EP3330359A1 - Cleaning compositions including enzyme and dye control agent - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions that include a mannanase enzyme and a dye control agent.
- the present disclosure also relates to methods of making and using such cleaning compositions.
- the present disclosure also relates to the use of a dye control agent.
- the dyes may have a particular affinity for soils due to chemical attractions between the soil material and the dyes, often involving hardness ions which are able to bridge anionic dyes with anionic soils. The consequences of such interactions can be localized or general discoloration of the fabric.
- the complex formed by the soil and the dye may result in soils that are more resistant to removal by detergent cleaning adjuncts; in other words, the transferred dye can inhibit the performance of cleaning compositions and processes.
- the present invention provides a cleaning composition
- a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans, and/or optionally according to SEQ ID NO:1 herein or a variant having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or according to SEQ ID NO:2 herein or a variant having at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 or according to SEQ ID NO:3 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:3 or according to SEQ ID NO:4 herein or a variant having at least 65% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4 according to SEQ ID NO:5 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:5; and a dye control agent.
- the present invention provides a cleaning composition
- a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans and a dye control agent selected from the group consisting of: (i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer; (ii) a urea derivative; (iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye; (iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 ⁇ m; (v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and (vi) combinations thereof.
- the present invention also relates to a method of cleaning a surface, preferably a textile, wherein the method comprises mixing the cleaning composition as described herein with water to form an aqueous liquor and contacting a surface, preferably a textile, with the aqueous liquor in a laundering step.
- the present invention also relates to the use of a dye transfer agent to enhance the stain-removal and/or malodor-reducing benefits of a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans.
- a dye transfer agent to enhance the stain-removal and/or malodor-reducing benefits of a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans.
- the present invention also provides a cleaning composition
- a cleaning composition comprising a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans as described herein, preferably being a member of GH family 26,; and an endo-beta-1,6-galactanase enzyme, preferably selected from Glycoside Hydrolase Family 30, as described herein.
- a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans as described herein, preferably
- the mannanase is according to SEQ ID NO:1 herein or a variant having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or according to SEQ ID NO:2 herein or a variant having at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 or according to SEQ ID NO:3 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:3 or according to SEQ ID NO:4 herein or a variant having at least 65% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4 according to SEQ ID NO:5 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:5.
- the present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions comprising a mannanase enzyme and particular dye transfer agents.
- the dye transfer agents inhibit interaction between dyes in the wash liquor and certain soils such as soils of microbial origin, including extracellular DNA that are substrates for the mannanase enzyme, thereby leading to decreased dye redeposition and increased enzyme performance.
- DNA-based soil material can have particularly adhesive properties and may attract other soils; therefore, efficient galactanase enzyme activity can help reduce soil redeposition, whiteness losses, and/or dinginess. This combination of reduced dye transfer and enhanced detergency leads to effective textile cleanliness and contrast between white and colored regions of textiles.
- compositions of the present disclosure can comprise, consist essentially of, or consist of, the components of the present disclosure.
- the terms “substantially free of' or “substantially free from” may be used herein. This means that the indicated material is at the very minimum not deliberately added to the composition to form part of it, or, preferably, is not present at analytically detectable levels. It is meant to include compositions whereby the indicated material is present only as an impurity in one of the other materials deliberately included. The indicated material may be present, if at all, at a level of less than 1%, or less than 0.1%, or less than 0.01%, or even 0%, by weight of the composition.
- component or composition levels are in reference to the active portion of that component or composition, and are exclusive of impurities, for example, residual solvents or by-products, which may be present in commercially available sources of such components or compositions.
- alkoxy is intended to include C1-C8 alkoxy and C1-C8 alkoxy derivatives of polyols having repeating units such as butylene oxide, glycidol oxide, ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
- alkyl and “alkyl capped” are intended to include C1-C18 alkyl groups, or even C1-C6 alkyl groups.
- aryl is intended to include C3-12 aryl groups.
- arylalkyl and “alkaryl” are equivalent and are each intended to include groups comprising an alkyl moiety bound to an aromatic moiety, typically having C1-C18 alkyl groups and, in one aspect, C1-C6 alkyl groups.
- ethylene oxide "propylene oxide” and “butylene oxide” may be shown herein by their typical designation of “EO,” “PO” and “BO,” respectively.
- cleaning and/or treatment composition includes, unless otherwise indicated, granular, powder, liquid, gel, paste, unit dose, bar form and/or flake type washing agents and/or fabric treatment compositions, including but not limited to products for laundering fabrics, fabric softening compositions, fabric enhancing compositions, fabric freshening compositions, and other products for the care and maintenance of fabrics, and combinations thereof.
- Such compositions may be pre-treatment compositions for use prior to a washing step or may be rinse added compositions, as well as cleaning auxiliaries, such as bleach additives and/or "stain-stick” or pre-treat compositions or substrate-laden products such as dryer added sheets.
- cellulosic substrates are intended to include any substrate which comprises cellulose, either 100% by weight cellulose or at least 20% by weight, or at least 30 % by weight or at least 40 or at least 50 % by weight or even at least 60 % by weight cellulose.
- Cellulose may be found in wood, cotton, linen, jute, and hemp.
- Cellulosic substrates may be in the form of powders, fibers, pulp and articles formed from powders, fibers and pulp.
- Cellulosic fibers include, without limitation, cotton, rayon (regenerated cellulose), acetate (cellulose acetate), triacetate (cellulose triacetate), and mixtures thereof.
- Typically cellulosic substrates comprise cotton.
- Articles formed from cellulosic fibers include textile articles such as fabrics.
- Articles formed from pulp include paper.
- maximum extinction coefficient is intended to describe the molar extinction coefficient at the wavelength of maximum absorption (also referred to herein as the maximum wavelength), in the range of 400 nanometers to 750 nanometers.
- average molecular weight is reported as a weight average molecular weight, as determined by its molecular weight distribution; as a consequence of their manufacturing process, polymers disclosed herein may contain a distribution of repeating units in their polymeric moiety.
- variant refers to a polypeptide that contains an amino acid sequence that differs from a wild type or reference sequence.
- a variant polypeptide can differ from the wild type or reference sequence due to a deletion, insertion, or substitution of a nucleotide(s) relative to said reference or wild type nucleotide sequence.
- the reference or wild type sequence can be a full-length native polypeptide sequence or any other fragment of a full- length polypeptide sequence.
- a polypeptide variant generally has at least about 70% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, but may include at least 75% amino acid sequence identity within the reference sequence, at least 80% amino acid sequence identity within the reference sequence, at least 85% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 86% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 87% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 88% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 89% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 90% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 91% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 92% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 93% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 94% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, 95% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 96% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 97% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, 98% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 98.5% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence or at least 99% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence.
- solid includes granular, powder, bar and tablet product forms.
- fluid includes liquid, gel, paste, and gas product forms.
- the present disclosure relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions.
- the cleaning composition may be selected from the group of light duty liquid detergents compositions, heavy duty liquid detergent compositions, solid, for example particulate/powder or "dry" cleaning compositions, hard surface cleaning compositions, detergent gels commonly used for laundry, bleaching compositions, laundry additives, fabric enhancer compositions, shampoos, body washes, other personal care compositions, and mixtures thereof.
- the cleaning composition may be a hard surface cleaning composition (such as a dishwashing composition) or a laundry composition (such as a heavy duty liquid or solid detergent composition).
- the cleaning compositions may be in any suitable form.
- the composition can be selected from a liquid, solid, or combination thereof.
- liquid includes free-flowing liquids, as well as pastes, gels, foams and mousses.
- Non-limiting examples of liquids include light duty and heavy duty liquid detergent compositions, fabric enhancers, detergent gels commonly used for laundry, bleach and laundry additives. Gases, e.g., suspended bubbles, or solids, e.g. particles, may be included within the liquids.
- a "solid” as used herein includes, but is not limited to, powders, agglomerates, and mixtures thereof.
- solids include: granules, micro-capsules, beads, noodles, and pearlised balls. Solid compositions may provide a technical benefit including, but not limited to, through-the-wash benefits, pre-treatment benefits, and/or aesthetic effects.
- the cleaning composition may be in the form of a unitized dose article, such as a tablet or in the form of a pouch.
- Such pouches typically include a water-soluble film, such as a polyvinyl alcohol water-soluble film, that at least partially encapsulates a composition. Suitable films are available from MonoSol, LLC (Indiana, USA).
- the composition can be encapsulated in a single or multi-compartment pouch.
- a multi-compartment pouch may have at least two, at least three, or at least four compartments.
- a multi-compartmented pouch may include compartments that are side-by-side and/or superposed.
- the composition contained in the pouch may be liquid, solid (such as powders), or combinations thereof.
- the composition of the invention is a liquid.
- the composition comprises a mannanase enzyme.
- mannanase herein means a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4- beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1.78) from the glycoside hydrolase family 26 that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and glucomannans.
- mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase are 1,4-3-D-mannan mannanohydrolase; endo-1,4-3-mannanase; endo- ⁇ -1,4-mannase; ⁇ -mannanase B; 3-1,4-mannan 4-mannanohydrolase; endo-3-mannanase; and ⁇ -D-mannanase.
- Preferred mannanases are members of the glycoside hydrolase family 26.
- mannanase activity may be determined using the Reducing End Assay as described in the experimental section of WO 2015040159 .
- Suitable examples from class EC 3.2.1.78 are described in WO 2015040159 , such as the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2 described therein.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 81 %, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 1 from Ascobolus stictoideus;
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least 81 %, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2 from Chaetomium virescens.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least 75%, at least 76%, at least 77%, at least 78%, at least 79%, at least 80%, at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 3 from Preussia aemulans.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least at least 65%, at least 66%, at least 67%, at least 68%, at least 69%, at least 70%, at least 71%, at least 72%, at least 73%, at least 74%, at least 75%, at least 76%, at least 77%, at least 78%, at least 79%, at least 80%, at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 4 from Yunnania penicillata.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least at least 75%, at least 76%, at least 77%, at least 78%, at least 79%, at least 80%, at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 5 from Myrothecium roridum.
- the mannanase is an isolated mannanase.
- the mannanase enzyme is present in the cleaning compositions in an amount from 0.001 to 1 wt% based on active protein in the composition, or from 0.005 to 0.5 wt% or from 0.01 to 0.25 wt%.
- the mannanase enzyme is present in the laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the mannanase enzyme, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- the mannanases or compositions comprising them may also give rise to biofilm-disrupting effects.
- the cleaning compositions of the present disclosure comprise a dye control agent.
- the dye control agent is preferably present in the composition at a level of from about 0.02% to about 1%, or from about 0.05% to about 0.5%, by weight of the cleaning composition.
- the dye control agent may be selected from the group consisting of: (i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer; (ii) a urea derivative; (iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye; (iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 ⁇ m; (v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and (vi) combinations thereof.
- These dye control agents are described in more detail below.
- a preferred dye control agent comprises a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer.
- the sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer may be selected from the product of the condensation of formaldehyde with phenol, cresols, xylenols, nonyl phenol, octyl phenol, butylphenol, phenylphenol, 2,2-bis-4-hydroxyphenylpropane, anisole, resorcinol, bisphenol A, 4,4'-, 2,2'- or 4,2'-dihydroxydiphenyl ether, phenolsulfonic acid, anisole sulfonic acid, dioxydiphenylsulfone, 4-hydroxydiphenylsulfone, naphthol or naphtholsulfonic acid.
- Suitable examples include Suparex® O.IN (M1), Nylofixan® P (M2), Nylofixan® PM (M3), and Nylofixan
- a preferred dye control agent comprises a urea derivative.
- the urea derivative preferably has a structure according to Formula I, Formula I (A) k Ar-NH-C(O)-NH-Ar(A) l -NH[-C(O)-NH-L-NH-(O)-NH-Ar(A) m NH] n - C(O)-NH-Ar(A) k in which
- Suitable examples of urea derivatives include compounds according to Formulas II and III, below.
- Formula II is below, in which Ph is a phenyl group, n is 1, 2, 3 or 4, the substituents - SO 3 H are in ortho position, and the substituents -CH 3 is in ortho position:
- Formula III is below, in which Ph is a phenyl group, n is 1, 2, 3, or 4, the substituents - SO 3 H are in ortho positions, and the substituent -CH 3 is in ortho position:
- a preferred dye control agent comprises polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye. Methods of producing the molecular imprinted dyes are given in G. Z. Kyzas et al, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 149, Issues 1-3, 1 July 2009, Pages 263-272 .
- One illustrative polymer can be synthesized as follows: 4.05 g (20 mmol) of ethylene glycol monomethacrylate, 0.34 g (4 mmol) of methacrylic acid, and 2.18 g (3.2 mmol) of disodium-8-anilino-5-[[4-[(3-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]naphthalen-1-yl]diazenyl]naphthalene-1-sulfonate (Acid Blue 113) in 100 mL of dimethylformamide are charged under a nitrogen atmosphere and stirred for 2 hours at room temperature.
- a preferred dye control agent comprises fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide.
- the average diameter of the fibers may be not more than 2 ⁇ m.
- Exemplary water-insoluble polyamides fibers include those produced from polyamide-6 and/or polyamide 6,6.
- the average fiber diameter can be measured by Scanning Electron Microscopy in conjunction with suitable image analysis software, for example the FiberMetric® fiber measurement software supplied by Phenom-World B.V., Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
- a preferred dye control agent comprises a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds.
- the polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds may be selected from Formula IV, Formula V, or mixtures thereof: wherein for Formula IV and Formula V:
- the compound according to Formula VI may be produced by adding a solution of 16.22 p-cresol in 50ml ethyl acetate dropwise over a period of 10 minutes to a solution of 9.38g paraformaldehyde (96% conc.) in 50ml ethyl acetate.
- 309.9g Jeffamin M2070 (Huntsman, EO/PO ratio 10:31) in 200ml ethyl acetate was then added over a period of 30 minutes, the temperature being maintained below 10°C. After stirring for 10 minutes, the reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 6 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent together with any formed water were removed under vacuum. 318.90g of the corresponding polymerisable benzoxazine compound was obtained.
- the cleaning compositions described herein preferably include other adjunct components, for example selected from surfactants, fabric shading dyes, fabric care benefit agent; additional enzyme; deposition aid; rheology modifier; builder; chelant; bleach; bleaching agent; bleach precursor; bleach booster; bleach activator, bleach catalyst; perfume and/or perfume microcapsules; perfume loaded zeolite; starch encapsulated accord; polyglycerol esters; whitening agent; pearlescent agent; enzyme stabilizing systems; scavenging agents including fixing agents for anionic dyes, complexing agents for anionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; optical brighteners or fluorescers; polymer including but not limited to soil release polymer and/or soil suspension polymer; dispersants; antifoam agents; non-aqueous solvent; fatty acid; suds suppressors, e.g., silicone suds suppressors; cationic starches; scum dispersants; substantive dyes; colorants; opacifier; antioxidant; hydrotropes such as toluene
- compositions may comprise surfactants, and/or solvent systems.
- Quaternary ammonium compounds may be present, particularly in fabric enhancer compositions, such as fabric softeners, and comprise quaternary ammonium cations that are positively charged polyatomic ions of the structure NR 4 + , where R is an alkyl group or an aryl group.
- the composition of the invention comprises additional enzymes, for example selected from lipases, amylases, proteases, nucleases, pectate lyases, cellulases, cutinases, and mixtures thereof.
- the cleaning compositions preferably comprise one or more additional enzymes from the group selected from nucleases.
- the cleaning compositions preferably comprises one or more additional enzymes selected from the group amylases, lipases, proteases, pectate lyases, cellulases, cutinases, and mixtures thereof.
- the cleaning compositions comprises one or more additional enzymes selected from amylases and proteases and mixtures thereof.
- the cleaning compositions comprise one or more additional enzymes selected from lipases.
- compositions may also comprise hemicellulases, peroxidases, xylanases, pectinases, keratinases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, ligninases, pullulanases, tannases, pentosanases, malanases, ⁇ -glucanases, arabinosidases, hyaluronidase, chondroitinase, laccase and mixtures thereof.
- the aforementioned additional enzymes may be present at levels from about 0.00001% to about 2%, from about 0.0001% to about 1% or even from about 0.001% to about 0.5% enzyme protein by weight of the composition.
- the or each additional enzyme is present in the laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the active enzyme protein, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- the composition additionally comprises a nuclease enzyme.
- the nuclease enzyme is an enzyme capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
- Suitable nuclease enzymes may be deoxyribonuclease or ribonuclease enzyme or a functional fragment thereof.
- functional fragment or part is meant the portion of the nuclease enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester linkages in the DNA backbone and so is a region of said nuclease protein that retains catalytic activity.
- it includes truncated, but functional versions, of the enzyme and/or variants and/or derivatives and/or homologues whose functionality is maintained.
- 3.1.30.z may be preferred as they act on both DNA and RNA and liberate 5'-phosphomonoesters.
- Suitable examples from class E.C. 3.1.31.2 are described in US2012/0135498A , such as SEQ ID NO:3 therein.
- Such enzymes are commercially available as DENARASE® enzyme from c-LECTA.
- Nuclease enzymes from class E.C. 3.1.31.1 produce 3'phosphomonoesters.
- the nuclease enzyme comprises a microbial enzyme.
- the nuclease enzyme may be fungal or bacterial in origin. Bacterial nucleases may be most preferred. Fungal nucleases may be most preferred.
- the microbial nuclease is obtainable from Bacillus, such as a Bacillus licheniformis or Bacillus subtilis bacterial nucleases.
- a preferred nuclease is obtainable from Bacillus licheniformis, preferably from strain EI-34-6.
- a preferred deoxyribonuclease is a variant of Bacillus licheniformis, from strain EI-34-6 nucB deoxyribonuclease defined in SEQ ID NO:6 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- nucleases are defined in SEQ ID NO: 7 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- suitable nucleases are defined in SEQ ID NO: 8 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- a fungal nuclease is obtainable from Aspergillus, for example Aspergillus oryzae.
- a preferred nuclease is obtainable from Aspergillus oryzae defined in SEQ ID NO: 9 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 60% or 70% or75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- Trichoderma for example Trichoderma harzianum.
- a preferred nuclease is obtainable from Trichoderma harzianum defined in SEQ ID NO: 10 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 60% or 70% or75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- fungal nucleases include those encoded by the DNA sequences of Aspergillus oryzae RIB40, Aspergillus oryzae 3.042, Aspergillus flavus NRRL3357, Aspergillus parasiticus SU-1, Aspergillus nomius NRRL13137, Trichoderma reesei QM6a, Trichoderma virens Gv29-8, Oidiodendron maius Zn, Metarhizium guizhouense ARSEF 977, Metarhizium majus ARSEF 297, Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 23, Metarhizium acridum CQMa 102, Metarhizium brunneum ARSEF 3297, Metarhizium anisopliae, Colletotrichum fioriniae PJ7, Colletotrichum sublineola, Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040, Tolypocladium ophioglossoides CBS 100
- thermophilum DSM 1495 Pestalotiopsis fici W106-1, Bipolaris zeicola 26-R-13, Setosphaeria turcica Et28A, Arthroderma otae CBS 113480 and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Pt-1C-BFP.
- the nuclease is an isolated nuclease.
