Oral hygiene compositions containing amino sugars as antiplaque agents
申请人:Lever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc.
公开号:US05362480A1
公开(公告)日:1994-11-08
Oral hygiene antiplaque compositions which include as an active ingredient an amino sugar containing a sugar moiety recognized by lectins on oral bacteria (e.g., .beta.-D-galactose, .beta.-D-N-acetyl galactosamine, L-rhamnose and .beta.-D-fucose) and in which nitrogen is linked to carbon number 1. The amino sugars singly or in combination with each other provide enhanced inhibition of bacterial aggregation, surfactancy, and antimicrobial activity.