Abstract: The use of VHHs in the preparation of products to provide stability of antibody specificity under destabilizing conditions whereby normally lower eukaryotes or traditional antibodies are killed or inactivated.

Abstract: The use of VHHs in the preparation of products to provide stability of antibody specificity under destabilizing conditions whereby normally lower eukaryotes or traditional antibodies are killed or inactivated.

Abstract: The use of VHHs in the preparation of products to provide stability of antibody specificity under destabilising conditions whereby normally lower eukaryotes or traditional antibodies are killed or inactivated.

Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic oxidation composition and process wherein an oxidisable substance is reacted with (a) a compound having the formula: and (b) molecular oxygen, in the absence of peroxidase. The process is useful in detergent compositions for stain bleaching and/or anti dye-transfer.

Abstract: The present invention provides detergent compositions comprising variants of precursor phenol oxidizing enzymes, said precursor being derived from a Stachybotrys species. The precursor enzymes can be, for example, naturally-occurring or recombinant phenol oxidizing enzymes. The variant enzymes, in general, are obtained by modification of a precursor DNA sequence encoding the naturally-occurring or recombinant phenol oxidizing enzyme to generate the substitution of one or more amino acids in the encoded amino acid sequence. Variant enzymes are disclosed having properties which differ from those of their respective precursor enzymes, e.g., altered pH optima and/or phenol oxidizing activity and/or altered stability. The variant enzymes of the present invention are especially useful in detergent formulations, for example, to modify (bleach) the color associated with colored compounds.

Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic oxidation composition and process wherein an oxidisable substance is reacted with (a) a compound having the formula: 1

Abstract: There is provided a process for enhancing the activity of a phenol oxidizing enzyme, comprising adding to the enzyme, as an enhancer for the activity of said enzyme, one or more compounds having the having the formula: wherein Z1 and Z2 are electron withdrawing groups, independently selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted alkyl/(hetero)aryl- -sulfone, -sulfoxide, -sulfonate, -carbonyl, -oxalyl, -amidoxalyl, -hydrazidoxalyl, -carboxyl and esters and salts thereof, -amidyl, -hydrazidyl, nitrile. The process is especially useful for removing colored stains from fabrics in a washing process.

Abstract: There is provided a bleaching detergent composition comprising one or more surfactants, a phenol oxidizing enzyme and a compound which acts as enhancer for the phenol oxidizing enzyme, said composition having an Enhancer Index as herein defined of at least 12 and prefereably in the range of 15-50.

Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition comprising one or more surfactants and a compound capable of binding to colored substances which may occur as stains on fabrics.

Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic oxidation composition and process wherein an oxidisable substance is reacted with (a) a peroxidase, (b) a compound which enhances the activity of the peroxidase and (c) molecular oxygen, said composition being essentially free from hydrogen peroxide and compounds capable of generating hydrogen peroxide. The process is useful in detergent compositions for stain bleaching and/or anti dye-transfer.

Abstract: There is provided a process for enhancing the activity of a phenol oxidizing enzyme, comprising adding to the enzyme, as an enhancer for the activity of the enzyme, one or more compounds having the formula: wherein: A is an optionally substituted electron-withdrawing group, chosen from the group consisting of nitrile, carboxyl, and esters and salts thereof, amides, aldehydes, ketones, sulfoxides, sulfones, or sulphonates, and B is an optionally substituted electron-donating group, chosen from the group consisting of the oxide anion, sulfide anion, oxides, amines, imines, hydroxides, sulfides, ethers, carboxylic acids, and halogen substituents, and R1-R5 may each independently represent hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, nitroso, formyl, carboxyl, and esters and salts thereof, carbamoyl, sulfo, and esters and salts hereof, sulfamoyl, nitro, amino, phenyl, C1-C20 alkyl, C1-C8 alkoxy, carbonyl-C1-C6-alkoxy, aryl-C1-C6-alkyl, and R2 and R5 together may form an alkylene group or an alkenylene group.

Abstract: There is provided a bleaching enzyme capable of generating a bleaching chemical and having a high binding affinity for non-colored compounds present in stains on fabrics, said non-colored compounds having a molecular weight of at least 100, preferably of at least 1,000 and more preferably of at least 5,000. Furthermore, there is provided an enzymatic bleaching composition comprising said bleaching enzyme and a surfactant and a process for bleaching stains present of fabrics.

Abstract: There is provided a bleaching enzyme capable of generating a bleaching chemical and having a high binding affinity for non-colored compounds present in stains on fabrics, said non-colored compounds having a molecular weight of at least 100, preferably of at least 1,000 and more preferably of at least 5,000. Furthermore, there is provided an enzymatic bleaching composition comprising said bleaching enzyme and a surfactant and a process for bleaching stains present of fabrics.

Abstract: There is provided a detergent composition comprising one or more surfactants and a compound capable of binding to coloured substances which may occur as stains on fabrics.

Abstract: There is provided an enzymatic oxidation process wherein a substance which is to be oxidised is reacted with (a) an enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity and a source of hydrogen peroxide or an enzyme exhibiting oxidase activity on phenolic compounds and (b) a compound which enhances the oxidation activity of the enzyme, characterized in that the compound specifically binds the substance which is to be oxidized. Furthermore, there is provided an enzymatic stain bleaching or anti dye-transfer composition comprising: (a) an enzyme exhibiting peroxidase activity and a source of hydrogen peroxide or an enzyme exhibiting oxidase activity on phenolic compounds and (b) a compound which enhances the oxidation activity of the enzyme and which is capable of binding selectively to a stain chromophore or textile dye in solution.

Abstract: A detergent composition with excellent color care properties. The detergent composition comprises a dendritic macromolecule.