- the nuclease enzyme is present in the laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the nuclease enzyme, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- the composition comprises an acetylglucosaminidase enzyme, preferably a ⁇ -N-acetylglucosaminidase enzyme from E.C. 3.2.1.52, preferably an enzyme having at least 70%, or at least 75% or at least 80% or at least 85% or at least 90% or at least 95% or at least 96% or at least 97% or at least 98% or at least 99% or at least or 100% identity to SEQ ID NO: 11.
- an acetylglucosaminidase enzyme preferably a ⁇ -N-acetylglucosaminidase enzyme from E.C. 3.2.1.52, preferably an enzyme having at least 70%, or at least 75% or at least 80% or at least 85% or at least 90% or at least 95% or at least 96% or at least 97% or at least 98% or at least 99% or at least or 100% identity to SEQ ID NO: 11.
- compositions preferably additionally comprise an endo-beta-1,6-galactanase enzyme an extracellular polymer-degrading enzyme.
- endo-beta-1,6-galactanase or "a polypeptide having endo-beta-1,6-galactanase activity” means a endo-beta-1,6-galactanase activity (EC 3.2.1.164) that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of 1,6-3-D-galactooligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization (DP) higher than 3, and their acidic derivatives with 4-O-methylglucosyluronate or glucosyluronate groups at the non-reducing terminals.
- DP degree of polymerization
- endo-beta-1,6-galactanase activity is determined according to the procedure described in WO 2015185689 in Assay I. Suitable examples from class EC 3.2.1.164 are described in WO 2015185689 , such as the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2 described therein.
- the galactanase enzyme is selected from Glycoside Hydrolase (GH) Family 30.
- the endo-beta-1,6-galactanase comprises a microbial enzyme.
- the endo-beta-1,6-galactanase may be fungal or bacterial in origin. Bacterial endo-beta-1,6-galactanase may be most preferred. Fungal endo-beta-1,6-galactanase may be most preferred.
- a bacterial endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Streptomyces, for example Streptomyces davawensis.
- a preferred endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Streptomyces davawensis JCM 4913 defined in SEQ ID NO: 12 herein, or a variant thereof, for example having at least 40% or 50% or 60% or 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identity thereto.
- bacterial endo-beta-1,6-galactanase include those encoded by the DNA sequences of Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680 with the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 13 herein, or a variant thereof, for example having at least 40% or 50% or 60% or 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identity thereto.
- a fungal endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Trichoderma, for example Trichoderma harzianum.
- a preferred endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Trichoderma harzianum defined in SEQ ID NO: 14 herein, or a variant thereof, for example having at least 40% or 50% or 60% or 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- fungal endo-beta-1,6-galactanases include those encoded by the DNA sequences of Ceratocystis fimbriata f. sp. Platani, Muscodor strobelii WG-2009a, Oculimacula yallundae, Trichoderma viride GD36A, Thermomyces stellatus, Myceliophthora thermophilia.
- the galactanase has an amino acid sequence having at least 60%, or at least 80%, or at least 90% or at least 95% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14.
- the galactanase is an isolated galactanase.
- the galactanase enzyme is present in a laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the galactanase enzyme, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- compositions of the invention comprising both mannanase and galactanase may be particularly effective against sticky soils and for improved cleaning. It is believed the two enzymes function together in a complementary way.
- composition may comprise a glycoside hydrolase selected from GH family 39 and GH family 114 and mixtures thereof, for example as described in co-pending applications having applicants reference numbers CM4645FM and CM4646 FM, respectively.
- the composition comprises one or more proteases.
- Suitable proteases include metalloproteases and serine proteases, including neutral or alkaline microbial serine proteases, such as subtilisins (EC 3.4.21.62).
- Suitable proteases include those of animal, vegetable or microbial origin. In one aspect, such suitable protease may be of microbial origin.
- the suitable proteases include chemically or genetically modified mutants of the aforementioned suitable proteases.
- the suitable protease may be a serine protease, such as an alkaline microbial protease or/and a trypsin-type protease.
- suitable neutral or alkaline proteases include:
- Preferred proteases include those derived from Bacillus gibsonii or Bacillus Lentus.
- Suitable commercially available protease enzymes include those sold under the trade names Alcalase®, Savinase®, Primase®, Durazym®, Polarzyme®, Kannase®, Liquanase®, Liquanase Ultra®, Savinase Ultra®, Ovozyme®, Neutrase®, Everlase® and Esperase® by Novozymes A/S (Denmark), those sold under the tradename Maxatase®, Maxacal®, Maxapem®, Properase®, Purafect®, Purafect Prime®, Purafect Ox®, FN3® , FN4®, Excellase® and Purafect OXP® by Genencor International, those sold under the tradename Opticlean® and Optimase® by Solvay Enzymes, those available from Henkel/ Kemira, namely BLAP (sequence shown in Figure 29 of US 5,352,604 with the following mutations S99D + S101 R + S103
- the composition may comprise an amylase.
- Suitable alpha-amylases include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically or genetically modified mutants (variants) are included.
- a preferred alkaline alpha-amylase is derived from a strain of Bacillus, such as Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subtilis, or other Bacillus sp., such as Bacillus sp. NCIB 12289, NCIB 12512, NCIB 12513, DSM 9375 (USP 7,153,818 ) DSM 12368, DSMZ no. 12649, KSM AP1378 ( WO 97/00324 ), KSM K36 or KSM K38 ( EP 1,022,334 ).
- Preferred amylases include:
- Suitable commercially available alpha-amylases include DURAMYL®, LIQUEZYME®, TERMAMYL®, TERMAMYL ULTRA®, NATALASE®, SUPRAMYL®, STAINZYME®, STAINZYME PLUS®, FUNGAMYL® and BAN® (Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark), KEMZYM® AT 9000 Biozym Biotech Trading GmbH Wehlistrasse 27b A-1200 Wien Austria, RAPIDASE® , PURASTAR®, ENZYSIZE®, OPTISIZE HT PLUS®, POWERASE® and PURASTAR OXAM® (Genencor International Inc., Palo Alto, California) and KAM® (Kao, 14-10 Nihonbashi Kayabacho, 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8210, Japan).
- suitable amylases include NATALASE®, STAINZYME® and STAINZYME PLUS® and mixture
- the composition comprises one or more lipases, including "first cycle lipases” such as those described in U.S. Patent 6,939,702 B1 and US PA 2009/0217464 .
- Preferred lipases are first-wash lipases.
- the composition comprises a first wash lipase.
- First wash lipases includes a lipase which is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which: (a) has at least 90% identity with the wild-type lipase derived from Humicola lanuginosa strain DSM 4109; (b) compared to said wild-type lipase, comprises a substitution of an electrically neutral or negatively charged amino acid at the surface of the three-dimensional structure within 15A of E1 or Q249 with a positively charged amino acid; and (c) comprises a peptide addition at the C-terminal; and/or (d) comprises a peptide addition at the N-terminal and/or (e) meets the following limitations: i) comprises a negative 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; and iii) comprises a neutral or negative amino acid at a position corresponding to N94 or said wild-type lipase and/or has
- the wild-type sequence is the 269 amino acids (amino acids 23 - 291) of the Swissprot accession number Swiss-Prot O59952 (derived from Thermomyces lanuginosus ( Humicola lanuginosa )).
- Preferred lipases include those sold under the tradenames Lipex® and Lipolex® and Lipoclean®. Other suitable lipases include those described in European Patent Application No. 12001034.3 or EP2623586 .
- microbial-derived endoglucanases exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity (E.C. 3.2.1.4), including a bacterial polypeptide endogenous to a member of the genus Bacillus which has a sequence of at least 90%, 94%, 97% and even 99% identity to the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 in US7,141,403B2 ) and mixtures thereof.
- Suitable endoglucanases are sold under the tradenames Celluclean® and Whitezyme® (Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark).
- Pectate lyases sold under the tradenames Pectawash®, Pectaway®, Xpect® and mannanases sold under the tradenames Mannaway® (all from Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark), and Purabrite® (Genencor International Inc., Palo Alto, California).
- the cleaning composition described herein may additionally comprise a cleaning cellulase.
- the cellulase may be an endoglucanase.
- the cellulase may have endo beta 1,4-glucanase activity and a structure which does not comprise a class A Carbohydrate Binding Module (CBM).
- a class A CBM is defined according to A. B. Boraston et al. Biochemical Journal 2004, Volume 382 (part 3) pages 769-781 .
- the cellulase does not comprise a class A CBM from families 1, 2a, 3, 5 and 10.
- the cellulase may be a glycosyl hydrolase having enzymatic activity towards amorphous cellulose substrates, wherein the glycosyl hydrolase is selected from GH families 5, 7, 12, 16, 44 or 74.
- the cellulase is a glycosyl hydrolase selected from GH family 5.
- a preferred cellulase is Celluclean, supplied by Novozymes. This preferred cellulase is described in more detail in WO2002/099091 .
- the glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family definition is described in more detail in Biochem J. 1991, v280, 309-316 .
- Another preferred cellulase is a glycosyl hydrolase having enzymatic activity towards both xyloglucan and amorphous cellulose substrates, wherein the glycosyl hydrolase is selected from GH families 5, 12, 44 or 74.
- the glycosyl hydrolase selected from GH family 44 is selected from GH families 5, 12, 44 or 74.
- the degree of identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm ( Needleman and Wunsch, 1970, J. Mol. Biol. 48: 443-453 ) as implemented in the Needle program of the EMBOSS package ( EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, Rice et al., 2000, Trends in Genetics 16: 276-277 ), preferably version 3.0.0 or later.
- the optional parameters used are gap open penalty of 10, gap extension penalty of 0.5, and the EBLOSUM62 (EMBOSS version of BLOSUM62) substitution matrix.
- Suitable cleaning cellulase glycosyl hydrolases are selected from the group consisting of: GH family 44 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus polyxyma (wild-type) such as XYG1006 described in WO 01/062903 or are variants thereof; GH family 12 glycosyl hydrolases from Bacillus licheniformis (wild-type) such as Seq. No.
- Preferred glycosyl hydrolases are selected from the group consisting of: GH family 44 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus polyxyma (wild-type) such as XYG1006 or are variants thereof.
- the cellulase modifies the fabric surface during the laundering process so as to improve the removal of soils adhered to the fabric after the laundering process during wearing and usage of the fabric, in subsequent wash cycles.
- the cellulase modifies the fabric surface during the laundering process so as to improve the removal of soils adhered to the fabric after the laundering process during wearing and usage of the fabric, in the subsequent two, or even three wash cycles.
- the cellulase is used at a concentration of 0.005ppm to 1.0ppm in the aqueous liquor during the first laundering process.
- the cellulase is used at a concentration of 0.02ppm to 0.5ppm in the aqueous liquor during the first laundering process.
- the cleaning composition preferably comprises a surfactant system.
- the cleaning composition preferably comprises from about 1% to about 80%, or from 1% to about 60%, preferably from about 5% to about 50% more preferably from about 8% to about 40%, by weight of the cleaning composition, of a surfactant system.
- Surfactants suitable for use in the surfactant system may be derived from natural and/or renewable sources.
- the surfactant system may comprise an anionic surfactant, more preferably an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of, alkyl benzene sulfonate, alkyl sulfate, alkyl alkoxy sulfate, especially alkyl ethoxy sulfate, paraffin sulfonate and mixtures thereof, alkyl benzene sulfonates are particularly preferred.
- the surfactant system may further comprise a surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactant, cationic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof.
- the surfactant system preferably comprises a nonionic surfactant, for example an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant.
- the surfactant system may comprise an amphoteric surfactant, for example an amine oxide surfactant, such as an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide.
- the surfactant system may comprise a zwitterionic surfactant, such as a betaine.
- the most preferred surfactant system for the detergent composition of the present invention comprises from 1% to 40%, preferably 6% to 35%, more preferably 8% to 30% weight of the total composition of an anionic surfactant, preferably comprising an alkyl benzene sulphonate.
- the preferred surfactant system may optionally in addition comprise an alkyl alkoxy sulfate surfactant, more preferably an alkyl ethoxy sulfate, optionally combined with 0.5% to 15%, preferably from 1% to 12%, more preferably from 2% to 10% by weight of the composition of amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant, more preferably an amphoteric and even more preferably an amine oxide surfactant, especially an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide.
- an alkyl alkoxy sulfate surfactant more preferably an alkyl ethoxy sulfate
- 0.5% to 15% preferably from 1% to 12%, more preferably from 2% to 10% by weight of the composition of amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant, more preferably an amphoteric and even more preferably an amine oxide surfactant, especially an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide.
- the composition further comprises a nonionic surfactant, especially an alcohol alkoxylate in particular an alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant.
- a nonionic surfactant especially an alcohol alkoxylate in particular an alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant.
- the surfactant system comprises an anionic and a nonionic surfactant, preferably the weight ratio of the anionic to nonionic surfactant is from 25:1 to 1:2.
- Anionic surfactants may be in salt form or acid form, typically in the form of a water-soluble sodium, potassium, ammonium, magnesium or mono-, di- or tri- C2-C3 alkanolammonium salt, with the sodium cation being the usual one chosen.
- Suitable anionic sulfonate surfactants for use herein include water-soluble salts of C8-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl sulfonates; C11-C18 alkyl benzene sulfonates (LAS), modified alkylbenzene sulfonate (MLAS) as discussed in WO 99/05243 , WO 99/05242 , WO 99/05244 , WO 99/05082 , WO 99/05084 , WO 99/05241 , WO 99/07656 , WO 00/23549 , and WO 00/23548 ; methyl ester sulfonate (MES); and alpha-olefin sulfonate (AOS).
- LAS C11-C18 alkyl benzene sulfonates
- MLAS modified alkylbenzene sulfonate
- MES methyl ester sulfonate
- paraffin sulfonates may be monosulfonates and/or disulfonates, obtained by sulfonating paraffins of 10 to 20 carbon atoms.
- the sulfonate surfactant may also include the alkyl glyceryl sulfonate surfactants.
- the sulfated anionic surfactant is alkoxylated, more preferably, an alkoxylated branched sulfated anionic surfactant having an alkoxylation degree of from about 0.2 to about 4, even more preferably from about 0.3 to about 3, even more preferably from about 0.4 to about 1.5 and especially from about 0.4 to about 1.
- the alkoxy group is ethoxy.
- the alkoxylation degree is the weight average alkoxylation degree of all the components of the mixture (weight average alkoxylation degree).
- Weight average alkoxylation degree x 1 * alkoxylation degree of surfactant 1 + x 2 * alkoxylation degree of surfactant 2 + .... / x 1 + x 2 + .... wherein x1, x2, ... are the weights in grams of each sulfated anionic surfactant of the mixture and alkoxylation degree is the number of alkoxy groups in each sulfated anionic surfactant.
- the branching group is an alkyl.
- the alkyl is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, cyclic alkyl groups and mixtures thereof.
- Single or multiple alkyl branches could be present on the main hydrocarbyl chain of the starting alcohol(s) used to produce the sulfated anionic surfactant used in the detergent of the invention.
- the branched sulfated anionic surfactant is selected from alkyl sulfates, alkyl ethoxy sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
- the branched sulfated anionic surfactant can be a single anionic surfactant or a mixture of anionic surfactants.
- the percentage of branching refers to the weight percentage of the hydrocarbyl chains that are branched in the original alcohol from which the surfactant is derived.
- Suitable sulfate surfactants for use herein include water-soluble salts of C8-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, sulfate and/or ether sulfate.
- Suitable counterions include alkali metal cation or ammonium or substituted ammonium, but preferably sodium.
- the sulfate surfactants may be selected from C8-C18 primary, branched chain and random alkyl sulfates (AS); C8-C18 secondary (2,3) alkyl sulfates; C8-C18 alkyl alkoxy sulfates (AExS) wherein preferably x is from 1-30 in which the alkoxy group could be selected from ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy or even higher alkoxy groups and mixtures thereof.
- Alkyl sulfates and alkyl alkoxy sulfates are commercially available with a variety of chain lengths, ethoxylation and branching degrees.
- Commercially available sulfates include, those based on Neodol alcohols ex the Shell company, Lial - Isalchem and Safol ex the Sasol company, natural alcohols ex The Procter & Gamble Chemicals company.
- Preferred alkyl sulfates are those in which the anionic surfactant is an alkyl ethoxy sulfate with a degree of ethoxylation of from about 0.2 to about 3, more preferably from about 0.3 to about 2, even more preferably from about 0.4 to about 1.5, and especially from about 0.4 to about 1. They are also preferred anionic surfactant having a level of branching of from about 5% to about 40%, even more preferably from about 10% to 35% and especially from about 20% to 30%.
- the surfactant system comprises a nonionic surfactant, in an amount of from 0.1% to 40%, preferably 0.2% to 20%, most preferably 0.5% to 10% by weight of the composition.
- Suitable nonionic surfactants include the condensation products of aliphatic alcohols with from 1 to 25 moles of ethylene oxide.
- the alkyl chain of the aliphatic alcohol can either be straight or branched, primary or secondary, and generally contains from 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
- Particularly preferred are the condensation products of alcohols having an alkyl group containing from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably from 10 to 15 carbon atoms with from 2 to 18 moles, preferably 2 to 15, more preferably 5-12 of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol.
- Highly preferred nonionic surfactants are the condensation products of guerbet alcohols with from 2 to 18 moles, preferably 2 to 15, more preferably 5-12 of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol.
- Suitable non-ionic surfactants for use herein include fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, alkylpolyglucosides and fatty acid glucamides.
- the surfactant system may include amphoteric surfactant, such as amine oxide.
- amphoteric surfactant such as amine oxide.
- Preferred amine oxides are alkyl dimethyl amine oxide or alkyl amido propyl dimethyl amine oxide, more preferably alkyl dimethyl amine oxide and especially coco dimethyl amino oxide.
- Amine oxide may have a linear or mid-branched alkyl moiety.
- Typical linear amine oxides include water-soluble amine oxides containing one R1 C8-18 alkyl moiety and 2 R2 and R3 moieties selected from the group consisting of C1-3 alkyl groups and C1-3 hydroxyalkyl groups.
- amine oxide is characterized by the formula R1 - N(R2)(R3) O wherein R1 is a C8-18 alkyl and R2 and R3 are selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, 2-hydroxethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl and 3-hydroxypropyl.
- the linear amine oxide surfactants in particular may include linear C10-C18 alkyl dimethyl amine oxides and linear C8-C12 alkoxy ethyl dihydroxy ethyl amine oxides.
- Preferred amine oxides include linear C10, linear C10-C12, and linear C12-C14 alkyl dimethyl amine oxides.
- mid-branched means that the amine oxide has one alkyl moiety having n1 carbon atoms with one alkyl branch on the alkyl moiety having n2 carbon atoms.
- the alkyl branch is located on the ⁇ carbon from the nitrogen on the alkyl moiety.
- This type of branching for the amine oxide is also known in the art as an internal amine oxide.
- the total sum of n1 and n2 is from 10 to 24 carbon atoms, preferably from 12 to 20, and more preferably from 10 to 16.
- the number of carbon atoms for the one alkyl moiety (n1) should be approximately the same number of carbon atoms as the one alkyl branch (n2) such that the one alkyl moiety and the one alkyl branch are symmetric.
- symmetric means that
- the amine oxide may further comprise two moieties, independently selected from a C1-3 alkyl, a C1-3 hydroxyalkyl group, or a polyethylene oxide group containing an average of from about 1 to about 3 ethylene oxide groups.
