Stable antimicrobial compositions including spore, bacteria, fungi and/or enzyme
The present invention relates to a stable antimicrobial and cleaning compositions including an amine antimicrobial agent; a borate salt; and spores (bacterial or fungal), vegetative bacteria, fungi, or enzyme, and to methods of using the composition. The composition can also include a polyol.
1. A cleaning composition comprising:
spore, bacteria, fungi, or enzyme;
alkanol amine borate; and
amine antimicrobial agent of the formula:
[(R 1 )NH(R 2 )NH 3 ] + X −
or
[(R 1 )NH 2 (R 2 )NH 3 ++ ] X 2 − ,
wherein R 1 is C10-C18 aliphatic group or an ether group having the formula R 10 OR 11 ; in which R 10 is a C10-C18 aliphatic group and R 11 is a C1-C5 alkyl group; R 2 is a C1-C5 alkylene group; and X is a counter ion.
2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition has pH greater than or equal to 8.
3. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising polyol.
4. The composition of claim 1 , comprising about 5 to about 35 wt-% alkanol amine borate.
5. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the alkanol amine borate comprises monoethanolammonium borate, diethanolammonium borate, triethanolammonium borate, or a combination thereof.
6. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising about 0.003 to about 35 wt-% nonionic surfactant.
7. The composition of claim 6 , wherein the nonionic surfactant comprises:
nonionic block copolymer comprising of at least (EO) y (PO) z , wherein y and z are independently between 2 and 100;
C 6-24 alkyl phenol alkoxylate having 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide;
C 6-24 alcohol alkoxylate having 2 to 15 moles of ethylene oxide;
alkoxylated amine having 2-20 moles of ethylene oxide;
or mixtures thereof.
8. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising about 0.0005 to about 35 wt-% silicone surfactant.
9. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising about 0.1 to about 20 wt-% hydrotrope.
10. The composition of claim 1 , further comprising detersive enzyme.
11. The composition of claim 10 , wherein the detersive enzyme comprises protease, amylase, lipase, cellulase, peroxidase, gluconase, or mixtures thereof.
12. A cleaning composition comprising:
spore, bacteria, fungi, or enzyme;
borate salt; and
amine antimicrobial agent of the formula:
[(R 1 )NH(R 2 )NH 3 ] +X −
or
[(R 1 )NH 2 (R 2 )NH 3 ++ ] X 2 − ,
wherein R 1 is C10-C18 aliphatic group or an ether group having the formula R 10 OR 11 ; in which R 10 is a C10-C18 aliphatic group and R 11 is a C1-C5 alkyl group; R 2 is a C1-C5 alkylene group;
and X is a counter ion, and the composition is substantially free of sodium ion.