申请人:Ahlnäs Thomas
公开号:US20100129302A1
公开(公告)日:2010-05-27
A composition includes at least one antimicrobial agent; a possible solvent system with either hydrophobic or hydrophilic nature, selected according to the target of usage; as well as possible surface active agent. The compound mixture is obtained by pulverizing wood or plant material and/or by extracting the possibly pulverized wood or plant material, so that the compound mixture contains at least two different polyphenolic compounds selected from the following group: lignans, stilbenes, juvabiones and flavonoids; the compound mixture further containing oligomers of the polyphenolic compounds, so that the compound mixture preferably has the following properties: the compound mixture has an antimicrobial effect in the composition; the cytotoxicity of the polyphenols contained in the compound mixture is at least 10 times lower with respect to BHT; the compound mixture does not irritate the skin in a so-called single patch test with contents of 0.1 wt %.