ENHANCED PERFORMANCE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE FORMULATIONS COMPRISING PROTEINS AND SURFACTANTS
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising: an oxidizing agent; a surfactant; and a protein component. Also disclosed are methods of cleaning a surface, the method comprising applying an aqueous solution to the surface, the solution comprising the above compositions.
1 . A composition comprising: an oxidizing agent; a surfactant; and a protein component, wherein the protein component comprises a mixture of multiple intracellular proteins, at least a portion of the mixture including yeast polypeptides obtained from fermenting yeast and yeast heat shock proteins resulting from subjecting a mixture obtained from the yeast fermentation to heat shock.
2 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing agent is hydrogen peroxide.
3 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the pH of the composition is less than or equal to about 7.
4 . The composition of claim 2 , wherein the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide in the composition is between 1%-30%.
5 . The composition of claim 2 , wherein the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide in the composition is between 0.001%-30%.
6 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide in the composition is between 0.001%-13%.
7 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, a non-ionic surfactant, and an amphoteric surfactant, or a combination thereof.
8 . The composition of claim 7 , wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of sodium linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LABS); sodium lauryl sulfate; a sodium lauryl ether sulfate, a petroleum sulfonate, a branched or linear alkylbenzene sulfonate, an alcohol sulfate, a linear primary alcohol polyethoxylate, an alcohol ethoxylates, an EO/PO polyol block polymer, a polyethylene glycol ester, a fatty acid alkanolamide, CalFoam® ES 603, Aerosol® OT 75E DOSS, Tomadol® 91-2.5, Tomadol® 91-6, and Tomadol® 25-7.
9 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the yeast is selected from the group consisting of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kluyveromyces marxianus, Kluyveromyces lactis, Candida utilis, Zygosaccharomyces, Pichia pastoris, and Hansanula polymorpha.
10 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the protein component comprises a fermentation broth recovered from a yeast fermentation process.
11 . A composition comprising:
hydrogen peroxide, wherein the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide in the composition is between 1%-30%;
a surfactant; and
a protein component, wherein the protein component comprises a mixture of multiple intracellular proteins, at least a portion of the mixture including yeast polypeptides obtained from fermenting yeast and yeast heat shock proteins resulting from subjecting a mixture obtained from the yeast fermentation to heat shock.
12 . The composition of claim 11 , comprising 7.5% Tomadol 25-7, 2.5% Calfoam 603, 20% protein component, and 5% propylene glycol.
13 . The composition of claim 11 , comprising 20% protein component, 6% Aerosol OT 75E DOSS (75% actives), 6% Tomadol 91-2.56, 6% Tomadol 91-6.0, ≧7.5% hexylene glycol, and between 1-13% stabilized H 2 O 2 .
14 . The composition of claim 11 , comprising at least 10% surfactant, and 20% protein component.
15 . A method of cleaning a surface, the method comprising applying an aqueous solution to the surface, the solution comprising:
an oxidizing agent;
a surfactant; and
a protein component;
wherein the protein component comprises a mixture of multiple intracellular proteins, at least a portion of the mixture including yeast polypeptides obtained from fermenting yeast and yeast heat shock proteins resulting from subjecting a mixture obtained from the yeast fermentation to heat shock.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the oxidizing agent is hydrogen peroxide.
17 . The composition of claim 15 , wherein the surfactant is a combination of two or more surfactants.