US4423030A
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Flavored aqueous oral composition
Assignee: Colgate Palmolive Co
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Filing: 1982-05-06
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Granted: 1983-12-27
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Expires: 2002-05-06
Abstract
Abstract A dental cream is disclosed having a two-tone flavor comprising essential oil and water-insoluble oleoresin extract of dried fruit, which oleoresin has higher sensation effect than said essential oil and is soluble in the said essential oil, the said flavor composition comprising about 0.01-5% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition, the said oleoresin comprising about 0.001-0.1% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition and the weight ratio of the said essential oil to the said oleoresin being at least about 10:1.
Inventors
- 👤 Harry Hayes
- 👤 Munir A. Ahmed
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:44
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/33; A61K8/34; A61K8/347; A61K8/92; A61K8/922; A61Q; A61Q11/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
An aqueous oral composition comprising an aqueous liquid dental cream or mouthwash vehicle having dispersed therein a two-tone flavour composition comprising essential oil and water-insoluble oleoresin extract of dried fruit, which oleoresin has higher sensation effect than said essential oil and is soluble in the said essential oil, the said flavour composition comprising about 0.01-5% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition, the said oleoresin comprising about 0.001-0.1% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition and the weight ratio of the said essential oil to the said oleoresin being at least about 10:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
An aqueous oral composition comprising an aqueous liquid dental cream or mouthwash vehicle having dispersed therein a two-tone flavour composition comprising essential oil and water-insoluble oleoresin extract of dried fruit, which oleoresin has higher sensation effect than said essential oil and is soluble in the said essential oil, the said flavour composition comprising about 0.01-5% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition, the said oleoresin comprising about 0.001-0.1% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition and the weight ratio of the said essential oil to the said oleoresin being at least about 10:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the essential oil contains at least one of menthol, anethol and eucalyptus oil.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the oleoresin is selected from the group consisting of capsicum oleoresin, red pepper oleoresin, ginger oleoresin and black pepper oleoresin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 3 in which the oleoresin is capsicum oleoresin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the flavour composition comprises about 0.5-1.5% by weight of the aqueous oral composition.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 1 in which the weight ratio of essential oil to said oleoresin is about 100:1 to 200:1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 6 in which the flavour composition comprises about 0.5-1.5% by weight of the aqueous oral composition and the oleoresin comprises about 0.005-0.01% by weight of the said aqueous oral composition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
An aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 1 in the form of a dental cream.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The dental cream as claimed in claim 8 in which the aqueous liquid vehicle contains a humectant and which contains a dentally acceptable substantially water-insoluble polishing agent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
An aqueous oral composition as claimed in claim 1 in the form of a mouthwash.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The mouthwash as claimed in claim 11 in which a humectant and a non-toxic alcohol are present in the liquid vehicle.
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