Deodorizer

• US 5,804,174 A
• Filed: 12/31/1996
• Issued: 09/08/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsui & Company Limited, Ricom Corporation, Zeria Pharmaceutical Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Mitsui & Company Limited, Ricom Corporation, Zeria Pharmaceutical Company Limited
• Inventors: Hamaya, Tadao, Imai, Tadashi, Iijima, Masao, Ishibashi, Sadami
• Primary Examiner(s): Clardy, S. Mark
• Assistant Examiner(s): Harrison, Robert H.
• Application Number:
  US08/777,603
• Time in Patent Office: 616 Days
• Field of Search: 424/439, 424/76.9, 424/195.1, 426/321, 426/335
• US Class Current: 424/76.9
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 31/00 Edible extracts or preparations of fungi; Preparation or treatment thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/34 Alcohols
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/35 Ketones, e.g. benzophenone
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/365 Hydroxycarboxylic acids; Ketocarboxylic acids
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/60 Sugars; Derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/676 Ascorbic acid, i.e. vitamin C
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/9728 Fungi, e.g. yeasts
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/01 Deodorant compositions compositions released by contact with a liquid A61L9/05
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 11/00 Preparations for care of the teeth, of the oral cavity or of dentures; Dentifrices, e.g. toothpastes; Mouth rinses
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 15/00 Anti-perspirants or body deodorants deodorisation of air A61L9/00

Abstract

A deodorizer comprises a hydrophilic solvent extract of fruit-bodies of champignon mushroom or powder of the extract as an effective component. The extract of champignon mushroom used as an effective component can be prepared by a method which comprises the step of immersing the mushroom in a hydrophilic solvent at a temperature ranging from 60° to 1000° C. for 15 minutes to 2 hours to perform extraction. The extract can further be treated to obtain the effective components in the form of powder. The extract and the powder thereof can be used as an effective component of a deodorizer capable of oral intake, which serves as a deodorizer for preventing bad smell of environment or an agent for preventing foul breath, which can also be used in foods for eating or drinking to prevent giving out of bad smell emitted from cookings such as those containing garlic and leek as well as cooked fish, which can prevents giving out of bad smell after taking such cookings, and which can be involved in metabolism to thus suppress the giving out of bad smell from urine and feces discharged after eating and drinking such foods.

Claims

1. A food containing a hydrophilic solvent extract of fruit-bodies of champignon mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) or powder of the extract in an amount of 0.01% to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the food.

2. A food produced by extracting champignon mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) with a hydrophilic solvent at a temperature of 60°

C. to 100°

C. for 15 minutes to two hours to provide an extract or a powder, the extract or powder comprising 0.01 to 50% by weight of the total weight of the food.