USE OF AT LEAST ONE DRYING VEGETABLE OIL AS AN ANTIVIRAL AGENT
At least one siccative vegetable oil with an iodine value of at least 80 gI/100 g for giving antiviral properties to a deposit formed on the surface of an inert substrate.
1 . A method of providing antiviral properties to a deposit formed on the surface of an inert substrate, using at least one siccative vegetable oil with an iodine value of at least 80 gI/100 g.
2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said antiviral properties being against naked viruses, notably of the adenovirus family.
3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein said naked viruses being responsible for gastroenteritis.
4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said antiviral properties being against enveloped viruses, notably of the human-infecting coronavirus family.
5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein said enveloped viruses being airborne viruses.
6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said method gives said deposit virucidal properties.
7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said deposit being a coating covering all or part of the surface of said inert substrate.
8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said deposit is formed by oxidative drying.
9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said siccative vegetable oil comprising at least 65% by weight of fatty acids chosen from oleic acid, linoleic acid, α-linoleic acid, esters thereof and mixtures thereof, relative to the total weight of the siccative vegetable oil.
10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said siccative vegetable oil is chosen from linseed oil, Chinese wood oil, also known as Tung or Canton oil, oiticica oil, vernonia oil, poppy seed oil, pomegranate oil, calendula oil, rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, hemp oil, soybean oil, castor oil, lavender oil and peppermint oil, oils derived therefrom such as esters of these vegetable oils, alkyd resins obtained from these vegetable oils; and mixtures thereof; an oil derived from linseed oil or a mixture thereof.
11 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said deposit obtained after drying consisting of at least 40% by weight of said siccative vegetable oil, a derivative thereof or mixtures thereof, a derivative thereof or mixtures thereof, in particular at least 60% by weight, relative to the weight of said deposit.
12 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said siccative vegetable oil being used in the form of an emulsion, or a solution in a solvent.
13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said siccative vegetable oil being used in an emulsion, or a dispersion, in particular containing at least one polymeric binder, polyurethane, styrene-acrylic binders, copolymers thereof and mixtures thereof.
14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said siccative vegetable oil being used in the form of a varnish or an ink.
15 . The method according to claim 1 , said siccative vegetable oil being used in the form of a UV-radical-crosslinking or UV-cationic-crosslinking varnish.
16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the siccative vegetable oil being used is in the form of a formulation comprising from 0.5% to 75% by weight, of said siccative vegetable oil, relative to the total weight of said formulation.
17 . The method according to claim 1 , comprising the step of placing said siccative vegetable oil in contact with said inert substrate by sizing, surfacing, or impregnation.
18 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said deposit is formed by printing, by sizing, by surfacing, or by spraying, in particular by printing, flexographic, rotogravure, or screen printing type.
19 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said inert substrate is a porous substrate.
20 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said inert substrate is a non-porous substrate.
21 . The method according to claim 1 , for preparing a security document.
22 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said inert substrate is a paper and said siccative vegetable oil is used in an amount of at least 0.5% by weight of siccative vegetable oil, relative to the weight of the paper.
23 . The method according to claim 1 , using said siccative vegetable oil in combination with at least one auxiliary agent.
24 . The method according to claim 1 , using the siccative vegetable oil in combination with at least one security element.