- the two moieties are selected from a C1-3 alkyl, more preferably both are selected as a C1 alkyl.
- surfactants include betaines, such as alkyl betaines, alkylamidobetaine, amidazoliniumbetaine, sulfobetaine (INCI Sultaines) as well as the Phosphobetaine and preferably meets formula (I): R 1 -[CO-X (CH 2 ) n ] x -N + (R 2 )(R 3 )-(CH 2 ) m -[CH(OH)-CH 2 ] y -Y- (I) wherein
- Preferred betaines are the alkyl betaines of the formula (Ia), the alkyl amido propyl betaine of the formula (Ib), the Sulfo betaines of the formula (Ic) and the Amido sulfobetaine of the formula (Id); R 1 -N + (CH 3 ) 2 -CH 2 COO - (Ia) R 1 -CO-NH(CH 2 ) 3 -N + (CH 3 ) 2 -CH 2 COO - (Ib) R 1 -N + (CH 3 ) 2 -CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 SO 3 - (Ic) R 1 -CO-NH-(CH 2 ) 3 -N + (CH 3 ) 2 -CH 2 CH(OH)CH 2 SO 3 - (Id) in which R 1 1 as the same meaning as in formula I.
- betaines and sulfobetaine are the following [designated in accordance with INCI]: Almondamidopropyl of betaines, Apricotam idopropyl betaines, Avocadamidopropyl of betaines, Babassuamidopropyl of betaines, Behenam idopropyl betaines, Behenyl of betaines, betaines, Canolam idopropyl betaines, Capryl/Capram idopropyl betaines, Carnitine, Cetyl of betaines, Cocamidoethyl of betaines, Cocam idopropyl betaines, Cocam idopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Coco betaines, Coco Hydroxysultaine, Coco/Oleam idopropyl betaines, Coco Sultaine, Decyl of betaines, Dihydroxyethyl Oleyl Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl
- the detergent composition comprises between 1.5% and 20%, more preferably between 2% and 15%, even more preferably between 3% and 10%, most preferably between 4% and 8% by weight of the liquid detergent composition of soap, preferably a fatty acid salt, more preferably an amine neutralized fatty acid salt, wherein preferably the amine is an alkanolamine more preferably selected from monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine or a mixture thereof, more preferably monoethanolamine.
- compositions of the invention comprise perfume.
- the composition comprises a perfume that comprises one or more perfume raw materials, selected from the group as described in WO08/87497 .
- any perfume useful in a detergent may be used.
- a preferred method of incorporating perfume into the compositions of the invention is via an encapsulated perfume particle comprising either a water-soluble hydroxylic compound or melamine-formaldehyde or modified polyvinyl alcohol.
- the encapsulate comprises (a) an at least partially water-soluble solid matrix comprising one or more water-soluble hydroxylic compounds, preferably starch; and (b) a perfume oil encapsulated by the solid matrix.
- the perfume may be pre-complexed with a polyamine, preferably a polyethylenimine so as to form a Schiff base.
- the detergent composition may comprise one or more polymers for example for cleaning and/or care.
- polymers for example for cleaning and/or care.
- examples are optionally modified carboxymethylcellulose, poly (ethylene glycol), poly(vinyl alcohol), polycarboxylates such as polyacrylates, maleic/acrylic acid copolymers and lauryl methacrylate/acrylic acid co-polymers and carboxylate polymers.
- Suitable carboxylate polymers include maleate/acrylate random copolymer or polyacrylate homopolymer.
- the carboxylate polymer may be a polyacrylate homopolymer having a molecular weight of from 4,000 Da to 9,000 Da, or from 6,000 Da to 9,000 Da.
- Other suitable carboxylate polymers are co-polymers of maleic acid and acrylic acid, and may have a molecular weight in the range of from 4,000 Da to 90,000 Da.
- Suitable carboxylate polymers are co-polymers comprising: (i) from 50 to less than 98 wt% structural units derived from one or more monomers comprising carboxyl groups; (ii) from 1 to less than 49 wt% structural units derived from one or more monomers comprising sulfonate moieties; and (iii) from 1 to 49 wt% structural units derived from one or more types of monomers selected from ether bond-containing monomers represented by formulas (I) and (II): wherein in formula (I), R 0 represents a hydrogen atom or CH 3 group, R represents a CH 2 group, CH 2 CH 2 group or single bond, X represents a number 0-5 provided X represents a number 1-5 when R is a single bond, and R 1 is a hydrogen atom or C1 to C20 organic group; in formula (II), R 0 represents a hydrogen atom or CH 3 group, R represents a CH 2 group, CH 2 CH 2 group or single bond, X represents
- this polymer is sulphated or sulphonated to provide a zwitterionic soil suspension polymer.
- the composition preferably comprises amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers which have balanced hydrophilic and properties such that they remove grease particles from fabrics and surfaces.
- Preferred amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers comprise a core structure and a plurality of alkoxylate groups attached to that core structure. These may comprise alkoxylated polyalkylenimines, preferably having an inner polyethylene oxide block and an outer polypropylene oxide block. Typically these may be incorporated into the compositions of the invention in amounts of from 0.005 to 10 wt%, generally from 0.5 to 8 wt%.
- Alkoxylated polycarboxylates such as those prepared from polyacrylates are useful herein to provide additional grease removal performance. Such materials are described in WO 91/08281 and PCT 90/01815 . Chemically, these materials comprise polyacrylates having one ethoxy side-chain per every 7-8 acrylate units. The side-chains are of the formula -(CH 2 CH 2 O) m (CH 2 ) n CH 3 wherein m is 2-3 and n is 6-12. The side-chains are ester-linked to the polyacrylate "backbone” to provide a "comb" polymer type structure. The molecular weight can vary, but is typically in the range of about 2000 to about 50,000. Such alkoxylated polycarboxylates can comprise from about 0.05% to about 10%, by weight, of the compositions herein.
- the composition may comprise polyethylene glycol polymers and these may be particularly preferred in compositions comprising mixed surfactant systems.
- Suitable polyethylene glycol polymers include random graft co-polymers comprising: (i) hydrophilic backbone comprising polyethylene glycol; and (ii) side chain(s) selected from the group consisting of: C4-C25 alkyl group, polypropylene, polybutylene, vinyl ester of a saturated C1-C6 mono-carboxylic acid, C1-C6 alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, and mixtures thereof.
- Suitable polyethylene glycol polymers have a polyethylene glycol backbone with random grafted polyvinyl acetate side chains.
- the average molecular weight of the polyethylene glycol backbone can be in the range of from 2,000 Da to 20,000 Da, or from 4,000 Da to 8,000 Da.
- the molecular weight ratio of the polyethylene glycol backbone to the polyvinyl acetate side chains can be in the range of from 1:1 to 1:5, or from 1:1.2 to 1:2.
- the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units can be less than 1, or less than 0.8, the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units can be in the range of from 0.5 to 0.9, or the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units can be in the range of from 0.1 to 0.5, or from 0.2 to 0.4.
- a suitable polyethylene glycol polymer is Sokalan HP22.
- these polymers when present are each incorporated into the compositions of the invention in amounts from 0.005 to 10 wt%, more usually from 0.05 to 8 wt%.
- the composition comprises one or more carboxylate polymer, such as a maleate/acrylate random copolymer or polyacrylate homopolymer.
- the carboxylate polymer is a polyacrylate homopolymer having a molecular weight of from 4,000 Da to 9,000 Da, or from 6,000 Da to 9,000 Da. Typically these are incorporated into the compositions of the invention in amounts from 0.005 to 10 wt%, or from 0.05 to 8 wt%.
- composition comprises one or more soil release polymers.
- Suitable soil release polymers are polyester soil release polymers such as Repel-o-tex polymers, including Repel-o-tex SF, SF-2 and SRP6 supplied by Rhodia.
- Other suitable soil release polymers include Texcare polymers, including Texcare SRA100, SRA300, SRN100, SRN170, SRN240, SRN260, SRN300 and SRN325 supplied by Clariant.
- Other suitable soil release polymers are Marloquest polymers, such as Marloquest SL supplied by Sasol.
- the composition comprises one or more cellulosic polymer, including those selected from alkyl cellulose, alkyl alkoxyalkyl cellulose, carboxyalkyl cellulose, alkyl carboxyalkyl cellulose.
- Preferred cellulosic polymers are selected from the group comprising carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl carboxymethyl cellulose, and mixures thereof.
- the carboxymethyl cellulose has a degree of carboxymethyl substitution from 0.5 to 0.9 and a molecular weight from 100,000 Da to 300,000 Da.
- the composition preferably comprises a cationically-modified polysaccharide polymer.
- the cationic polysaccharide polymer is selected from cationically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationically modified hydroxypropyl cellulose, cationically and hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationically and hydrophobically modified hydroxypropyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof, more preferably cationically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationically and hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof.
- the composition preferably comprises a fabric shading agent.
- Suitable fabric shading agents include dyes, dye-clay conjugates, and pigments.
- Suitable dyes include small molecule dyes and polymeric dyes.
- Suitable small molecule dyes include small molecule dyes selected from the group consisting of dyes falling into the Colour Index (C.I.) classifications of Direct Blue, Direct Red, Direct Violet, Acid Blue, Acid Red, Acid Violet, Basic Blue, Basic Violet and Basic Red, or mixtures thereof.
- Preferered dyes include alkoxylated azothiophenes, Solvent Violet 13, Acid Violet 50 and Direct Violet 9.
- Particularly preferred dyes are polymeric dyes, particularly comprising polyalkoxy, most preferably polyethoxy groups, for example: wherein the index values x and y are independently selected from 1 to 10.
- Suitable dye transfer inhibitors include polyamine N-oxide polymers, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyloxazolidone, polyvinylimidazole and mixtures thereof.
- Preferred are poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), poly(vinylpyridine betaine), poly(vinylpyridine N-oxide), poly(vinyl pyrrolidone-vinyl imidazole) and mixtures thereof.
- Suitable commercially available dye transfer inhibitors include PVP-K15 and K30 (Ashland), Sokalan® HP165, HP50, HP53, HP59, HP56K, HP56, HP66 (BASF), Chromabond® S-400, S403E and S-100 (Ashland).
- the composition may comprise chelant for example selected from phosphonic, sulphonic, succinic and acetic chelants or mixtures thereof. Suitable examples include HEDP, DTPA, EDTA, MGDA, GLDA, EDDS and 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzenedisulfonic acids and salts thereof.
- compositions of the invention may be solid (for example granules or tablets) or liquid form.
- the compositions are in liquid form. They may be made by any process chosen by the formulator, including by a batch process, a continuous loop process, or combinations thereof.
- the compositions of the invention may be aqueous (typically above 2 wt% or even above 5 or 10 wt% total water, up to 90 or up to 80wt% or 70 wt% total water) or non-aqueous (typically below 2 wt% total water content).
- the compositions of the invention will be in the form of an aqueous solution or uniform dispersion or suspension of optical brightener, DTI and optional additional adjunct materials, some of which may normally be in solid form, that have been combined with the normally liquid components of the composition, such as the liquid alcohol ethoxylate nonionic, the aqueous liquid carrier, and any other normally liquid optional ingredients.
- Such a solution, dispersion or suspension will be acceptably phase stable.
- the detergents of the invention When in the form of a liquid, the detergents of the invention preferably have viscosity from 1 to 1500 centipoises (1-1500 mPa*s), more preferably from 100 to 1000 centipoises (100-1000 mPa*s), and most preferably from 200 to 500 centipoises (200-500 mPa*s) at 20s-1 and 21°C. Viscosity can be determined by conventional methods. Viscosity may be measured using an AR 550 rheometer from TA instruments using a plate steel spindle at 40 mm diameter and a gap size of 500 ⁇ m.
- the high shear viscosity at 20s-1 and low shear viscosity at 0.05-1 can be obtained from a logarithmic shear rate sweep from 0.1-1 to 25-1 in 3 minutes time at 21C.
- the preferred rheology described therein may be achieved using internal existing structuring with detergent ingredients or by employing an external rheology modifier.
- the detergents, such as detergent liquid compositions have a high shear rate viscosity of from about 100 centipoise to 1500 centipoise, more preferably from 100 to 1000 cps.
- Unit Dose detergents, such as detergent liquid compositions have high shear rate viscosity of from 400 to 1000cps.
- Detergents such as laundry softening compositions typically have high shear rate viscosity of from 10 to 1000, more preferably from 10 to 800 cps, most preferably from 10 to 500 cps.
- Hand dishwashing compositions have high shear rate viscosity of from 300 to 4000 cps, more preferably 300 to 1000 cps.
- the cleaning and/or treatment compositions in the form of a liquid herein can be prepared by combining the components thereof in any convenient order and by mixing, e.g., agitating, the resulting component combination to form a phase stable liquid detergent composition.
- a liquid matrix is formed containing at least a major proportion, or even substantially all, of the liquid components, e.g., nonionic surfactant, the non-surface active liquid carriers and other optional liquid components, with the liquid components being thoroughly admixed by imparting shear agitation to this liquid combination.
- the liquid components e.g., nonionic surfactant, the non-surface active liquid carriers and other optional liquid components
- shear agitation for example, rapid stirring with a mechanical stirrer may usefully be employed. While shear agitation is maintained, substantially all of any anionic surfactants and the solid form ingredients can be added.
- Agitation of the mixture is continued, and if necessary, can be increased at this point to form a solution or a uniform dispersion of insoluble solid phase particulates within the liquid phase.
- particles of any enzyme material to be included e.g., enzyme granulates, are incorporated.
- one or more of the solid components may be added to the agitated mixture as a solution or slurry of particles premixed with a minor portion of one or more of the liquid components.
- agitation of the mixture is continued for a period of time sufficient to form compositions having the requisite viscosity and phase stability characteristics. Frequently this will involve agitation for a period of from about 30 to 60 minutes.
- adjunct ingredients in the compositions of this invention may be incorporated into the composition as the product of the synthesis generating such components, either with or without an intermediate purification step.
- the mixture used will comprise the desired component or mixtures thereof (and percentages given herein relate to the weight percent of the component itself unless otherwise specified) and in addition unreacted starting materials and impurities formed from side reactions and/or incomplete reaction.
- the mixture will likely comprise different degrees of ethoxylation/substitution.
- the present invention relates to methods of using the cleaning compositions of the present invention to clean a surface, such as a textile.
- the method includes mixing the cleaning composition as described herein with water to form an aqueous liquor and contacting a surface, preferably a textile, with the aqueous liquor in a laundering step.
- the target surface may include a greasy soil such as a body soil.
- the compositions herein, typically prepared as hereinbefore described, can be used to form aqueous washing/treatment solutions for use in the laundering/treatment of fabrics and/or hard surfaces.
- an effective amount of such a composition is added to water, for example in a conventional fabric automatic washing machine, to form such aqueous liquor laundering solutions.
- aqueous liquor so formed is then contacted, typically under agitation, with the fabrics to be laundered/treated therewith.
- An effective amount of the cleaning composition herein added to water to form aqueous liquors for washing can comprise amounts sufficient to form from about 500 to 25,000 ppm, or from 500 to 15,000 ppm of composition in aqueous liquor, or from about 1,000 to 3,000 ppm of the cleaning compositions herein will be provided in aqueous liquor.
- the aqueous liquor is formed by contacting the detergent with (wash) water in such an amount that the concentration of the cleaning composition in the aqueous liquor is from above 0.1 g/l to 5g/l, or from 1g/l, and to 4.5g/l, or to 4.0g/l, or to 3.5g/l, or to 3.0g/l, or to 2.5g/l, or even to 2.0g/l, or even to 1.5g/l.
- the method of laundering fabric or textile may be carried out in a top-loading or front-loading automatic washing machine, or can be used in a hand-wash laundry application. In these applications, the aqueous liquor formed and concentration of laundry detergent composition in the aqueous liquor is that of the main wash cycle. Any input of water during any optional rinsing step(s) is not included when determining the volume of the aqueous liquor.
- the aqueous liquor may comprise 40 litres or less of water, or 30 litres or less, or 20 litres or less, or 10 litres or less, or 8 litres or less, or even 6 litres or less of water.
- the wash liquor may comprise from above 0 to 15 litres, or from 2 litres, and to 12 litres, or even to 8 litres of water. Typically from 0.01kg to 2kg of fabric per litre of aqueous liquor is dosed into said aqueous liquor.
- compositions typically employed at concentrations of from about 500 ppm to about 15,000 ppm in solution.
- the wash solvent is water
- the water temperature typically ranges from about 5 °C to about 90 °C and, when the situs comprises a fabric, the water to fabric ratio is typically from about 1:1 to about 30:1.
- the aqueous liquor comprising the detergent of the invention has a pH of from 3 to 11.5.
- such method comprises the steps of optionally washing and/or rinsing said surface or fabric, contacting said surface or fabric with any composition disclosed in this specification then optionally washing and/or rinsing said surface or fabric is disclosed, with an optional drying step.
- the fabric may comprise any fabric capable of being laundered in normal consumer or institutional use conditions, and the invention is particularly suitable for synthetic textiles such as polyester and nylon and especially for treatment of mixed fabrics and/or fibres comprising synthetic and cellulosic fabrics and/or fibres.
- synthetic fabrics are polyester, nylon, these may be present in mixtures with cellulosic fibres, for example, polycotton fabrics.
- the solution typically has a pH of from 7 to 11, more usually 8 to 10.5.
- the compositions are typically employed at concentrations from 500 ppm to 5,000 ppm in solution.
- the water temperatures typically range from about 5 °C to about 90 °C.
- the water to fabric ratio is typically from about 1:1 to about 30:1.
- the present disclosure further relates to a use of dye control agent in a cleaning composition to enhance the soil-removal, whitening and/or malodor-reducing benefits of a mannanase enzyme as described herein.
- the dye control agent may be selected from (i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer; (ii) a urea derivative; (iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye; (iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 ⁇ m; (v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and (vi) combinations thereof.
- An enzyme is deemed to have activity towards xyloglucan if the pure enzyme has a specific activity of greater than 50000 XyloU/g according to the following assay at pH 7.5.
- the xyloglucanase activity is measured using AZCL-xyloglucan from Megazyme, Ireland as substrate (blue substrate).
- a solution of 0.2% of the blue substrate is suspended in a 0.1M phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 20°C under stirring in a 1.5ml Eppendorf tubes (0.75ml to each), 50 microlitres enzyme solution is added and they are incubated in an Eppendorf Thermomixer for 20 minutes at 40°C, with a mixing of 1200 rpm. After incubation the coloured solution is separated from the solid by 4 minutes centrifugation at 14,000 rpm and the absorbance of the supernatant is measured at 600nm in a 1cm cuvette using a spectrophotometer.
- One XyloU unit is defined as the amount of enzyme resulting in an absorbance of 0.24 in a 1cm cuvette at 600nm.
- An enzyme is deemed to have activity towards amorphous cellulose if the pure enzyme has a specific activity of greater than 20000 EBG/g according to the following assay at pH 7.5.
- Chemicals used as buffers and substrates were commercial products of at least reagent grade. Endoglucanase Activity Assay Materials:
- test tubes mix 1ml pH 7.5 buffer and 5ml deionised water.
- Adelta must be ⁇ 0.5. If higher results are obtained, repeat with a different enzyme dilution factor.
- Enzyme levels are reported as raw material.
