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Columbia University Patents Antimicrobial Compositions with Botanicals

Hand soap, sanitizer or cream formulation.

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By: Christine Esposito

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US Patent No. 9,687,429 B2; The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York have patented a hand soap, hand sanitizer or hand cream composition that achieves more than about 4 Log10 reduction from control bacterial counts within 30 seconds of contact. It is comprised of lemongrass oil; orange oil; grapefruit seed extract; citric acid; a combination of octanediol and 1,3 propanediol; one or more additional ingredients selected from the group consisting of cationic surfactants, nonioni...

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