Abstract:
Provided are a hair cosmetic composition comprising an ether type cationic surfactant represented by the following formula (1): wherein, R1 represents a linear or branched C6-24 alkyl or alkenyl group, R2 and R4 each represents a C1-6 alkyl group or —(AO)nH (A: a C2-4 alkylene group, n: a number of from 1 to 6 with the proviso that n pieces of A may be the same or different and their sequence is optional), R3 represents a C1-6 alkyl group or —(A′O)mH (A′: a C2-4 alkylene group, m: a number of from 1 to 6 with the proviso that m pieces of A may be the same or different and their sequence is optional), and X− represents an anion; a hair cleansing composition containing the cationic surfactant(1); and a method of treating hair with these compositions. The hair cosmetic composition of the present invention can impart good flexibility and smoothness to hair not only when it is wetted but also after drying. When used as a hair cleansing composition, it provides excellent quality of foam and feeling upon use and exhibits good low-temperature stability.
Abstract:
Described in the present invention are a dispersion which comprises, as a dispersoid, (a) 5 to 40 wt. % of an amphipatic lipid containing, in the molecule thereof, at least one hydroxy and amide group, and (b) 2 to 55 wt. % of a surfactant in an aqueous medium; a washing-away type cosmetic composition comprising the dispersion; and a washing-away type cosmetic composition comprising (A) 0.01 to 10 wt. % of an amphipatic lipid which contains, in the molecule thereof, at least one hydroxy and amide group and having a melting point not less than 30° C. and (B) 5 to 95 wt. % of a surfactant. The dispersion according to the present invention is useful as a component of a washing-away type cosmetic composition having both an emulsion-like or pearl-lustrous appearance and low skin irritation. The washing-away type cosmetic composition according to the present invention has an emulsion-like or pearl-lustrous appearance and is mild to the skin owing to reduced adsorption, to the skin, of the surfactant contained in the composition.
Abstract:
An efficacy enhancer for agricultural chemicals and an agricultural chemical composition are disclosed which each manifest perfect stability even when they are incorporated into given agricultural chemicals at high concentrations and which possess excellent efficacy enhancing actions.A compound of the following formula (I) is used as the efficacy enhancer. ##STR1##
Abstract:
An antifoaming agent for fermentation, which comprises (A) a reaction product obtained by the addition polymerization of 50 to 250 moles of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide (the molar ratio of ethylene oxide to propylene oxide=1:1 to 1:4 ) to 1 mole of a mixture composed of an oil or fat and a polyhydric alcohol containing at least three hydroxyl groups; and (B) a fatty acid, an alcohol, a polyoxyalkylene polyhydric alcohol ether, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether, a polyoxyalkylene fatty acid ester, a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether fatty acid ester and/or a polyoxyalkylene polymer. The above antifoaming agent has both foam-breaking effects and foam-inhibiting effects so that it has excellent antifoaming effects and does not adversely affect the fermentation production.
Abstract:
The efficacy of an agricultural chemical can be enhanced by using a specific fatty acid alkanolamide or a fatty acid ester or carboxymethylated derivative thereof represented by the following formula (I) together with the agricultural chemical: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 5 to 29 carbon atoms; each R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; each R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be the same or different from each other and each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a group represented by the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.6 represents a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 29 carbon atoms, or a group represented by the formula: --CH.sub.2 COOX, wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, a sodium atom, a potassium atom, an ammonium group or an organic ammonium group.
Abstract:
A method for enhancing the effectiveness of an agricultural chemical which comprises incorporating a specific enhancer into a diluted solution of the agricultural chemical.The specific enhancer is a quaternary ammonium salt or a amine.
Abstract:
A fiber treatment agent composition comprising an amphipathic lipid having hydroxyl group(s) and amide group(s) in the molecule thereof, the lipid being solid particles having an average particle size of 1 to 100 μm. The fiber treated with the fiber treatment agent composition of the invention provides excellent feeling to the resultant textile and pleasant feel to the skin. When a consumer wears the fiber product produced from the thus-treated fiber, remarkable effects are attained, including pleasant feel to the skin with which the fiber product is brought into contact, skin protective effect, effect of enabling the people having sensitive skin to wear at ease, moisturizing effect, and effect of improving skin disease such as rough skin.
Abstract:
An enhancer composition for agricultural chemicals which can enhance the effectiveness of an agricultural chemical without causing any phytotoxicity to various crops, which comprises at least one nitrogen-containing compound selected from the group consisting of a tertiary amine, a tertiary amine salt and a quaternary ammonium salt and a chelating agent, wherein the content of the chelating agent ranges from 0.01 to 30 mol per mol of the nitrogen-containing compound.
Abstract:
A liquid agricultural chemical composition which is excellent in liquid stability even though it contains an agricultural chemical at a high concentration comprises (a) a water-soluble agricultural chemical, (b) a cationic surfactant represented by formula (I), and (c) an acid salt of a compound represented by formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, each AO represents an oxyethylene group or an oxypropylene group, each of p and q is a number of 1 to 15 with the proviso that the total of p and q is from 2 to 25, and X.sup.- represents a counter ion; and ##STR2## where R.sup.3 represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 4 to 18 carbon atoms, and R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 represent each a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group.
Abstract:
A germicidal composition comprising: i) a compound of formula (1): ##STR1## wherein at least one of R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represents a linear or branched C.sub.8-30 alkyl or alkenyl group and the remaining groups are the same or different and individually represent a methyl, ethyl or benzyl group; R.sup.4 represents a methyl or ethyl group; R.sup.5 represents a linear or branched C.sub.1-30 alkyl or alkenyl group, or a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether or polyoxyalkylene alkenyl ether having a linear or branched C.sub.1-30 alkyl or alkenyl group; and M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom; andii) a compound of formula (2): ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the same meanings as defined above and R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are the same or different and individually have the same meanings as R.sup.5, wherein the weight ratio of compound (1) to compound (2) is from 99:1 to 80:20.