- Examples 8 to 18 Unit Dose Compositions.
- compositions 8 to 12 comprise a single unit dose compartment.
- the film used to encapsulate the compositions is polyvinyl-alcohol-based film.
- Ingredients 8 9 10 11 12 % weight LAS 19.09 16.76 8.59 6.56 3.44 AE3S 1.91 0.74 0.18 0.46 0.07 AE7 14.00 17.50 26.33 28.08 31.59
- Enzyme levels are reported as raw material.
- the unit dose has three compartments, but similar compositions can be made with two, four or five compartments.
- the film used to encapsulate the compartments is polyvinyl alcohol.
- Base compositions Ingredients 13 14 15 16 % weight HLAS 26.82 16.35 7.50 3.34 AE7 17.88 16.35 22.50 30.06 Citric Acid 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 C12-15 Fatty acid 16.4 6.0 11.0 13.0 Polymer 1 2.9 0.1 - - Polymer 3 1.1 5.1 2.5 4.2 Cationic cellulose polymer - - 0.3 0.5 Polymer 6 - 1.5 0.3 0.2 Chelant 2 1.1 2.0 0.6 1.5 Optical Brightener 1 0.20 0.25 0.01 0.005 Optical Brightener 3 0.18 0.09 0.30 0.005 DTI 1 0.1 - 0.2 - DTI 2 - 0.1 0.2 - Glycerol 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.2 Monoethanolamine 10.0 8.1 8.4 7.6 Polyethylene glycol - - 2.5 3.0 Potassium
- enzyme levels are reported as raw material.
- Granular laundry detergent compositions for hand washing or washing machines, typically top-loading washing machines.
- Ingredient 19 20 21 22 23 24 % weight LAS 11.33 10.81 7.04 4.20 3.92 2.29 Quaternary ammonium 0.70 0.20 1.00 0.60 - - AE3S 0.51 0.49 0.32 - 0.08 0.10 AE7 8.36 11.50 12.54 11.20 16.00 21.51 Sodium Tripolyphosphate 5.0 - 4.0 9.0 2.0 - Zeolite A - 1.0 - 1.0 4.0 1.0 Sodium silicate 1.6R 7.0 5.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 Sodium carbonate 20.0 17.0 23.0 14.0 14.0 16.0 Polyacrylate MW 4500 1.0 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 Polymer 6 0.1 0.2 - - 0.1 - Carboxymethyl cellulose 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Acid Violet 50 0.05 - 0.02 - 0.04 - Violet DD - 0.03 - 0.03 - 0.03 Protease 2
- Granular laundry detergent compositions typically for front-loading automatic washing machines.
- Ingredient 25 26 27 28 29 30 % weight LAS 6.08 5.05 4.27 3.24 2.30 1.09 AE3S - 0.90 0.21 0.18 - 0.06 AS 0.34 - - - - - AE7 4.28 5.95 6.72 7.98 9.20 10.35 Quaternary ammonium 0.5 - - 0.3 - - Crystalline layered silicate 4.1 - 4.8 - - - Zeolite A 5.0 - 2.0 - 2.0 2.0 Citric acid 3.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.0 Sodium carbonate 11.0 17.0 12.0 15.0 18.0 18.0 Sodium silicate 2R 0.08 - 0.11 - - - Optical Brightener 1 - 0.25 0.05 0.01 0.10 0.02 Optical Brightener 2 - - 0.25 0.20 0.01 0.08 Optical Brightener 3 - 0.06 0.04 0.15 - 0.05 DTI 1 0.08 - 0.04 - 0.10
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- This application contains a Sequence Listing in computer readable form, which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions that include a mannanase enzyme and a dye control agent. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making and using such cleaning compositions. The present disclosure also relates to the use of a dye control agent.
- During the laundering process, substantive dyes from fabrics may be released into the wash liquor and then may deposit onto other fabrics. Soils, whether on fabrics or in the wash liquor can present particular challenges with regard to dye transfer. For example, the dyes may have a particular affinity for soils due to chemical attractions between the soil material and the dyes, often involving hardness ions which are able to bridge anionic dyes with anionic soils. The consequences of such interactions can be localized or general discoloration of the fabric. Furthermore, the complex formed by the soil and the dye may result in soils that are more resistant to removal by detergent cleaning adjuncts; in other words, the transferred dye can inhibit the performance of cleaning compositions and processes.
- There is a need for improved cleaning compositions that provide cleaning and/or whiteness benefits to fabrics, particularly on fabric loads that include dyes.
- The present invention provides a cleaning composition comprising a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans, and/or optionally according to SEQ ID NO:1 herein or a variant having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or according to SEQ ID NO:2 herein or a variant having at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 or according to SEQ ID NO:3 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:3 or according to SEQ ID NO:4 herein or a variant having at least 65% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4 according to SEQ ID NO:5 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:5; and a dye control agent. Preferably the mannanase is a member of the glycoside hydrolase family 26.
- The present invention provides a cleaning composition comprising a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans and a dye control agent selected from the group consisting of: (i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer; (ii) a urea derivative; (iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye; (iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 µm; (v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and (vi) combinations thereof.
- The present invention also relates to a method of cleaning a surface, preferably a textile, wherein the method comprises mixing the cleaning composition as described herein with water to form an aqueous liquor and contacting a surface, preferably a textile, with the aqueous liquor in a laundering step.
- The present invention also relates to the use of a dye transfer agent to enhance the stain-removal and/or malodor-reducing benefits of a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans.
- The present invention also provides a cleaning composition comprising a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans as described herein, preferably being a member of GH family 26,; and an endo-beta-1,6-galactanase enzyme, preferably selected from Glycoside Hydrolase Family 30, as described herein.
- Preferably the mannanase is according to SEQ ID NO:1 herein or a variant having at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1 or according to SEQ ID NO:2 herein or a variant having at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 or according to SEQ ID NO:3 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:3 or according to SEQ ID NO:4 herein or a variant having at least 65% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 4 according to SEQ ID NO:5 herein or a variant having at least 75% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:5.
- The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions comprising a mannanase enzyme and particular dye transfer agents. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the dye transfer agents inhibit interaction between dyes in the wash liquor and certain soils such as soils of microbial origin, including extracellular DNA that are substrates for the mannanase enzyme, thereby leading to decreased dye redeposition and increased enzyme performance. Additionally, DNA-based soil material can have particularly adhesive properties and may attract other soils; therefore, efficient galactanase enzyme activity can help reduce soil redeposition, whiteness losses, and/or dinginess. This combination of reduced dye transfer and enhanced detergency leads to effective textile cleanliness and contrast between white and colored regions of textiles.
- The components of the compositions and processes of the present disclosure are described in more detail below.
- As used herein, the articles "a" and "an" when used in a claim, are understood to mean one or more of what is claimed or described. As used herein, the terms "include," "includes," and "including" are meant to be non-limiting. The compositions of the present disclosure can comprise, consist essentially of, or consist of, the components of the present disclosure.
- The terms "substantially free of' or "substantially free from" may be used herein. This means that the indicated material is at the very minimum not deliberately added to the composition to form part of it, or, preferably, is not present at analytically detectable levels. It is meant to include compositions whereby the indicated material is present only as an impurity in one of the other materials deliberately included. The indicated material may be present, if at all, at a level of less than 1%, or less than 0.1%, or less than 0.01%, or even 0%, by weight of the composition.
- Unless otherwise noted, all component or composition levels are in reference to the active portion of that component or composition, and are exclusive of impurities, for example, residual solvents or by-products, which may be present in commercially available sources of such components or compositions.
- All temperatures herein are in degrees Celsius (°C) unless otherwise indicated. Unless otherwise specified, all measurements herein are conducted at 20°C and under the atmospheric pressure.
- In all embodiments of the present disclosure, all percentages are by weight of the total composition, unless specifically stated otherwise. All ratios are weight ratios, unless specifically stated otherwise.
- It should be understood that every maximum numerical limitation given throughout this specification includes every lower numerical limitation, as if such lower numerical limitations were expressly written herein. Every minimum numerical limitation given throughout this specification will include every higher numerical limitation, as if such higher numerical limitations were expressly written herein. Every numerical range given throughout this specification will include every narrower numerical range that falls within such broader numerical range, as if such narrower numerical ranges were all expressly written herein.
- As used herein, the term "alkoxy" is intended to include C1-C8 alkoxy and C1-C8 alkoxy derivatives of polyols having repeating units such as butylene oxide, glycidol oxide, ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
- As used herein, unless otherwise specified, the terms "alkyl" and "alkyl capped" are intended to include C1-C18 alkyl groups, or even C1-C6 alkyl groups.
- As used herein, unless otherwise specified, the term "aryl" is intended to include C3-12 aryl groups.
- As used herein, unless otherwise specified, the term "arylalkyl" and "alkaryl" are equivalent and are each intended to include groups comprising an alkyl moiety bound to an aromatic moiety, typically having C1-C18 alkyl groups and, in one aspect, C1-C6 alkyl groups.
- The terms "ethylene oxide," "propylene oxide" and "butylene oxide" may be shown herein by their typical designation of "EO," "PO" and "BO," respectively.
- As used herein, the term "cleaning and/or treatment composition" includes, unless otherwise indicated, granular, powder, liquid, gel, paste, unit dose, bar form and/or flake type washing agents and/or fabric treatment compositions, including but not limited to products for laundering fabrics, fabric softening compositions, fabric enhancing compositions, fabric freshening compositions, and other products for the care and maintenance of fabrics, and combinations thereof. Such compositions may be pre-treatment compositions for use prior to a washing step or may be rinse added compositions, as well as cleaning auxiliaries, such as bleach additives and/or "stain-stick" or pre-treat compositions or substrate-laden products such as dryer added sheets.
- As used herein, "cellulosic substrates" are intended to include any substrate which comprises cellulose, either 100% by weight cellulose or at least 20% by weight, or at least 30 % by weight or at least 40 or at least 50 % by weight or even at least 60 % by weight cellulose. Cellulose may be found in wood, cotton, linen, jute, and hemp. Cellulosic substrates may be in the form of powders, fibers, pulp and articles formed from powders, fibers and pulp. Cellulosic fibers, include, without limitation, cotton, rayon (regenerated cellulose), acetate (cellulose acetate), triacetate (cellulose triacetate), and mixtures thereof. Typically cellulosic substrates comprise cotton. Articles formed from cellulosic fibers include textile articles such as fabrics. Articles formed from pulp include paper.
- As used herein, the term "maximum extinction coefficient" is intended to describe the molar extinction coefficient at the wavelength of maximum absorption (also referred to herein as the maximum wavelength), in the range of 400 nanometers to 750 nanometers.
- As used herein "average molecular weight" is reported as a weight average molecular weight, as determined by its molecular weight distribution; as a consequence of their manufacturing process, polymers disclosed herein may contain a distribution of repeating units in their polymeric moiety.
- As used herein the term "variant" refers to a polypeptide that contains an amino acid sequence that differs from a wild type or reference sequence. A variant polypeptide can differ from the wild type or reference sequence due to a deletion, insertion, or substitution of a nucleotide(s) relative to said reference or wild type nucleotide sequence. The reference or wild type sequence can be a full-length native polypeptide sequence or any other fragment of a full- length polypeptide sequence. A polypeptide variant generally has at least about 70% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, but may include at least 75% amino acid sequence identity within the reference sequence, at least 80% amino acid sequence identity within the reference sequence, at least 85% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 86% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 87% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 88% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 89% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 90% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 91% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 92% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 93% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 94% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, 95% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 96% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 97% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, 98% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence, at least 98.5% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence or at least 99% amino acid sequence identity with the reference sequence.
- As used herein, the term "solid" includes granular, powder, bar and tablet product forms.
- As used herein, the term "fluid" includes liquid, gel, paste, and gas product forms.
- The present disclosure relates to cleaning and/or treatment compositions. The cleaning composition may be selected from the group of light duty liquid detergents compositions, heavy duty liquid detergent compositions, solid, for example particulate/powder or "dry" cleaning compositions, hard surface cleaning compositions, detergent gels commonly used for laundry, bleaching compositions, laundry additives, fabric enhancer compositions, shampoos, body washes, other personal care compositions, and mixtures thereof. The cleaning composition may be a hard surface cleaning composition (such as a dishwashing composition) or a laundry composition (such as a heavy duty liquid or solid detergent composition).
- The cleaning compositions may be in any suitable form. The composition can be selected from a liquid, solid, or combination thereof. As used herein, "liquid" includes free-flowing liquids, as well as pastes, gels, foams and mousses. Non-limiting examples of liquids include light duty and heavy duty liquid detergent compositions, fabric enhancers, detergent gels commonly used for laundry, bleach and laundry additives. Gases, e.g., suspended bubbles, or solids, e.g. particles, may be included within the liquids. A "solid" as used herein includes, but is not limited to, powders, agglomerates, and mixtures thereof. Non-limiting examples of solids include: granules, micro-capsules, beads, noodles, and pearlised balls. Solid compositions may provide a technical benefit including, but not limited to, through-the-wash benefits, pre-treatment benefits, and/or aesthetic effects.
- The cleaning composition may be in the form of a unitized dose article, such as a tablet or in the form of a pouch. Such pouches typically include a water-soluble film, such as a polyvinyl alcohol water-soluble film, that at least partially encapsulates a composition. Suitable films are available from MonoSol, LLC (Indiana, USA). The composition can be encapsulated in a single or multi-compartment pouch. A multi-compartment pouch may have at least two, at least three, or at least four compartments. A multi-compartmented pouch may include compartments that are side-by-side and/or superposed. The composition contained in the pouch may be liquid, solid (such as powders), or combinations thereof. Preferably the composition of the invention is a liquid.
- The composition comprises a mannanase enzyme. The term "mannanase" herein means a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4- beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1.78) from the glycoside hydrolase family 26 that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and glucomannans. Alternative names of mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase are 1,4-3-D-mannan mannanohydrolase; endo-1,4-3-mannanase; endo- β-1,4-mannase; β-mannanase B; 3-1,4-mannan 4-mannanohydrolase; endo-3-mannanase; and β-D-mannanase. Preferred mannanases are members of the glycoside hydrolase family 26.
- For purposes of the present disclosure, mannanase activity may be determined using the Reducing End Assay as described in the experimental section of
WO 2015040159 .
Suitable examples from class EC 3.2.1.78 are described inWO 2015040159 , such as the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2 described therein. - Preferred mannanases are variants having at least 60%, at least 65%, at least 70%, at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 81 %, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 1 from Ascobolus stictoideus;
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least 81 %, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2 from Chaetomium virescens.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least 75%, at least 76%, at least 77%, at least 78%, at least 79%, at least 80%, at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 3 from Preussia aemulans.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least at least 65%, at least 66%, at least 67%, at least 68%, at least 69%, at least 70%, at least 71%, at least 72%, at least 73%, at least 74%, at least 75%, at least 76%, at least 77%, at least 78%, at least 79%, at least 80%, at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 4 from Yunnania penicillata.
- Preferred mannanases are variants having at least at least 75%, at least 76%, at least 77%, at least 78%, at least 79%, at least 80%, at least 81%, at least 82%, at least 83%, at least 84%, at least 85%, at least 86%, at least 87%, at least 88%, at least 89%, at least 90%, at least 91 %, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% sequence identity to the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 5 from Myrothecium roridum. Preferably the mannanase is an isolated mannanase.
- Preferably the mannanase enzyme is present in the cleaning compositions in an amount from 0.001 to 1 wt% based on active protein in the composition, or from 0.005 to 0.5 wt% or from 0.01 to 0.25 wt%. Preferably the mannanase enzyme is present in the laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the mannanase enzyme, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm. The mannanases or compositions comprising them may also give rise to biofilm-disrupting effects.
- The cleaning compositions of the present disclosure comprise a dye control agent. The dye control agent is preferably present in the composition at a level of from about 0.02% to about 1%, or from about 0.05% to about 0.5%, by weight of the cleaning composition.
- The dye control agent may be selected from the group consisting of: (i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer; (ii) a urea derivative; (iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye; (iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 µm; (v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and (vi) combinations thereof. These dye control agents are described in more detail below.
- A preferred dye control agent comprises a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer. The sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer may be selected from the product of the condensation of formaldehyde with phenol, cresols, xylenols, nonyl phenol, octyl phenol, butylphenol, phenylphenol, 2,2-bis-4-hydroxyphenylpropane, anisole, resorcinol, bisphenol A, 4,4'-, 2,2'- or 4,2'-dihydroxydiphenyl ether, phenolsulfonic acid, anisole sulfonic acid, dioxydiphenylsulfone, 4-hydroxydiphenylsulfone, naphthol or naphtholsulfonic acid. Suitable examples include Suparex® O.IN (M1), Nylofixan® P (M2), Nylofixan® PM (M3), and Nylofixan® HF (M4) (all supplied by Archroma, Reinach, Switzerland).
- A preferred dye control agent comprises a urea derivative. The urea derivative preferably has a structure according to Formula I,
Formula I (A) k Ar-NH-C(O)-NH-Ar(A) l -NH[-C(O)-NH-L-NH-(O)-NH-Ar(A) m NH] n-C(O)-NH-Ar(A) k
in which - Ar denotes an aromatic group, a stilbene group, or a linear, branched, or cyclic, saturated or once or several times ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms;
- L denotes an arylene or stilbene group;
- A denotes -SO3M or -CO2M;
- M denotes H or an alkali metal atom;
- k and m irrespective of each other denote 0, 1, 2 or 3, and 1+m≧1;
- n denotes a number of from 1 to 6.
- Suitable examples of urea derivatives include compounds according to Formulas II and III, below.
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- A preferred dye control agent comprises polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye. Methods of producing the molecular imprinted dyes are given in G. Z. Kyzas et al, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 149, Issues 1-3, 1 July 2009, Pages 263-272.
- One illustrative polymer can be synthesized as follows: 4.05 g (20 mmol) of ethylene glycol monomethacrylate, 0.34 g (4 mmol) of methacrylic acid, and 2.18 g (3.2 mmol) of disodium-8-anilino-5-[[4-[(3-sulfonatophenyl)diazenyl]naphthalen-1-yl]diazenyl]naphthalene-1-sulfonate (Acid Blue 113) in 100 mL of dimethylformamide are charged under a nitrogen atmosphere and stirred for 2 hours at room temperature. Next, 22 mg of azoisobutyronitrile is added; the reaction mixture is degassed for 15 minutes in the ultrasonic bath and is stirred for 12 hours at 75° C. The residue is separated, is washed with acetone and hot water, and is extracted with 500 mL of methanol in a Soxhlet extractor for 8 hours. After drying, 3.5 g of a brittle, dark purple product is obtained.
