Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: A method for preventing the formation and/or for the removal of body odors, comprising priming the skin with a deodorant composition comprising an oil, for a period of time sufficient to allow binding of skin microorganisms and dissolution of odor into said composition, and thereafter washing off said composition with conventional detergents.

Abstract: A bottle for containing and dispensing of a non-uniform liquid comprising a lower-phase and an upper-phase where the lower-phase is a liquid of a higher specific-weight than the upper-phase. The bottle may comprise a flow-impeding device, where the flow-impeding device impedes the flow of the liquid that is dispensed from the bottle to allow impeding the dispensing of the uppermost layer, which may be the upper-phase layer from said bottle.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: A method for preventing the formation and/or for the removal of body odors, comprising priming the skin with a deodorant composition comprising an oil, for a period of time sufficient to allow binding of skin microorganisms and dissolution of odor into said composition, and thereafter washing off said composition with conventional detergents.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a composition comprising a higher alcohol selected from 1-nonanol, 1-decanol and 1-undecanol, or mixtures thereof and taste-masking additives, as an oral anti-odor preparation. The invention further provides anti-odor toothpaste, mouthwash, candies and other anti-odor preparations for oral use.

Abstract: A deodorizing composition comprising as an antimicrobial agent an effective amount of an extract of Indigofera tinctoria, or of an antimicrobially active fraction thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition for desorbing bacteria from solid surfaces and from living tissues, which is in the form of a two-phase preparation, and which upon shaking forms a temporary oil-in-water emulsion of limited lifetime, the composition comprising: a) about 50 to about 97% w/w of an aqueous phase; b) about 3 to about 50% w/w of a water immiscible oily phase, comprising a vegetable oil, a mineral oil, a pharmacologically acceptable aliphatic hydrocarbon or a mixture thereof; and c) about 0.003 to about 2.0% w/w of an amphipathic cationic moiety in an effective amount to enable the formation of the temporary oil-in-water emulsion which emulsion breaks down and separates within a period of about 10 seconds to thirty minutes of the formation thereof.

Abstract: A deodorizing composition comprising as an antimicrobial agent an effective amount of an extract of Lawsonia inermis, or of an antimicrobially active fraction thereof

Abstract: A deodorizer device for deodorizing shoes, includes a container containing deodorizer material, and a dispenser assembly at one end of the container for dispensing deodorizer material. The dispenser assembly includes a feed tube having one end located within the container and the opposite end communicating with one or more discharge openings for discharging deodorizer material laterally of the container. The dispenser assembly further includes an actuator attached at one end to the feed tube and configured to enable the actuator to be inserted into a shoe, when the container is inverted, to stably support the container in the inverted position, and to be pressed against the inner surface of the shoe bottom for discharging a quantity of deodorizer material from the discharge opening laterally into the shoe.

Abstract: A deodorizer device for deodorizing shoes, includes a container containing deodorizer material, and a dispenser assembly at one end of the container for dispensing deodorizer material. The dispenser assembly includes a feed tube having one end located within the container and the opposite end communicating with one or more discharge openings for discharging deodorizer material laterally of the container. The dispenser assembly further includes an actuator attached at one end to the feed tube and configured to enable the actuator to be inserted into a shoe, when the container is inverted, to stably support the container in the inverted position, and to be pressed against the inner surface of the shoe bottom for discharging a quantity of deodorizer material from the discharge opening laterally into the shoe.

Abstract: A holder for an article of the type having a handle at one end and a working member at the opposite end, includes first and second fingers or arms extending in substantially parallel, spaced relation to each other to receive the article handle between them. One described embodiment is constructed as a flat blank of stiff sheet material for holding toothbrushes or similar articles. The flat blank is provided with cut and fold lines to define a pair of side sections normally spaced laterally apart, and a pair of strips separated from each other by cut lines and joined to the side sections by fold lines such that when the two side sections are moved toward each other to a mounting condition, the pair of strips become bowed outwardly of the side sections to serve as the upper and lower arms for supporting the articles between them.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for indicating the level of oral microbial activity comprising providing a sterile liquid for introduction into the oral cavity for swishing therein, providing a transparent vessel having therein an indicator which undergoes a characteristic color change in the presence of oxygen-consuming microbes and placing the swished liquid together with nutrients to enhance microbial growth in the vessel, whereby the indicator undergoes a color change as a function of time, which color change is an indication of the level of microbial activity in the swished expectorated liquid. The invention also provides a kit for use in carrying out the method comprising a sterile liquid, a transparent vessel for use in receiving the expectorate, and an indicator to be provided in the vessel to produce a visual indication of the level of microbial activity in the expectorated liquid.

Abstract: A method for detecting and localizing bacterial growth on a surface comprising the steps of:(a) applying a solid substrate to the surface;(b) removing said substrate from said surface and incubating said substrate for purposes of facilitating ultimate visualization of selective bacterial growth; and(c) observing the locus of bacterial growth on the substrate.The method is particularly effective in detecting and localizing cariogenic activity in the mouth.

Abstract: A method for the separation or purification of biopolymers comprises adsorbing the biopolymer on the surface of liquid oil droplets; and separating the adsorbed biopolymer from the oil droplets. The adsorbed biopolymer is separated from the oil droplets by mixing the droplets in an aqueous liquid, removing the lower aqueous phase and adding a fresh aqueous phase to the droplets, cooling the mixture to solidify and coalesce the oil and to cause it to release the adsorbed biopolymer to the fresh liquid, separating the fresh liquid and the biopolymer from the coalesced oil, separating the biopolymer from the fresh liquid.

Abstract: A device for transferring a portion of a sample to a culture medium to detect the presence of microorganisms in the sample comprises: a supporting member including two panels hinged together along one edge to permit the panels to assume a folded condition with one panel folded over the other, or an open condition; a culture medium carried on the face of one or both panels facing each other when the panels are in their folded condition; and a transfer member adapted to be supported between the faces of the two panels when in their folded condition and dimensioned such that the opposite ends of the transfer member project from the opposite ends of the culture medium, whereby one projecting end may be brought into contact with the sample to pick-up a part thereof, and the opposite projecting end may be grasped by the user and pulled to move the one end of the transfer member between the contacting faces of the folded panels to transfer and dilute, by smearing, the picked-up sample to the culture medium.

Abstract: Microorganism culture transfer devices are described of the type comprising a manually-grippable handle having a culture contacting tip for contacting a culture and streaking same a plurality of times over a culture plate in order to dilute the culture for purposes of isolating individual colonies. The handle is of a configuration in cross-section defining at least three, preferably four or more, discrete rotational positions when held and rotated by the user's fingers about the longitudinal axis of the handle; and the culture-contacting tip is of a configuration such as to provide a different and distinct surface for contact with the culture in each of the discrete rotational positions of the handle.