the total composition.
  • composition according to the present invention are betaine surfactants. Examples of these are mentioned in the following list.
  • the sulfatobetaines such as 3-(dodecyldimethylammonium)-1 -propane sulfate; and 2-(cocodimethylammonium)-1 -ethane sulfate.
  • the sulfobetaines such as: 3-(dodecyldimethyl-ammonium)-2-hydroxy-1 -propane sulfonate; 3-(tetradecyl-dimethylammonium)-1 -propane sulfonate; 3-(Ci2-Ci4 alkyl- amidopropyldimethylammonium)-2-hydroxy-1 -propane sulfonate; and 3- (cocodimethylammoniunn)-l -propane sulfonate.
  • the carboxybetaines such as (dodecyldimethylammoniunn) acetate (also known as lauryl betaine); (tetradecyldimethylammoniunn) acetate (also known as myristyl betaine); (cocodimethylammonium) acetate (also known as coconut betaine); (oleyldimethylammoniunn) acetate (also known as oleyl betaine);
  • the sulfoniumbetaines such as: (dodecyldimethylsulfonium) acetate; and 3- (cocodimethyl-sulfonium)-l -propane sulfonate.
  • the phosphoniumbetaines such as 4-(thmethylphosphonium)-1 -hexadecane sulfonate; 3-(dodecyldimethylphosphonium)-1 -propanesulfonate; and
  • compositions according to the present invention preferably comprise carboxybetaines or sulphobetaines as amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactants, or mixtures thereof. Especially preferred is lauryl betaine.
  • the treatment composition may comprise other ingredients commonly found in detergent liquids. Especially polyester substantive soil release polymers, hydrotropes, opacifiers, colorants, perfumes, other enzymes, other surfactants, microcapsules of ingredients such as perfume or care additives, softeners, polymers for anti redeposition of soil, bleach, bleach activators and bleach catalysts, antioxidants, pH control agents and buffers, thickeners, external structurants for rheology modification, visual cues, either with or without functional ingredients embedded therein and other ingredients known to those skilled in the
  • the composition may comprise enzymes.
  • the composition preferably excludes or is at least substantially free of protease and/or amylase.
  • composition preferably excludes or is at least substantially free of alkyl amides of coconut fatty acid.
  • Neodol 25-7 ex. C12-C15 alcohol 7-ethoxylate
  • LAS acid C10-C14 alkyl benzene sulphonic acid
  • An exemplary laundry detergent composition is described below, to which arginine alkyl ester compounds and enzymes can be added.
  • Neodol 25-7 ex. C12-C15 alcohol 7-ethoxylate
  • LAS acid C10-C14 alkyl benzene sulphonic acid
  • Amylase sensitive stain CS27: potato starch, coloured (Testfabrics Inc.)
  • deltaE [ ( ⁇ _) 2 + (Aa) 2 + (Ab) 2 ] /2
  • AL is a measure of the difference in darkness between the washed and white cloth
  • Aa and Ab are measures for the difference in redness and yellowness respectively between both cloths. From this equation, it is clear that the lower the value of deltaE, the whiter the cloth will be. With regard to this colour
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