- A preferred dye control agent comprises fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide. The average diameter of the fibers may be not more than 2 µm. Exemplary water-insoluble polyamides fibers include those produced from polyamide-6 and/or polyamide 6,6. The average fiber diameter can be measured by Scanning Electron Microscopy in conjunction with suitable image analysis software, for example the FiberMetric® fiber measurement software supplied by Phenom-World B.V., Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- q is a whole number from 1 to 4,
- n is a number from 2 to 20 000,
- R in each repeat unit is selected independently of each other from hydrogen or linear or branched, optionally substituted alkyl groups that comprise 1 to 8 carbon atoms,
- Z is selected from hydrogen (for q=1), alkyl (for q=1), alkylene (for q=2 to 4), carbonyl (for q=2), oxygen (for q=2), sulfur (for q=2), sulfoxide (for q=2), sulfone (for q=2) and a direct, covalent bond (for q=2),
- R1 stands for a covalent bond or a divalent linking group that contains 1 to 100 carbon atoms,
- R2 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, and/or a divalent group that makes a corresponding naphthoxazine structure from the benzoxazine structure,
- Y is selected from linear or branched, optionally substituted, alkyl groups that contain 1 to 15 carbon atoms, cycloaliphatic groups that optionally comprise one or more heteroatoms, aryl groups that optionally comprise one or more heteroatoms, and -(C=O)R3, wherein R3 is selected from linear or branched, optionally substituted, alkyl groups containing 1 to 15 carbon atoms and X-R4, wherein X is selected from S, O, and NH and R4 is selected from linear or branched, optionally substituted, alkyl groups containing 1 to 15 carbon atoms,
- c is a whole number from 1 to 4,
- B is selected from hydrogen (for c=1), alkyl (for c=1), alkylene (for c=2 to 4), carbonyl (for c=2), oxygen (for c=2), sulfur (for c=2), sulfoxide (for c=2), sulfone (for c=2) and a direct, covalent bond (for c=2), A is a hydroxyl group or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle,
- R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl and alkenyl, or R5 is a divalent group that makes a corresponding naphthoxazine structure from the benzoxazine structure, and
- R6 stands for a covalent bond or is a divalent linking group that contains 1 to 100 carbon atoms.
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- The compound according to Formula VI may be produced by adding a solution of 16.22 p-cresol in 50ml ethyl acetate dropwise over a period of 10 minutes to a solution of 9.38g paraformaldehyde (96% conc.) in 50ml ethyl acetate. 309.9g Jeffamin M2070 (Huntsman, EO/PO ratio 10:31) in 200ml ethyl acetate was then added over a period of 30 minutes, the temperature being maintained below 10°C. After stirring for 10 minutes, the reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 6 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent together with any formed water were removed under vacuum. 318.90g of the corresponding polymerisable benzoxazine compound was obtained.
- The cleaning compositions described herein preferably include other adjunct components, for example selected from surfactants, fabric shading dyes, fabric care benefit agent; additional enzyme; deposition aid; rheology modifier; builder; chelant; bleach; bleaching agent; bleach precursor; bleach booster; bleach activator, bleach catalyst; perfume and/or perfume microcapsules; perfume loaded zeolite; starch encapsulated accord; polyglycerol esters; whitening agent; pearlescent agent; enzyme stabilizing systems; scavenging agents including fixing agents for anionic dyes, complexing agents for anionic surfactants, and mixtures thereof; optical brighteners or fluorescers; polymer including but not limited to soil release polymer and/or soil suspension polymer; dispersants; antifoam agents; non-aqueous solvent; fatty acid; suds suppressors, e.g., silicone suds suppressors; cationic starches; scum dispersants; substantive dyes; colorants; opacifier; antioxidant; hydrotropes such as toluenesulfonates, cumenesulfonates and naphthalenesulfonates; color speckles; colored beads, spheres or extrudates; clay softening agents; anti-bacterial agents. Additionally or alternatively, the compositions may comprise surfactants, and/or solvent systems. Quaternary ammonium compounds may be present, particularly in fabric enhancer compositions, such as fabric softeners, and comprise quaternary ammonium cations that are positively charged polyatomic ions of the structure NR4 +, where R is an alkyl group or an aryl group.
- Preferably the composition of the invention comprises additional enzymes, for example selected from lipases, amylases, proteases, nucleases, pectate lyases, cellulases, cutinases, and mixtures thereof. The cleaning compositions preferably comprise one or more additional enzymes from the group selected from nucleases. The cleaning compositions preferably comprises one or more additional enzymes selected from the group amylases, lipases, proteases, pectate lyases, cellulases, cutinases, and mixtures thereof. Preferably, the cleaning compositions comprises one or more additional enzymes selected from amylases and proteases and mixtures thereof. Preferably the cleaning compositions comprise one or more additional enzymes selected from lipases. The compositions may also comprise hemicellulases, peroxidases, xylanases, pectinases, keratinases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, ligninases, pullulanases, tannases, pentosanases, malanases, β-glucanases, arabinosidases, hyaluronidase, chondroitinase, laccase and mixtures thereof. When present in the composition, the aforementioned additional enzymes may be present at levels from about 0.00001% to about 2%, from about 0.0001% to about 1% or even from about 0.001% to about 0.5% enzyme protein by weight of the composition. Preferably the or each additional enzyme is present in the laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the active enzyme protein, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- Preferably the composition additionally comprises a nuclease enzyme. The nuclease enzyme is an enzyme capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids. Suitable nuclease enzymes may be deoxyribonuclease or ribonuclease enzyme or a functional fragment thereof. By functional fragment or part is meant the portion of the nuclease enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester linkages in the DNA backbone and so is a region of said nuclease protein that retains catalytic activity. Thus it includes truncated, but functional versions, of the enzyme and/or variants and/or derivatives and/or homologues whose functionality is maintained.
- Preferably the nuclease enzyme is a deoxyribonuclease, preferably selected from any of the classes E.C. 3.1.21.x, where x=1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, E.C. 3.1.22.y where y=1, 2, 4 or 5, E.C. 3.1.30.z where z= 1 or 2, E.C. 3.1.31.1 and mixtures thereof. Nuclease enzymes from class E.C. 3.1.21.x and especially where x=1 are particularly preferred. Nucleases in class E.C. 3.1.22.y cleave at the 5' hydroxyl to liberate 3' phosphomonoesters. Enzymes in class E.C. 3.1.30.z may be preferred as they act on both DNA and RNA and liberate 5'-phosphomonoesters. Suitable examples from class E.C. 3.1.31.2 are described in
US2012/0135498A , such as SEQ ID NO:3 therein. Such enzymes are commercially available as DENARASE® enzyme from c-LECTA. Nuclease enzymes from class E.C. 3.1.31.1 produce 3'phosphomonoesters. - Preferably, the nuclease enzyme comprises a microbial enzyme. The nuclease enzyme may be fungal or bacterial in origin. Bacterial nucleases may be most preferred. Fungal nucleases may be most preferred.
- The microbial nuclease is obtainable from Bacillus, such as a Bacillus licheniformis or Bacillus subtilis bacterial nucleases. A preferred nuclease is obtainable from Bacillus licheniformis, preferably from strain EI-34-6. A preferred deoxyribonuclease is a variant of Bacillus licheniformis, from strain EI-34-6 nucB deoxyribonuclease defined in SEQ ID NO:6 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto. Other suitable nucleases are defined in SEQ ID NO: 7 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto. Other suitable nucleases are defined in SEQ ID NO: 8 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- A fungal nuclease is obtainable from Aspergillus, for example Aspergillus oryzae. A preferred nuclease is obtainable from Aspergillus oryzae defined in SEQ ID NO: 9 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 60% or 70% or75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- Another suitable fungal nuclease is obtainable from Trichoderma, for example Trichoderma harzianum. A preferred nuclease is obtainable from Trichoderma harzianum defined in SEQ ID NO: 10 herein, or variant thereof, for example having at least 60% or 70% or75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- Other fungal nucleases include those encoded by the DNA sequences of Aspergillus oryzae RIB40, Aspergillus oryzae 3.042, Aspergillus flavus NRRL3357, Aspergillus parasiticus SU-1, Aspergillus nomius NRRL13137, Trichoderma reesei QM6a, Trichoderma virens Gv29-8, Oidiodendron maius Zn, Metarhizium guizhouense ARSEF 977, Metarhizium majus ARSEF 297, Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 23, Metarhizium acridum CQMa 102, Metarhizium brunneum ARSEF 3297, Metarhizium anisopliae, Colletotrichum fioriniae PJ7, Colletotrichum sublineola, Trichoderma atroviride IMI 206040, Tolypocladium ophioglossoides CBS 100239, Beauveria bassiana ARSEF 2860, Colletotrichum higginsianum, Hirsutella minnesotensis 3608, Scedosporium apiospermum, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora, Fusarium verticillioides 7600, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4, Colletotrichum graminicola M1.001, Fusarium oxysporum FOSC 3-a, Fusarium avenaceum, Fusarium langsethiae, Grosmannia clavigera kw1407, Claviceps purpurea 20.1, Verticillium longisporum, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1, Magnaporthe oryzae 70-15, Beauveria bassiana D1-5, Fusarium pseudograminearum CS3096, Neonectria ditissima, Magnaporthiopsis poae ATCC 64411, Cordyceps militaris CM01, Marssonina brunnea f. sp. 'multigermtubi' MB_m1, Diaporthe ampelina, Metarhizium album ARSEF 1941, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Nara gc5, Madurella mycetomatis, Metarhizium brunneum ARSEF 3297, Verticillium alfalfae VaMs.102, Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici R3-11 1a-1, Nectria haematococca mpVI 77-13-4, Verticillium longisporum, Verticillium dahliae VdLs.17, Torrubiella hemipterigena, Verticillium longisporum, Verticillium dahliae VdLs.17, Botrytis cinerea B05.10, Chaetomium globosum CBS 148.51, Metarhizium anisopliae, Stemphylium lycopersici, Sclerotinia borealis F-4157, Metarhizium robertsii ARSEF 23, Myceliophthora thermophila ATCC 42464, Phaeosphaeria nodorum SN15, Phialophora attae, Ustilaginoidea virens, Diplodia seriata, Ophiostoma piceae UAMH 11346, Pseudogymnoascus pannorum VKM F-4515 (FW-2607), Bipolaris oryzae ATCC 44560, Metarhizium guizhouense ARSEF 977, Chaetomium thermophilum var. thermophilum DSM 1495, Pestalotiopsis fici W106-1, Bipolaris zeicola 26-R-13, Setosphaeria turcica Et28A, Arthroderma otae CBS 113480 and Pyrenophora tritici-repentis Pt-1C-BFP.
- Preferably the nuclease is an isolated nuclease.
- Preferably the nuclease enzyme is present in the laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the nuclease enzyme, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- Preferably the composition comprises an acetylglucosaminidase enzyme, preferably a β-N-acetylglucosaminidase enzyme from E.C. 3.2.1.52, preferably an enzyme having at least 70%, or at least 75% or at least 80% or at least 85% or at least 90% or at least 95% or at least 96% or at least 97% or at least 98% or at least 99% or at least or 100% identity to SEQ ID NO: 11.
- The compositions preferably additionally comprise an endo-beta-1,6-galactanase enzyme an extracellular polymer-degrading enzyme. The term "endo-beta-1,6-galactanase" or "a polypeptide having endo-beta-1,6-galactanase activity" means a endo-beta-1,6-galactanase activity (EC 3.2.1.164) that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of 1,6-3-D-galactooligosaccharides with a degree of polymerization (DP) higher than 3, and their acidic derivatives with 4-O-methylglucosyluronate or glucosyluronate groups at the non-reducing terminals.
- For purposes of the present disclosure, endo-beta-1,6-galactanase activity is determined according to the procedure described in
WO 2015185689 in Assay I. Suitable examples from class EC 3.2.1.164 are described inWO 2015185689 , such as the mature polypeptide SEQ ID NO: 2 described therein. Preferably the galactanase enzyme is selected from Glycoside Hydrolase (GH) Family 30. - Preferably, the endo-beta-1,6-galactanase comprises a microbial enzyme. The endo-beta-1,6-galactanase may be fungal or bacterial in origin. Bacterial endo-beta-1,6-galactanase may be most preferred. Fungal endo-beta-1,6-galactanase may be most preferred.
- A bacterial endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Streptomyces, for example Streptomyces davawensis. A preferred endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Streptomyces davawensis JCM 4913 defined in SEQ ID NO: 12 herein, or a variant thereof, for example having at least 40% or 50% or 60% or 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identity thereto.
- Other bacterial endo-beta-1,6-galactanase include those encoded by the DNA sequences of Streptomyces avermitilis MA-4680 with the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 13 herein, or a variant thereof, for example having at least 40% or 50% or 60% or 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identity thereto.
- A fungal endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Trichoderma, for example Trichoderma harzianum. A preferred endo-beta-1,6-galactanase is obtainable from Trichoderma harzianum defined in SEQ ID NO: 14 herein, or a variant thereof, for example having at least 40% or 50% or 60% or 70% or 75% or 80% or 85% or 90% or 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99% or 100% identical thereto.
- Other fungal endo-beta-1,6-galactanases include those encoded by the DNA sequences of Ceratocystis fimbriata f. sp. Platani, Muscodor strobelii WG-2009a, Oculimacula yallundae, Trichoderma viride GD36A, Thermomyces stellatus, Myceliophthora thermophilia.
- Preferably the galactanase has an amino acid sequence having at least 60%, or at least 80%, or at least 90% or at least 95% identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:12, SEQ ID NO:13 or SEQ ID NO:14. Preferably the galactanase is an isolated galactanase.
- Preferably the galactanase enzyme is present in a laundering aqueous liquor in an amount of from 0.01ppm to 1000 ppm of the galactanase enzyme, or from 0.05 or from 0.1ppm to 750 or 500ppm.
- The compositions of the invention comprising both mannanase and galactanase may be particularly effective against sticky soils and for improved cleaning. It is believed the two enzymes function together in a complementary way.
- The composition may comprise a glycoside hydrolase selected from GH family 39 and GH family 114 and mixtures thereof, for example as described in co-pending applications having applicants reference numbers CM4645FM and CM4646 FM, respectively.
- Preferably the composition comprises one or more proteases. Suitable proteases include metalloproteases and serine proteases, including neutral or alkaline microbial serine proteases, such as subtilisins (EC 3.4.21.62). Suitable proteases include those of animal, vegetable or microbial origin. In one aspect, such suitable protease may be of microbial origin. The suitable proteases include chemically or genetically modified mutants of the aforementioned suitable proteases. In one aspect, the suitable protease may be a serine protease, such as an alkaline microbial protease or/and a trypsin-type protease. Examples of suitable neutral or alkaline proteases include:
- (a) subtilisins (EC 3.4.21.62), preferably those derived from Bacillus sp., such as B. lentus, B. alkalophilus, B. subtilis, B. amyloliquefaciens, B. pumilus and B. gibsonii and B. akibaii described in
WO2004067737 ,WO2015091989 ,WO2015091990 ,WO2015024739 ,WO2015143360 ,US 6,312,936 B1 ,US 5,679,630 ,US 4,760,025 ,US7,262,042 andWO09/021867 DE102006022216A1 ,DE102006022224A1 ,WO2015089447 ,WO2015089441 ,WO2016066756 ,WO2016066757 ,WO2016069557 ,WO2016069563 ,WO2016069569 . . - (b) trypsin-type or chymotrypsin-type proteases, such as trypsin (e.g., of porcine or bovine origin), including the Fusarium protease described in
WO 89/06270 WO 05/052161 WO 05/052146 - (c) metalloproteases, preferably those derived from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens described in
WO 07/044993A2 WO2014194032 ,WO2014194054 andWO2014194117 ; from Kribella alluminosa described inWO2015193488 ; and from Streptomyces and Lysobacter described inWO2016075078 . - (d) protease having at least 90% identity to the subtilase from Bacillus sp. TY145, NCIMB 40339, described in
WO92/17577 WO2015024739 , andWO2016066757 . - Preferred proteases include those derived from Bacillus gibsonii or Bacillus Lentus.
- Suitable commercially available protease enzymes include those sold under the trade names Alcalase®, Savinase®, Primase®, Durazym®, Polarzyme®, Kannase®, Liquanase®, Liquanase Ultra®, Savinase Ultra®, Ovozyme®, Neutrase®, Everlase® and Esperase® by Novozymes A/S (Denmark), those sold under the tradename Maxatase®, Maxacal®, Maxapem®, Properase®, Purafect®, Purafect Prime®, Purafect Ox®, FN3® , FN4®, Excellase® and Purafect OXP® by Genencor International, those sold under the tradename Opticlean® and Optimase® by Solvay Enzymes, those available from Henkel/ Kemira, namely BLAP (sequence shown in Figure 29 of
US 5,352,604 with the following mutations S99D + S101 R + S103A + V104I + G159S, hereinafter referred to as BLAP), BLAP R (BLAP with S3T + V4I + V199M + V205I + L217D), BLAP X (BLAP with S3T + V4I + V205I) and BLAP F49 (BLAP with S3T + V4I + A194P + V199M + V205I + L217D) - all from Henkel/Kemira; and KAP (Bacillus alkalophilus subtilisin with mutations A230V + S256G + S259N) from Kao, or as disclosed inWO2009/149144 ,WO2009/149145 ,WO2010/56653 WO2010/56640 WO2011/072117 ,US2011/0237487 ,WO2011/140316 ,WO2012/151480 ,EP2510092 ,EP2566960 OREP2705145 . - Preferably the composition may comprise an amylase. Suitable alpha-amylases include those of bacterial or fungal origin. Chemically or genetically modified mutants (variants) are included. A preferred alkaline alpha-amylase is derived from a strain of Bacillus, such as Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus subtilis, or other Bacillus sp., such as Bacillus sp. NCIB 12289, NCIB 12512, NCIB 12513, DSM 9375 (USP
7,153,818 ) DSM 12368, DSMZ no. 12649, KSM AP1378 (WO 97/00324 EP 1,022,334 ). Preferred amylases include: - (a) the variants described in
WO 94/02597 WO 94/18314 WO96/23874 WO 97/43424 WO 96/23874 - (b) the variants described in USP
5,856,164 andWO99/23211 WO 96/23873 WO00/60060 WO 06/002643 WO 06/002643 - 26, 30, 33, 82, 37, 106, 118, 128, 133, 149, 150, 160, 178, 182, 186, 193, 203, 214, 231, 256, 257, 258, 269, 270, 272, 283, 295, 296, 298, 299, 303, 304, 305, 311, 314, 315, 318, 319, 339, 345, 361, 378, 383, 419, 421, 437, 441, 444, 445, 446, 447, 450, 461, 471, 482, 484, preferably that also contain the deletions of D183* and G184*.
- (c) variants exhibiting at least 90% identity with SEQ ID No. 4 in
WO06/002643 WO 00/60060 - (d) variants exhibiting at least 95% identity with the wild-type enzyme from Bacillus sp.707 (SEQ ID NO:7 in
US 6,093, 562 ), especially those comprising one or more of the following mutations M202, M208, S255, R172, and/or M261. Preferably said amylase comprises one or more of M202L, M202V, M202S, M202T, M202I, M202Q, M202W, S255N and/or R172Q. Particularly preferred are those comprising the M202L or M202T mutations. - (e) variants described in
WO 09/149130 WO 09/149130 - (f) variants as described in
EP2540825 andEP2357220 ,EP2534233 ; (g) variants as described inWO2009100102 andWO2010115028 . - Suitable commercially available alpha-amylases include DURAMYL®, LIQUEZYME®, TERMAMYL®, TERMAMYL ULTRA®, NATALASE®, SUPRAMYL®, STAINZYME®, STAINZYME PLUS®, FUNGAMYL® and BAN® (Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark), KEMZYM® AT 9000 Biozym Biotech Trading GmbH Wehlistrasse 27b A-1200 Wien Austria, RAPIDASE® , PURASTAR®, ENZYSIZE®, OPTISIZE HT PLUS®, POWERASE® and PURASTAR OXAM® (Genencor International Inc., Palo Alto, California) and KAM® (Kao, 14-10 Nihonbashi Kayabacho, 1-chome, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103-8210, Japan). In one aspect, suitable amylases include NATALASE®, STAINZYME® and STAINZYME PLUS® and mixtures thereof.
