Individualized trichomes and products employing same
Individualized trichomes, methods for individualizing trichomes, chemical derivatives of individualized trichomes, trichome-containing fibrous structures, single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures and sanitary tissue products are provided.
1. A single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product comprising a fibrous structure comprising an individualized trichome obtained from a non-seed portion of a host plant, wherein the individualized trichome is derived from a plant in the Stachys genus.
2. The single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product according to claim 1 , wherein the individualized trichome is derived from a plant Stachys byzantina.
3. The single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product according to claim 1 , wherein the fibrous structure further comprises a wood pulp fiber.
4. The single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product according to claim 1 , wherein the fibrous structure further comprises a synthetic fiber.
5. The single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product according to claim 1 , wherein the fibrous structure further comprises an additive selected from the group consisting of: wet strength additives, softening additives, starch, clay, dry strength resins, wetting agents, lint resisting agents, absorbency-enhancing agents, immobilizing agents, lotion compositions, antiviral agents, antibacterial agents, polyol polyesters, antimigration agents, polyhydroxy plasticizers and mixtures thereof.
6. The single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product according to claim 1 , wherein the individualized trichome comprises at least about 0.1% by weight of the fibrous structure.
7. The single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product according to claim 1 , wherein the individualized trichome comprises less than about 50% by weight of the fibrous structure.