- Preferably the composition comprises one or more lipases, including "first cycle lipases" such as those described in
U.S. Patent 6,939,702 B1 andUS PA 2009/0217464 . Preferred lipases are first-wash lipases. In one embodiment of the invention the composition comprises a first wash lipase. First wash lipases includes a lipase which is a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence which: (a) has at least 90% identity with the wild-type lipase derived from Humicola lanuginosa strain DSM 4109; (b) compared to said wild-type lipase, comprises a substitution of an electrically neutral or negatively charged amino acid at the surface of the three-dimensional structure within 15A of E1 or Q249 with a positively charged amino acid; and (c) comprises a peptide addition at the C-terminal; and/or (d) comprises a peptide addition at the N-terminal and/or (e) meets the following limitations: i) comprises a negative 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; and iii) comprises a neutral or negative amino acid at a position corresponding to N94 or said wild-type lipase and/or has a negative or neutral net electric charge in the region corresponding to positions 90-101 of said wild-type lipase. Preferred are variants of the wild-type lipase from Thermomyces lanuginosus comprising one or more of the T231R and N233R mutations. The wild-type sequence is the 269 amino acids (amino acids 23 - 291) of the Swissprot accession number Swiss-Prot O59952 (derived from Thermomyces lanuginosus (Humicola lanuginosa)). Preferred lipases include those sold under the tradenames Lipex® and Lipolex® and Lipoclean®. Other suitable lipases include those described in European Patent Application No.12001034.3 EP2623586 . - Other preferred enzymes include microbial-derived endoglucanases exhibiting endo-beta-1,4-glucanase activity (E.C. 3.2.1.4), including a bacterial polypeptide endogenous to a member of the genus Bacillus which has a sequence of at least 90%, 94%, 97% and even 99% identity to the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 in
US7,141,403B2 ) and mixtures thereof. Suitable endoglucanases are sold under the tradenames Celluclean® and Whitezyme® (Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark). - Other preferred enzymes include pectate lyases sold under the tradenames Pectawash®, Pectaway®, Xpect® and mannanases sold under the tradenames Mannaway® (all from Novozymes A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark), and Purabrite® (Genencor International Inc., Palo Alto, California).
- The cleaning composition described herein may additionally comprise a cleaning cellulase. The cellulase may be an endoglucanase. The cellulase may have endo beta 1,4-glucanase activity and a structure which does not comprise a class A Carbohydrate Binding Module (CBM). A class A CBM is defined according to A. B. Boraston et al. Biochemical Journal 2004, Volume 382 (part 3) pages 769-781. In particular, the cellulase does not comprise a class A CBM from families 1, 2a, 3, 5 and 10.
- The cellulase may be a glycosyl hydrolase having enzymatic activity towards amorphous cellulose substrates, wherein the glycosyl hydrolase is selected from GH families 5, 7, 12, 16, 44 or 74. Preferably, the cellulase is a glycosyl hydrolase selected from GH family 5. A preferred cellulase is Celluclean, supplied by Novozymes. This preferred cellulase is described in more detail in
WO2002/099091 . The glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family definition is described in more detail in Biochem J. 1991, v280, 309-316. Another preferred cellulase is a glycosyl hydrolase having enzymatic activity towards both xyloglucan and amorphous cellulose substrates, wherein the glycosyl hydrolase is selected from GH families 5, 12, 44 or 74. Preferably, the glycosyl hydrolase selected from GH family 44. - For purposes of the present invention, the degree of identity between two amino acid sequences is determined using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm (Needleman and Wunsch, 1970, J. Mol. Biol. 48: 443-453) as implemented in the Needle program of the EMBOSS package (EMBOSS: The European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, Rice et al., 2000, Trends in Genetics 16: 276-277), preferably version 3.0.0 or later. The optional parameters used are gap open penalty of 10, gap extension penalty of 0.5, and the EBLOSUM62 (EMBOSS version of BLOSUM62) substitution matrix. The output of Needle labeled "longest identity" (obtained using the -nobrief option) is used as the percent identity and is calculated as follows: (Identical Residues x 100)/(Length of Alignment - Total Number of Gaps in Alignment).
- Suitable cleaning cellulase glycosyl hydrolases are selected from the group consisting of: GH family 44 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus polyxyma (wild-type) such as XYG1006 described in
WO 01/062903 WO 99/02663 WO 01/064853 WO 2002/077242 or variants thereof; and GH family 74 glycosyl hydrolases from Trichoderma Reesei (wild type), such as the enzyme described in more detail in Sequence ID no. 2 ofWO03/089598 - Preferred glycosyl hydrolases are selected from the group consisting of: GH family 44 glycosyl hydrolases from Paenibacillus polyxyma (wild-type) such as XYG1006 or are variants thereof.
- Typically, the cellulase modifies the fabric surface during the laundering process so as to improve the removal of soils adhered to the fabric after the laundering process during wearing and usage of the fabric, in subsequent wash cycles. Preferably, the cellulase modifies the fabric surface during the laundering process so as to improve the removal of soils adhered to the fabric after the laundering process during wearing and usage of the fabric, in the subsequent two, or even three wash cycles.
- Typically, the cellulase is used at a concentration of 0.005ppm to 1.0ppm in the aqueous liquor during the first laundering process. Preferably, the cellulase is used at a concentration of 0.02ppm to 0.5ppm in the aqueous liquor during the first laundering process.
- The cleaning composition preferably comprises a surfactant system. The cleaning composition preferably comprises from about 1% to about 80%, or from 1% to about 60%, preferably from about 5% to about 50% more preferably from about 8% to about 40%, by weight of the cleaning composition, of a surfactant system.
- Surfactants suitable for use in the surfactant system may be derived from natural and/or renewable sources.
- The surfactant system may comprise an anionic surfactant, more preferably an anionic surfactant selected from the group consisting of, alkyl benzene sulfonate, alkyl sulfate, alkyl alkoxy sulfate, especially alkyl ethoxy sulfate, paraffin sulfonate and mixtures thereof, alkyl benzene sulfonates are particularly preferred. The surfactant system may further comprise a surfactant selected from the group consisting of nonionic surfactant, cationic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant, and mixtures thereof. The surfactant system preferably comprises a nonionic surfactant, for example an ethoxylated nonionic surfactant. The surfactant system may comprise an amphoteric surfactant, for example an amine oxide surfactant, such as an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide. The surfactant system may comprise a zwitterionic surfactant, such as a betaine.
- The most preferred surfactant system for the detergent composition of the present invention comprises from 1% to 40%, preferably 6% to 35%, more preferably 8% to 30% weight of the total composition of an anionic surfactant, preferably comprising an alkyl benzene sulphonate. The preferred surfactant system may optionally in addition comprise an alkyl alkoxy sulfate surfactant, more preferably an alkyl ethoxy sulfate, optionally combined with 0.5% to 15%, preferably from 1% to 12%, more preferably from 2% to 10% by weight of the composition of amphoteric and/or zwitterionic surfactant, more preferably an amphoteric and even more preferably an amine oxide surfactant, especially an alkyl dimethyl amine oxide.
- Preferably the composition further comprises a nonionic surfactant, especially an alcohol alkoxylate in particular an alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant. Most preferably the surfactant system comprises an anionic and a nonionic surfactant, preferably the weight ratio of the anionic to nonionic surfactant is from 25:1 to 1:2.
- Anionic surfactants may be in salt form or acid form, typically in the form of a water-soluble sodium, potassium, ammonium, magnesium or mono-, di- or tri- C2-C3 alkanolammonium salt, with the sodium cation being the usual one chosen.
- Suitable anionic sulfonate surfactants for use herein include water-soluble salts of C8-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl sulfonates; C11-C18 alkyl benzene sulfonates (LAS), modified alkylbenzene sulfonate (MLAS) as discussed in
WO 99/05243 WO 99/05242 WO 99/05244 WO 99/05082 WO 99/05084 WO 99/05241 WO 99/07656 WO 00/23549 WO 00/23548 - Preferably the sulfated anionic surfactant is alkoxylated, more preferably, an alkoxylated branched sulfated anionic surfactant having an alkoxylation degree of from about 0.2 to about 4, even more preferably from about 0.3 to about 3, even more preferably from about 0.4 to about 1.5 and especially from about 0.4 to about 1. Preferably, the alkoxy group is ethoxy. When the sulfated anionic surfactant is a mixture of sulfated anionic surfactants, the alkoxylation degree is the weight average alkoxylation degree of all the components of the mixture (weight average alkoxylation degree). In the weight average alkoxylation degree calculation the weight of sulfated anionic surfactant components not having alkoxylated groups should also be included.
- Preferably, the branching group is an alkyl. Typically, the alkyl is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl, cyclic alkyl groups and mixtures thereof. Single or multiple alkyl branches could be present on the main hydrocarbyl chain of the starting alcohol(s) used to produce the sulfated anionic surfactant used in the detergent of the invention. Most preferably the branched sulfated anionic surfactant is selected from alkyl sulfates, alkyl ethoxy sulfates, and mixtures thereof.
- The branched sulfated anionic surfactant can be a single anionic surfactant or a mixture of anionic surfactants. In the case of a single surfactant the percentage of branching refers to the weight percentage of the hydrocarbyl chains that are branched in the original alcohol from which the surfactant is derived.
- In the case of a surfactant mixture the percentage of branching is the weight average and it is defined according to the following formula:
- Suitable sulfate surfactants for use herein include water-soluble salts of C8-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl, sulfate and/or ether sulfate. Suitable counterions include alkali metal cation or ammonium or substituted ammonium, but preferably sodium.
- The sulfate surfactants may be selected from C8-C18 primary, branched chain and random alkyl sulfates (AS); C8-C18 secondary (2,3) alkyl sulfates; C8-C18 alkyl alkoxy sulfates (AExS) wherein preferably x is from 1-30 in which the alkoxy group could be selected from ethoxy, propoxy, butoxy or even higher alkoxy groups and mixtures thereof.
- Alkyl sulfates and alkyl alkoxy sulfates are commercially available with a variety of chain lengths, ethoxylation and branching degrees. Commercially available sulfates include, those based on Neodol alcohols ex the Shell company, Lial - Isalchem and Safol ex the Sasol company, natural alcohols ex The Procter & Gamble Chemicals company.
- Preferred alkyl sulfates are those in which the anionic surfactant is an alkyl ethoxy sulfate with a degree of ethoxylation of from about 0.2 to about 3, more preferably from about 0.3 to about 2, even more preferably from about 0.4 to about 1.5, and especially from about 0.4 to about 1. They are also preferred anionic surfactant having a level of branching of from about 5% to about 40%, even more preferably from about 10% to 35% and especially from about 20% to 30%.
- Preferably the surfactant system comprises a nonionic surfactant, in an amount of from 0.1% to 40%, preferably 0.2% to 20%, most preferably 0.5% to 10% by weight of the composition. Suitable nonionic surfactants include the condensation products of aliphatic alcohols with from 1 to 25 moles of ethylene oxide. The alkyl chain of the aliphatic alcohol can either be straight or branched, primary or secondary, and generally contains from 8 to 22 carbon atoms. Particularly preferred are the condensation products of alcohols having an alkyl group containing from 10 to 18 carbon atoms, preferably from 10 to 15 carbon atoms with from 2 to 18 moles, preferably 2 to 15, more preferably 5-12 of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol. Highly preferred nonionic surfactants are the condensation products of guerbet alcohols with from 2 to 18 moles, preferably 2 to 15, more preferably 5-12 of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol.
- Other suitable non-ionic surfactants for use herein include fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, alkylpolyglucosides and fatty acid glucamides.
- The surfactant system may include amphoteric surfactant, such as amine oxide. Preferred amine oxides are alkyl dimethyl amine oxide or alkyl amido propyl dimethyl amine oxide, more preferably alkyl dimethyl amine oxide and especially coco dimethyl amino oxide. Amine oxide may have a linear or mid-branched alkyl moiety. Typical linear amine oxides include water-soluble amine oxides containing one R1 C8-18 alkyl moiety and 2 R2 and R3 moieties selected from the group consisting of C1-3 alkyl groups and C1-3 hydroxyalkyl groups. Preferably amine oxide is characterized by the formula R1 - N(R2)(R3) O wherein R1 is a C8-18 alkyl and R2 and R3 are selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, 2-hydroxethyl, 2-hydroxypropyl and 3-hydroxypropyl. The linear amine oxide surfactants in particular may include linear C10-C18 alkyl dimethyl amine oxides and linear C8-C12 alkoxy ethyl dihydroxy ethyl amine oxides. Preferred amine oxides include linear C10, linear C10-C12, and linear C12-C14 alkyl dimethyl amine oxides. As used herein "mid-branched" means that the amine oxide has one alkyl moiety having n1 carbon atoms with one alkyl branch on the alkyl moiety having n2 carbon atoms. The alkyl branch is located on the α carbon from the nitrogen on the alkyl moiety. This type of branching for the amine oxide is also known in the art as an internal amine oxide. The total sum of n1 and n2 is from 10 to 24 carbon atoms, preferably from 12 to 20, and more preferably from 10 to 16. The number of carbon atoms for the one alkyl moiety (n1) should be approximately the same number of carbon atoms as the one alkyl branch (n2) such that the one alkyl moiety and the one alkyl branch are symmetric. As used herein "symmetric" means that |n1 - n2| is less than or equal to 5, preferably 4, most preferably from 0 to 4 carbon atoms in at least 50 wt%, more preferably at least 75 wt% to 100 wt% of the mid-branched amine oxides for use herein.
- The amine oxide may further comprise two moieties, independently selected from a C1-3 alkyl, a C1-3 hydroxyalkyl group, or a polyethylene oxide group containing an average of from about 1 to about 3 ethylene oxide groups. Preferably the two moieties are selected from a C1-3 alkyl, more preferably both are selected as a C1 alkyl.
- Other suitable surfactants include betaines, such as alkyl betaines, alkylamidobetaine, amidazoliniumbetaine, sulfobetaine (INCI Sultaines) as well as the Phosphobetaine and preferably meets formula (I):
R1-[CO-X (CH2)n]x-N+(R2)(R3)-(CH2)m-[CH(OH)-CH2]y-Y- (I)
wherein - R1 is a saturated or unsaturated C6-22 alkyl residue, preferably C8-18 alkyl residue, in particular a saturated C10-16 alkyl residue, for example a saturated C12-14 alkyl residue;
- X is NH, NR4 with C1-4 Alkyl residue R4, O or S,
- n a number from 1 to 10, preferably 2 to 5, in particular 3,
- x 0 or 1, preferably 1,
- R2, R3 are independently a C1-4 alkyl residue, potentially hydroxy substituted such as a hydroxyethyl, preferably a methyl.
- m a number from 1 to 4, in particular 1, 2 or 3,
- y 0 or 1 and
- Y is COO, SO3, OPO(OR5)O or P(O)(OR5)O, whereby R5 is a hydrogen atom H or a C1-4 alkyl residue.
- Preferred betaines are the alkyl betaines of the formula (Ia), the alkyl amido propyl betaine of the formula (Ib), the Sulfo betaines of the formula (Ic) and the Amido sulfobetaine of the formula (Id);
R1-N+(CH3)2-CH2COO- (Ia)
R1-CO-NH(CH2)3-N+(CH3)2-CH2COO- (Ib)
R1-N+(CH3)2-CH2CH(OH)CH2SO3- (Ic)
R1-CO-NH-(CH2)3-N+(CH3)2-CH2CH(OH)CH2SO3- (Id)
in which R11 as the same meaning as in formula I. Particularly preferred betaines are the Carbobetaine [wherein Y-=COO-], in particular the Carbobetaine of the formula (Ia) and (Ib), more preferred are the Alkylamidobetaine of the formula (Ib). - Examples of suitable betaines and sulfobetaine are the following [designated in accordance with INCI]: Almondamidopropyl of betaines, Apricotam idopropyl betaines, Avocadamidopropyl of betaines, Babassuamidopropyl of betaines, Behenam idopropyl betaines, Behenyl of betaines, betaines, Canolam idopropyl betaines, Capryl/Capram idopropyl betaines, Carnitine, Cetyl of betaines, Cocamidoethyl of betaines, Cocam idopropyl betaines, Cocam idopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Coco betaines, Coco Hydroxysultaine, Coco/Oleam idopropyl betaines, Coco Sultaine, Decyl of betaines, Dihydroxyethyl Oleyl Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl Soy Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl Stearyl Glycinate, Dihydroxyethyl Tallow Glycinate, Dimethicone Propyl of PG-betaines, Erucam idopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Hydrogenated Tallow of betaines, Isostearam idopropyl betaines, Lauram idopropyl betaines, Lauryl of betaines, Lauryl Hydroxysultaine, Lauryl Sultaine, Milkam idopropyl betaines, Minkamidopropyl of betaines, Myristam idopropyl betaines, Myristyl of betaines, Oleam idopropyl betaines, Oleam idopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Oleyl of betaines, Olivamidopropyl of betaines, Palmam idopropyl betaines, Palm itam idopropyl betaines, Palmitoyl Carnitine, Palm Kernelam idopropyl betaines, Polytetrafluoroethylene Acetoxypropyl of betaines, Ricinoleam idopropyl betaines, Sesam idopropyl betaines, Soyam idopropyl betaines, Stearam idopropyl betaines, Stearyl of betaines, Tallowam idopropyl betaines, Tallowam idopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Tallow of betaines, Tallow Dihydroxyethyl of betaines, Undecylenam idopropyl betaines and Wheat Germam idopropyl betaines. A preferred betaine is, for example, Cocoamidopropylbetaine.
- Especially when in liquid form, preferably, the detergent composition comprises between 1.5% and 20%, more preferably between 2% and 15%, even more preferably between 3% and 10%, most preferably between 4% and 8% by weight of the liquid detergent composition of soap, preferably a fatty acid salt, more preferably an amine neutralized fatty acid salt, wherein preferably the amine is an alkanolamine more preferably selected from monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine or a mixture thereof, more preferably monoethanolamine.
- Preferred compositions of the invention comprise perfume. Typically the composition comprises a perfume that comprises one or more perfume raw materials, selected from the group as described in
WO08/87497 - The detergent composition may comprise one or more polymers for example for cleaning and/or care.Examples are optionally modified carboxymethylcellulose, poly (ethylene glycol), poly(vinyl alcohol), polycarboxylates such as polyacrylates, maleic/acrylic acid copolymers and lauryl methacrylate/acrylic acid co-polymers and carboxylate polymers.
- Suitable carboxylate polymers include maleate/acrylate random copolymer or polyacrylate homopolymer. The carboxylate polymer may be a polyacrylate homopolymer having a molecular weight of from 4,000 Da to 9,000 Da, or from 6,000 Da to 9,000 Da. Other suitable carboxylate polymers are co-polymers of maleic acid and acrylic acid, and may have a molecular weight in the range of from 4,000 Da to 90,000 Da.
- Other suitable carboxylate polymers are co-polymers comprising: (i) from 50 to less than 98 wt% structural units derived from one or more monomers comprising carboxyl groups; (ii) from 1 to less than 49 wt% structural units derived from one or more monomers comprising sulfonate moieties; and (iii) from 1 to 49 wt% structural units derived from one or more types of monomers selected from ether bond-containing monomers represented by formulas (I) and (II):
- The composition may comprise one or more amphiphilic cleaning polymers such as the compound having the following general structure: bis((C2H5O)(C2H4O)n)(CH3)-N+-CxH2x-N+-(CH3)-bis((C2H5O)(C2H4O)n), wherein n = from 20 to 30, and x = from 3 to 8, or sulphated or sulphonated variants thereof. In one aspect, this polymer is sulphated or sulphonated to provide a zwitterionic soil suspension polymer.
- The composition preferably comprises amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers which have balanced hydrophilic and properties such that they remove grease particles from fabrics and surfaces. Preferred amphiphilic alkoxylated grease cleaning polymers comprise a core structure and a plurality of alkoxylate groups attached to that core structure. These may comprise alkoxylated polyalkylenimines, preferably having an inner polyethylene oxide block and an outer polypropylene oxide block. Typically these may be incorporated into the compositions of the invention in amounts of from 0.005 to 10 wt%, generally from 0.5 to 8 wt%.
- Alkoxylated polycarboxylates such as those prepared from polyacrylates are useful herein to provide additional grease removal performance. Such materials are described in
WO 91/08281 PCT 90/01815 - The composition may comprise polyethylene glycol polymers and these may be particularly preferred in compositions comprising mixed surfactant systems. Suitable polyethylene glycol polymers include random graft co-polymers comprising: (i) hydrophilic backbone comprising polyethylene glycol; and (ii) side chain(s) selected from the group consisting of: C4-C25 alkyl group, polypropylene, polybutylene, vinyl ester of a saturated C1-C6 mono-carboxylic acid, C1-C6 alkyl ester of acrylic or methacrylic acid, and mixtures thereof. Suitable polyethylene glycol polymers have a polyethylene glycol backbone with random grafted polyvinyl acetate side chains. The average molecular weight of the polyethylene glycol backbone can be in the range of from 2,000 Da to 20,000 Da, or from 4,000 Da to 8,000 Da. The molecular weight ratio of the polyethylene glycol backbone to the polyvinyl acetate side chains can be in the range of from 1:1 to 1:5, or from 1:1.2 to 1:2. The average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units can be less than 1, or less than 0.8, the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units can be in the range of from 0.5 to 0.9, or the average number of graft sites per ethylene oxide units can be in the range of from 0.1 to 0.5, or from 0.2 to 0.4. A suitable polyethylene glycol polymer is Sokalan HP22.
- Typically these polymers when present are each incorporated into the compositions of the invention in amounts from 0.005 to 10 wt%, more usually from 0.05 to 8 wt%.
- Preferably the composition comprises one or more carboxylate polymer, such as a maleate/acrylate random copolymer or polyacrylate homopolymer. In one aspect, the carboxylate polymer is a polyacrylate homopolymer having a molecular weight of from 4,000 Da to 9,000 Da, or from 6,000 Da to 9,000 Da. Typically these are incorporated into the compositions of the invention in amounts from 0.005 to 10 wt%, or from 0.05 to 8 wt%.
- Preferably the composition comprises one or more soil release polymers.
- Suitable soil release polymers are polyester soil release polymers such as Repel-o-tex polymers, including Repel-o-tex SF, SF-2 and SRP6 supplied by Rhodia. Other suitable soil release polymers include Texcare polymers, including Texcare SRA100, SRA300, SRN100, SRN170, SRN240, SRN260, SRN300 and SRN325 supplied by Clariant. Other suitable soil release polymers are Marloquest polymers, such as Marloquest SL supplied by Sasol.
- Preferably the composition comprises one or more cellulosic polymer, including those selected from alkyl cellulose, alkyl alkoxyalkyl cellulose, carboxyalkyl cellulose, alkyl carboxyalkyl cellulose. Preferred cellulosic polymers are selected from the group comprising carboxymethyl cellulose, methyl cellulose, methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, methyl carboxymethyl cellulose, and mixures thereof. In one aspect, the carboxymethyl cellulose has a degree of carboxymethyl substitution from 0.5 to 0.9 and a molecular weight from 100,000 Da to 300,000 Da.
- The composition preferably comprises a cationically-modified polysaccharide polymer. Preferably, the cationic polysaccharide polymer is selected from cationically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationically modified hydroxypropyl cellulose, cationically and hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationically and hydrophobically modified hydroxypropyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof, more preferably cationically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, cationically and hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl cellulose, or a mixture thereof.
- The composition preferably comprises a fabric shading agent. Suitable fabric shading agents include dyes, dye-clay conjugates, and pigments. Suitable dyes include small molecule dyes and polymeric dyes. Suitable small molecule dyes include small molecule dyes selected from the group consisting of dyes falling into the Colour Index (C.I.) classifications of Direct Blue, Direct Red, Direct Violet, Acid Blue, Acid Red, Acid Violet, Basic Blue, Basic Violet and Basic Red, or mixtures thereof. Preferered dyes include alkoxylated azothiophenes, Solvent Violet 13, Acid Violet 50 and Direct Violet 9. Particularly preferred dyes are polymeric dyes, particularly comprising polyalkoxy, most preferably polyethoxy groups, for example:
- Suitable dye transfer inhibitors include polyamine N-oxide polymers, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyloxazolidone, polyvinylimidazole and mixtures thereof. Preferred are poly(vinyl pyrrolidone), poly(vinylpyridine betaine), poly(vinylpyridine N-oxide), poly(vinyl pyrrolidone-vinyl imidazole) and mixtures thereof. Suitable commercially available dye transfer inhibitors include PVP-K15 and K30 (Ashland), Sokalan® HP165, HP50, HP53, HP59, HP56K, HP56, HP66 (BASF), Chromabond® S-400, S403E and S-100 (Ashland).
- The composition may comprise chelant for example selected from phosphonic, sulphonic, succinic and acetic chelants or mixtures thereof. Suitable examples include HEDP, DTPA, EDTA, MGDA, GLDA, EDDS and 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzenedisulfonic acids and salts thereof.
- The present invention relates to methods of making the compositions described herein. The compositions of the invention may be solid (for example granules or tablets) or liquid form. Preferably the compositions are in liquid form. They may be made by any process chosen by the formulator, including by a batch process, a continuous loop process, or combinations thereof.
- When in the form of a liquid, the compositions of the invention may be aqueous (typically above 2 wt% or even above 5 or 10 wt% total water, up to 90 or up to 80wt% or 70 wt% total water) or non-aqueous (typically below 2 wt% total water content). Typically the compositions of the invention will be in the form of an aqueous solution or uniform dispersion or suspension of optical brightener, DTI and optional additional adjunct materials, some of which may normally be in solid form, that have been combined with the normally liquid components of the composition, such as the liquid alcohol ethoxylate nonionic, the aqueous liquid carrier, and any other normally liquid optional ingredients. Such a solution, dispersion or suspension will be acceptably phase stable. When in the form of a liquid, the detergents of the invention preferably have viscosity from 1 to 1500 centipoises (1-1500 mPa*s), more preferably from 100 to 1000 centipoises (100-1000 mPa*s), and most preferably from 200 to 500 centipoises (200-500 mPa*s) at 20s-1 and 21°C. Viscosity can be determined by conventional methods. Viscosity may be measured using an AR 550 rheometer from TA instruments using a plate steel spindle at 40 mm diameter and a gap size of 500 µm. The high shear viscosity at 20s-1 and low shear viscosity at 0.05-1 can be obtained from a logarithmic shear rate sweep from 0.1-1 to 25-1 in 3 minutes time at 21C. The preferred rheology described therein may be achieved using internal existing structuring with detergent ingredients or by employing an external rheology modifier. More preferably the detergents, such as detergent liquid compositions have a high shear rate viscosity of from about 100 centipoise to 1500 centipoise, more preferably from 100 to 1000 cps. Unit Dose detergents, such as detergent liquid compositions have high shear rate viscosity of from 400 to 1000cps. Detergents such as laundry softening compositions typically have high shear rate viscosity of from 10 to 1000, more preferably from 10 to 800 cps, most preferably from 10 to 500 cps. Hand dishwashing compositions have high shear rate viscosity of from 300 to 4000 cps, more preferably 300 to 1000 cps.
- The cleaning and/or treatment compositions in the form of a liquid herein can be prepared by combining the components thereof in any convenient order and by mixing, e.g., agitating, the resulting component combination to form a phase stable liquid detergent composition. In a process for preparing such compositions, a liquid matrix is formed containing at least a major proportion, or even substantially all, of the liquid components, e.g., nonionic surfactant, the non-surface active liquid carriers and other optional liquid components, with the liquid components being thoroughly admixed by imparting shear agitation to this liquid combination. For example, rapid stirring with a mechanical stirrer may usefully be employed. While shear agitation is maintained, substantially all of any anionic surfactants and the solid form ingredients can be added. Agitation of the mixture is continued, and if necessary, can be increased at this point to form a solution or a uniform dispersion of insoluble solid phase particulates within the liquid phase. After some or all of the solid-form materials have been added to this agitated mixture, particles of any enzyme material to be included, e.g., enzyme granulates, are incorporated. As a variation of the composition preparation procedure hereinbefore described, one or more of the solid components may be added to the agitated mixture as a solution or slurry of particles premixed with a minor portion of one or more of the liquid components. After addition of all of the composition components, agitation of the mixture is continued for a period of time sufficient to form compositions having the requisite viscosity and phase stability characteristics. Frequently this will involve agitation for a period of from about 30 to 60 minutes.
- The adjunct ingredients in the compositions of this invention may be incorporated into the composition as the product of the synthesis generating such components, either with or without an intermediate purification step. Where there is no purification step, commonly the mixture used will comprise the desired component or mixtures thereof (and percentages given herein relate to the weight percent of the component itself unless otherwise specified) and in addition unreacted starting materials and impurities formed from side reactions and/or incomplete reaction. For example, for an ethoxylated or substituted component, the mixture will likely comprise different degrees of ethoxylation/substitution.
- The present invention relates to methods of using the cleaning compositions of the present invention to clean a surface, such as a textile. In general, the method includes mixing the cleaning composition as described herein with water to form an aqueous liquor and contacting a surface, preferably a textile, with the aqueous liquor in a laundering step. The target surface may include a greasy soil such as a body soil. The compositions herein, typically prepared as hereinbefore described, can be used to form aqueous washing/treatment solutions for use in the laundering/treatment of fabrics and/or hard surfaces. Generally, an effective amount of such a composition is added to water, for example in a conventional fabric automatic washing machine, to form such aqueous liquor laundering solutions. The aqueous liquor so formed is then contacted, typically under agitation, with the fabrics to be laundered/treated therewith. An effective amount of the cleaning composition herein added to water to form aqueous liquors for washing can comprise amounts sufficient to form from about 500 to 25,000 ppm, or from 500 to 15,000 ppm of composition in aqueous liquor, or from about 1,000 to 3,000 ppm of the cleaning compositions herein will be provided in aqueous liquor.
- Typically, the aqueous liquor is formed by contacting the detergent with (wash) water in such an amount that the concentration of the cleaning composition in the aqueous liquor is from above 0.1 g/l to 5g/l, or from 1g/l, and to 4.5g/l, or to 4.0g/l, or to 3.5g/l, or to 3.0g/l, or to 2.5g/l, or even to 2.0g/l, or even to 1.5g/l. The method of laundering fabric or textile may be carried out in a top-loading or front-loading automatic washing machine, or can be used in a hand-wash laundry application. In these applications, the aqueous liquor formed and concentration of laundry detergent composition in the aqueous liquor is that of the main wash cycle. Any input of water during any optional rinsing step(s) is not included when determining the volume of the aqueous liquor.
- The aqueous liquor may comprise 40 litres or less of water, or 30 litres or less, or 20 litres or less, or 10 litres or less, or 8 litres or less, or even 6 litres or less of water. The wash liquor may comprise from above 0 to 15 litres, or from 2 litres, and to 12 litres, or even to 8 litres of water. Typically from 0.01kg to 2kg of fabric per litre of aqueous liquor is dosed into said aqueous liquor. Typically from 0.01kg, or from 0.05kg, or from 0.07kg, or from 0.10kg, or from 0.15kg, or from 0.20kg, or from 0.25kg fabric per litre of aqueous liquor is dosed into said aqueous liquor. Optionally, 50g or less, or 45g or less, or 40g or less, or 35g or less, or 30g or less, or 25g or less, or 20g or less, or even 15g or less, or even 10g or less of the composition is contacted to water to form the aqueous liquor. Such compositions are typically employed at concentrations of from about 500 ppm to about 15,000 ppm in solution. When the wash solvent is water, the water temperature typically ranges from about 5 °C to about 90 °C and, when the situs comprises a fabric, the water to fabric ratio is typically from about 1:1 to about 30:1. Typically the aqueous liquor comprising the detergent of the invention has a pH of from 3 to 11.5.
- In one aspect, such method comprises the steps of optionally washing and/or rinsing said surface or fabric, contacting said surface or fabric with any composition disclosed in this specification then optionally washing and/or rinsing said surface or fabric is disclosed, with an optional drying step.
- Drying of such surfaces or fabrics may be accomplished by any one of the common means employed either in domestic or industrial settings: machine drying or open-air drying. The fabric may comprise any fabric capable of being laundered in normal consumer or institutional use conditions, and the invention is particularly suitable for synthetic textiles such as polyester and nylon and especially for treatment of mixed fabrics and/or fibres comprising synthetic and cellulosic fabrics and/or fibres. As examples of synthetic fabrics are polyester, nylon, these may be present in mixtures with cellulosic fibres, for example, polycotton fabrics. The solution typically has a pH of from 7 to 11, more usually 8 to 10.5. The compositions are typically employed at concentrations from 500 ppm to 5,000 ppm in solution. The water temperatures typically range from about 5 °C to about 90 °C. The water to fabric ratio is typically from about 1:1 to about 30:1.
- The present disclosure further relates to a use of dye control agent in a cleaning composition to enhance the soil-removal, whitening and/or malodor-reducing benefits of a mannanase enzyme as described herein. The dye control agent may be selected from (i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer; (ii) a urea derivative; (iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye; (iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 µm; (v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and (vi) combinations thereof.
- An enzyme is deemed to have activity towards xyloglucan if the pure enzyme has a specific activity of greater than 50000 XyloU/g according to the following assay at pH 7.5.
- The xyloglucanase activity is measured using AZCL-xyloglucan from Megazyme, Ireland as substrate (blue substrate).
- A solution of 0.2% of the blue substrate is suspended in a 0.1M phosphate buffer pH 7.5, 20°C under stirring in a 1.5ml Eppendorf tubes (0.75ml to each), 50 microlitres enzyme solution is added and they are incubated in an Eppendorf Thermomixer for 20 minutes at 40°C, with a mixing of 1200 rpm. After incubation the coloured solution is separated from the solid by 4 minutes centrifugation at 14,000 rpm and the absorbance of the supernatant is measured at 600nm in a 1cm cuvette using a spectrophotometer. One XyloU unit is defined as the amount of enzyme resulting in an absorbance of 0.24 in a 1cm cuvette at 600nm.
- Only absorbance values between 0.1 and 0.8 are used to calculate the XyloU activity. If an absorbance value is measured outside this range, optimization of the starting enzyme concentration should be carried out accordingly.
- An enzyme is deemed to have activity towards amorphous cellulose if the pure enzyme has a specific activity of greater than 20000 EBG/g according to the following assay at pH 7.5. Chemicals used as buffers and substrates were commercial products of at least reagent grade. Endoglucanase Activity Assay Materials:
- 0.1M phosphate buffer pH 7.5
- Cellazyme C tablets, supplied by Megazyme International, Ireland.
- Glass microfiber filters, GF/C, 9cm diameter, supplied by Whatman.
- In test tubes, mix 1ml pH 7.5 buffer and 5ml deionised water.
- Add 100 microliter of the enzyme sample (or of dilutions of the enzyme sample with known weight:weight dilution factor). Add 1 Cellazyme C tablet into each tube, cap the tubes and mix on a vortex mixer for 10 seconds. Place the tubes in a thermostated water bath, temperature 40°C. After 15, 30 and 45 minutes, mix the contents of the tubes by inverting the tubes, and replace in the water bath. After 60 minutes, mix the contents of the tubes by inversion and then filter through a GF/C filter. Collect the filtrate in a clean tube.
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- Adelta must be <0.5. If higher results are obtained, repeat with a different enzyme dilution factor.
- Determine DFO.1, where DFO.1 is the dilution factor needed to give Adelta = 0.1 . Unit Definition: 1 Endo-Beta-Glucanase activity unit (1 EBG) is the amount of enzyme that gives Adelta = 0.10, under the assay conditions specified above. Thus, for example, if a given enzyme sample, after dilution by a dilution factor of 100, gives Adelta= 0.10, then the enzyme sample has an activity of 100 EBG/g.
- The following are illustrative examples of cleaning compositions according to the present disclosure and are not intended to be limiting.
- Heavy Duty Liquid laundry detergent compositions.
Ingredients 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 % weight AE1.8S 6.77 5.16 1.36 1.30 - - - AE3S - - - - 0.45 - - LAS 0.86 2.06 2.72 0.68 0.95 1.56 3.55 HSAS 1.85 2.63 1.02 - - - - AE9 6.32 9.85 10.20 7.92 AE8 35.45 AE7 8.40 12.44 C12-14 dimethyl Amine Oxide 0.30 0.73 0.23 0.37 - - - C12-18 Fatty Acid 0.80 1.90 0.60 0.99 1.20 - 15.00 Citric Acid 2.50 3.96 1.88 1.98 0.90 2.50 0.60 Optical Brightener 1 1.00 0.80 0.10 0.30 0.05 0.50 0.001 Optical Brightener 3 0.001 0.05 0.01 0.20 0.50 - 1.00 Sodium formate 1.60 0.09 1.20 0.04 1.60 1.20 0.20 DTI 1 0.32 0.05 - 0.60 0.10 0.60 0.01 DTI 2 0.32 0.10 0.60 0.60 0.05 0.40 0.20 Sodium hydroxide 2.30 3.80 1.70 1.90 1.70 2.50 2.30 Monoethanolamine 1.40 1.49 1.00 0.70 - - - Diethylene glycol 5.50 - 4.10 - - - - Chelant 1 0.15 0.15 0.11 0.07 0.50 0.11 0.80 4-formyl-phenylboronic acid - - - - 0.05 0.02 0.01 Sodium tetraborate 1.43 1.50 1.10 0.75 - 1.07 - Ethanol 1.54 1.77 1.15 0.89 - 3.00 7.00 Polymer 1 0.10 - - - - - 2.00 Polymer 2 0.30 0.33 0.23 0.17 - - - Polymer 3 - - - - - - 0.80 Polymer 4 0.80 0.81 0.60 0.40 1.00 1.00 - 1,2-Propanediol - 6.60 - 3.30 0.50 2.00 8.00 Structurant 0.10 - - - - - 0.10 Perfume 1.60 1.10 1.00 0.80 0.90 1.50 1.60 Perfume encapsulate 0.10 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.10 0.05 0.10 Protease 0.80 0.60 0.70 0.90 0.70 0.60 1.50 Mannanase 0.07 0.05 0.045 0.06 0.04 0.045 0.10 Amylase 1 0.30 - 0.30 0.10 - 0.40 0.10 Amylase 2 - 0.20 0.10 0.15 0.07 - 0.10 Xyloglucannase 0.20 0.10 - - 0.05 0.05 0.20 Lipase 0.40 0.20 0.30 0.10 0.20 - - Polishing enzyme - 0.04 - - - 0.004 - Mannanase of SEQ ID NO:1 as active protein 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.003 0.003 Galactanase of SEQ ID NO:10 as active protein 0.001 0.002 - 0.001 - - - Nuclease 0.001 0.002 - - - 0.005 - Dispersin B - - - 0.05 0.03 0.001 0.001 Acid Violet 50 0.05 - - - - - 0.005 Direct Violet 9 - - - - - 0.05 - Violet DD - 0.035 0.02 0.037 0.04 - - Dye control agent 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.03 1.2 0.3 0.3 Water, dyes & minors Balance pH 8.2 - Based on total cleaning and/or treatment composition weight. Enzyme levels are reported as raw material.
- These examples provide various formulations for unit dose laundry detergents. Compositions 8 to 12 comprise a single unit dose compartment. The film used to encapsulate the compositions is polyvinyl-alcohol-based film.
Ingredients 8 9 10 11 12 % weight LAS 19.09 16.76 8.59 6.56 3.44 AE3S 1.91 0.74 0.18 0.46 0.07 AE7 14.00 17.50 26.33 28.08 31.59 Citric Acid 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 C12-15 Fatty Acid 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 Polymer 3 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 Chelant 2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 Optical Brightener 1 0.20 0.25 0.01 0.01 0.50 Optical Brightener 2 0.20 - 0.25 0.03 0.01 Optical Brightener 3 0.18 0.09 0.30 0.01 - DTI 1 0.10 - 0.20 0.01 0.05 DTI 2 - 0.10 0.20 0.25 0.05 Glycerol 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.1 Monoethanol amine 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 Tri-isopropanol amine - - 2.0 - - Tri-ethanol amine - 2.0 - - - Cumene sulfonate - - - - 2.0 Protease 0.80 0.60 0.07 1.00 1.50 Mannanase 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.01 Amylase 1 0.20 0.11 0.30 0.50 0.05 Amylase 2 0.11 0.20 0.10 - 0.50 Polishing enzyme 0.005 0.05 - - - Mannanase of SEQ ID NO:2 as active protein 0.005 0.05 0.005 0.010 0.005 Dispersin B 0.010 0.05 0.005 0.005 - Cyclohexyl dimethanol - - - 2.0 - Acid violet 50 0.03 0.02 Violet DD 0.01 0.05 0.02 Structurant 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 Perfume 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 Dye control agent 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.3 Water and miscellaneous To 100% pH 7.5-8.2 - Based on total cleaning and/or treatment composition weight. Enzyme levels are reported as raw material.
- In the following examples the unit dose has three compartments, but similar compositions can be made with two, four or five compartments. The film used to encapsulate the compartments is polyvinyl alcohol.
Base compositions Ingredients 13 14 15 16 % weight HLAS 26.82 16.35 7.50 3.34 AE7 17.88 16.35 22.50 30.06 Citric Acid 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 C12-15 Fatty acid 16.4 6.0 11.0 13.0 Polymer 1 2.9 0.1 - - Polymer 3 1.1 5.1 2.5 4.2 Cationic cellulose polymer - - 0.3 0.5 Polymer 6 - 1.5 0.3 0.2 Chelant 2 1.1 2.0 0.6 1.5 Optical Brightener 1 0.20 0.25 0.01 0.005 Optical Brightener 3 0.18 0.09 0.30 0.005 DTI 1 0.1 - 0.2 - DTI 2 - 0.1 0.2 - Glycerol 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.2 Monoethanolamine 10.0 8.1 8.4 7.6 Polyethylene glycol - - 2.5 3.0 Potassium sulfite 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.7 Protease 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.80 Amylase 1 0.20 0.20 0.200 0.30 Polishing enzyme - - 0.005 0.005 Mannanase of SEQ ID NO:1 as active protein 0.05 0.010 0.005 0.005 Dispersin B - 0.010 0.010 0.010 MgCl2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 Structurant 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 Acid Violet 50 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.03 Perfume / encapsulates 0.10 0.30 0.01 0.05 Dye control agent 0.2 0.03 0.4 1.2 Solvents and misc. To 100% pH 7.0-8.2 Finishing compositions 17 18 Compartment A B c A B c Volume of each compartment 40 ml 5 ml 5 ml 40 ml 5 ml 5 ml Ingredients Active material in Wt.% Perfume 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 Violet DD 0 0.006 0 0 0.004 - TiO2 - - 0.1 - 0.1 Sodium Sulfite 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 Polymer 5 - 2 - - Hydrogenated castor oil 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 Base Composition 13, 14, 15 or 16 Add to 100% - Based on total cleaning and/or treatment composition weight, enzyme levels are reported as raw material.
- Granular laundry detergent compositions for hand washing or washing machines, typically top-loading washing machines.
Ingredient 19 20 21 22 23 24 % weight LAS 11.33 10.81 7.04 4.20 3.92 2.29 Quaternary ammonium 0.70 0.20 1.00 0.60 - - AE3S 0.51 0.49 0.32 - 0.08 0.10 AE7 8.36 11.50 12.54 11.20 16.00 21.51 Sodium Tripolyphosphate 5.0 - 4.0 9.0 2.0 - Zeolite A - 1.0 - 1.0 4.0 1.0 Sodium silicate 1.6R 7.0 5.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 Sodium carbonate 20.0 17.0 23.0 14.0 14.0 16.0 Polyacrylate MW 4500 1.0 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 Polymer 6 0.1 0.2 - - 0.1 - Carboxymethyl cellulose 1.0 0.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 Acid Violet 50 0.05 - 0.02 - 0.04 - Violet DD - 0.03 - 0.03 - 0.03 Protease 2 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 - 0.10 Amylase 0.03 - 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 Lipase 0.03 0.07 0.30 0.10 0.07 0.40 Polishing enzyme 0.002 - 0.05 - 0.02 - Mannanase of SEQ ID NO:1 as active protein 0.001 0.001 0.01 0.05 0.002 0.02 Dispersin B 0.001 0.001 0.05 - 0.001 - Optical Brightener 1 0.200 0.001 0.300 0.650 0.050 0.001 Optical Brightener 2 0.060 - 0.650 0.180 0.200 0.060 Optical Brightener 3 0.100 0.060 0.050 - 0.030 0.300 Chelant 1 0.60 0.80 0.60 0.25 0.60 0.60 DTI 1 0.32 0.15 0.15 - 0.10 0.10 DTI 2 0.32 0.15 0.30 0.30 0.10 0.20 Sodium Percarbonate - 5.2 0.1 - - - Sodium Perborate 4.4 - 3.85 2.09 0.78 3.63 Nonanoyloxybenzensulfonate 1.9 0.0 1.66 0.0 0.33 0.75 Tetraacetylehtylenediamine 0.58 1.2 0.51 0.0 0.015 0.28 Photobleach 0.0030 0.0 0.0012 0.0030 0.0021 - S-ACMC 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.06 0.0 Dye control agent 1.5 3.2 2.4 2.2 2.8 0.9 Sulfate/Moisture Balance - Granular laundry detergent compositions typically for front-loading automatic washing machines.
Ingredient 25 26 27 28 29 30 % weight LAS 6.08 5.05 4.27 3.24 2.30 1.09 AE3S - 0.90 0.21 0.18 - 0.06 AS 0.34 - - - - - AE7 4.28 5.95 6.72 7.98 9.20 10.35 Quaternary ammonium 0.5 - - 0.3 - - Crystalline layered silicate 4.1 - 4.8 - - - Zeolite A 5.0 - 2.0 - 2.0 2.0 Citric acid 3.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.0 Sodium carbonate 11.0 17.0 12.0 15.0 18.0 18.0 Sodium silicate 2R 0.08 - 0.11 - - - Optical Brightener 1 - 0.25 0.05 0.01 0.10 0.02 Optical Brightener 2 - - 0.25 0.20 0.01 0.08 Optical Brightener 3 - 0.06 0.04 0.15 - 0.05 DTI 1 0.08 - 0.04 - 0.10 0.01 DTI 2 0.08 - 0.04 0.10 0.10 0.02 Soil release agent 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.72 - - Acrylic /maleic acid copolymer 1.1 3.7 1.0 3.7 2.6 3.8 Carboxymethyl cellulose 0.2 1.4 0.2 1.4 1.0 0.5 Protease 3 0.20 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.12 0.13 Amylase 3 0.20 0.15 0.20 0.30 0.15 0.15 Lipase 0.05 0.15 0.10 - - - Amylase 2 0.03 0.07 - - 0.05 0.05 Cellulase 2 - - - - 0.10 0.10 Polishing enzyme 0.003 0.005 0.020 - - - Mannanase of SEQ ID NO:1 as active protein 0.002 0.010 0.020 0.020 0.010 0.003 Dispersin B 0.002 0.010 0.020 0.020 0.010 0.002 Tetraacetylehtylenediamine 3.6 4.0 3.6 4.0 2.2 1.4 Sodium percabonate 13.0 13.2 13.0 13.2 16.0 14.0 Chelant 3 - 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 Chelant 2 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.2 0.2 MgSO4 - 0.42 - 0.42 - 0.4 Perfume 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 Suds suppressor agglomerate 0.05 0.10 0.05 0.10 0.06 0.05 Soap 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 - - Acid Violet 50 0.04 - 0.05 - 0.04 - Violet DD - 0.04 - 0.05 - 0.04 S-ACMC 0.01 0.01 - 0.01 - - Direct Violet 9 (active) - - 0.0001 0.0001 - - Dye control agent 0.7 0.1 0.81 0.6 0.1 0.6 Sulfate/ Water & Miscellaneous Balance - AE1.8S
- is C12-15 alkyl ethoxy (1.8) sulfate
- AE3S
- is C12-15 alkyl ethoxy (3) sulfate
- AE7
- is C12-13 alcohol ethoxylate, with an average degree of ethoxylation of 7
- AE8
- is C12-13 alcohol ethoxylate, with an average degree of ethoxylation of 8
- AE9
- is C12-13 alcohol ethoxylate, with an average degree of ethoxylation of 9
- Amylase 1
- is Stainzyme®, 15 mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- Amylase 2
- is Natalase®, 29 mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- Amylase 3
- is Stainzyme Plus®, 20 mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- AS
- is C12-14 alkylsulfate
- Cellulase 2
- is Celluclean™, 15.6 mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- Xyloglucanase
- is Whitezyme®, 20mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- Chelant 1
- is diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid
- Chelant 2
- is 1-hydroxyethane 1,1-diphosphonic acid
- Chelant 3
- is sodium salt of ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid, (S,S) isomer (EDDS)
- Dispersin B
- is a glycoside hydrolase, reported as 1000mg active/g
- DTI 1
- is poly(4-vinylpyridine-1-oxide) (such as Chromabond S-403E®),
- DTI 2
- is poly(1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-1-vinylimidazole) (such as Sokalan HP56®).
- Dye control agent
- Dye control agent in accordance with the invention, for example Suparex® O.IN (M1), Nylofixan® P (M2), Nylofixan® PM (M3), or Nylofixan® HF (M4)
- HSAS
- is mid-branched alkyl sulfate as disclosed in
US 6,020,303 andUS6,060,443 - LAS
- is linear alkylbenzenesulfonate having an average aliphatic carbon chain length C9-C15 (HLAS is acid form).
- Lipase
- is Lipex®, 18 mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- Nuclease
- is a Phosphodiesterase SEQ ID NO 5, reported as 1000mg active/g
- Optical Brightener 1
- is disodium 4,4'-bis{[4-anilino-6-morpholino-s-triazin-2-yl]-amino}-2,2' -stilbenedisulfonate
- Optical Brightener 2
- is disodium 4,4'-bis-(2-sulfostyryl)biphenyl (sodium salt)
- Optical Brightener 3
- is Optiblanc SPL10® from 3V Sigma
- Perfume encapsulate
- is a core-shell melamine formaldehyde perfume microcapsules.
- Photobleach
- is a sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine
- Polishing enzyme
- is Para-nitrobenzyl esterase, reported as 1000mg active/g
- Polymer 1
- is bis((C2H5O)(C2H4O)n)(CH3)-N+-CxH2x-N+-(CH3)-bis((C2H5O)(C2H4O)n), wherein n = 20-30,x = 3 to 8 or sulphated or sulfonated variants thereof
- Polymer 2
- is ethoxylated (EO15) tetraethylene pentamine
- Polymer 3
- is ethoxylated polyethylenimine
- Polymer 4
- is ethoxylated hexamethylene diamine
- Polymer 5
- is Acusol 305, provided by Rohm&Haas
- Polymer 6
- is a polyethylene glycol polymer grafted with vinyl acetate side chains, provided by BASF.
- Protease
- is Purafect Prime®, 40.6 mg active/g, supplied by DuPont
- Protease 2
- is Savinase®, 32.89 mg active/g, supplied by Novozymes
- Protease 3
- is Purafect®, 84 mg active/g, supplied by DuPont
- Quaternary ammonium
- is C12-14 Dimethylhydroxyethyl ammonium chloride
- S-ACMC
- is Reactive Blue 19 Azo-CM-Cellulose provided by Megazyme
- Soil release agent
- is Repel-o-tex® SF2
- Structurant
- is Hydrogenated Castor Oil
- Violet DD
- is a thiophene azo dye provided by Milliken
- The dimensions and values disclosed herein are not to be understood as being strictly limited to the exact numerical values recited. Instead, unless otherwise specified, each such dimension is intended to mean both the recited value and a functionally equivalent range surrounding that value. For example, a dimension disclosed as "40 mm" is intended to mean "about 40 mm."
Claims (15)
- A cleaning composition comprising:a) a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans; andb) a dye control agent selected from the group consisting of:(i) a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer;(ii) a urea derivative;(iii) polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye;(iv) fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 µm;(v) a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds; and(vi) combinations thereof.
- A cleaning composition according to claim 1, wherein the mannanase enzyme is selected from Glycoside Hydrolase Family 26.
- A cleaning composition according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the mannanase enzyme has at least 60% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:1, and/or at least 81% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2, and/or having at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO: 3, and/or having at least 65% identity to SEQ ID NO: 4, and/or having at least 75% identity to SEQ ID NO: 5.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the composition further comprises a β-N-acetylglucosaminidase enzyme from E.C. 3.2.1.52, preferably an enzyme having at least 70% identity to SEQ ID NO:1 1.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim, wherein the mannanase enzyme is a microbial enzyme, preferably a bacterial enzyme.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the dye control agent comprises a sulfonated phenol / formaldehyde polymer, preferably selected from the product of the condensation of formaldehyde with a compound selected from the group consisting of phenols, cresols, xylenols, nonyl phenols, octyl phenols, butylphenols, phenylphenols, 2,2-bis-4-hydroxyphenylpropane, anisole, resorcinol, bisphenol A, 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenyl ether, 2,2'- dihydroxydiphenyl ether, 4,2'-dihydroxydiphenyl ether, phenolsulfonic acid, anisole sulfonic acid, dioxydiphenylsulfone, 4-hydroxydiphenylsulfone, naphthol or naphtholsulfonic acid, and combinations thereof.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the dye control agent comprises a urea derivative, preferably wherein the urea derivative has a structure according to Formula I:
Formula I (A) k Ar-NH-C(O)-NH-Ar(A) k -NH[-C(O)-NH-L-NH-C(O)-NH-Ar(A) m -NH] n -C(O)-NH-Ar(A) k
in whichAr denotes an aromatic group, a stilbene group, or a linear, branched, or cyclic, saturated or once or several times ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms;L denotes an arylene or stilbene group;A denotes -SO3M or -CO2M;M denotes H or an alkali metal atom;k and m independently of each other denote 0, 1, 2 or 3, and k+m≧k;n denotes a number of from 1 to 6, preferably wherein the urea derivative comprises a structure according to Formula II, according to Formula III, or combinations thereof: - A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the dye control agent comprises polymers of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, where the polymers are molecularly imprinted with dye.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the dye control agent comprises fibers consisting of water-insoluble polyamide, wherein the fibers have an average diameter of not more than about 2 µm, preferably wherein the fibers are produced from polyamide-6 and/or polyamide 6,6.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the dye control agent comprises a polymer obtainable from polymerizing benzoxazine monomer compounds, preferably selected from Formula IV, Formula V, or mixtures thereof:q is a whole number from 1 to 4,n is a number from 2 to 20 000,R in each repeat unit is selected independently of each other from hydrogen or linear or branched, optionally substituted alkyl groups that comprise 1 to 8 carbon atoms,Z is selected from hydrogen (for q=1), alkyl (for q=1), alkylene (for q=2 to 4), carbonyl (for q=2), oxygen (for q=2), sulfur (for q=2), sulfoxide (for q=2), sulfone (for q=2) and a direct, covalent bond (for q=2),R1 stands for a covalent bond or a divalent linking group that contains 1 to 100 carbon atoms,R2 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl, alkenyl, and/or a divalent group that makes a corresponding naphthoxazine structure from the benzoxazine structure,Y is selected from linear or branched, optionally substituted, alkyl groups that contain 1 to 15 carbon atoms, cycloaliphatic groups that optionally comprise one or more heteroatoms, aryl groups that optionally comprise one or more heteroatoms, and-(C=O)R3, wherein R3 is selected from linear or branched, optionally substituted, alkyl groups containing 1 to 15 carbon atoms and X-R4, wherein X is selected from S, O, and NH and R4 is selected from linear or branched, optionally substituted, alkyl groups containing 1 to 15 carbon atoms,c is a whole number from 1 to 4,B is selected from hydrogen (for c=1), alkyl (for c=1), alkylene (for c=2 to 4), carbonyl (for c=2), oxygen (for c=2), sulfur (for c=2), sulfoxide (for c=2), sulfone (for c=2) and a direct, covalent bond (for c=2), A is a hydroxyl group or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle,R5 is selected from hydrogen, halogen, alkyl and alkenyl, or R5 is a divalent group that makes a corresponding naphthoxazine structure from the benzoxazine structure, andR6 stands for a covalent bond or is a divalent linking group that contains 1 to 100 carbon atoms.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the cleaning composition comprises from about 0.2% to about 1%, by weight of the composition, of the dye control agent.
- A cleaning composition according to any preceding claim wherein the cleaning composition further comprises from about 1% to about 80%, by weight of the cleaning composition, of a surfactant system, preferably wherein the surfactant system comprises an anionic surfactant, preferably selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfate, alkyl alkoxy sulfate, alkyl benzene sulfonate, paraffin sulfonate, and mixtures thereof.
- A method of cleaning a surface, preferably a textile, comprising mixing the cleaning composition according to any preceding claim with water to form an aqueous liquor and contacting a surface, preferably a textile, with the aqueous liquor in a laundering step.
- Use of a dye transfer agent to enhance the stain-removal and/or malodor-reducing benefits of a mannanase enzyme comprising a polypeptide having mannan endo-1,4-beta-mannosidase activity (EC 3.2.1 .78) that catalyzes the hydrolysis of 1 ,4-3-D-mannosidic linkages in mannans, galactomannans and/or glucomannans.
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