Abstract: A washing agent, preferably a liquid washing agent, which contains at least one amine oxide together with at least one sugar surfactant. For example, at least one glucamide, preferably a fatty acid-N-alkyl glucamide, and/or at least one alkyl polyglycoside, having improved cleaning performance, in particular against fat-containing stains. The invention also relates to methods for washing textiles using the described washing agents and to the uses thereof.

Abstract: A washing agent, preferably a liquid washing agent, which contains at least one amine oxide together with at least one sugar surfactant. For example, at least one glucamide, preferably a fatty acid-N-alkyl glucamide, and/or at least one alkyl polyglycoside, having improved cleaning performance, in particular against fat-containing stains. The invention also relates to methods for washing textiles using the described washing agents and to the uses thereof.

Abstract: A dishwashing detergent having improved rinsing power, comprising, relative to the total weight of the dishwashing detergent, 0.1 to 25.0 wt % of a copolymer obtainable by the polymerization of 70-95 mol % of at least one C2-4 alkene monomer; and 5-30 mol % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated C3-8 carboxylic acid monomer or a salt thereof. The use of this dishwashing detergent and a method for washing dishes in a dishwasher using this dishwashing detergent and the use of the copolymers for improving the rinsing power of the dishwashing detergent.

Abstract: A detergent or cleaning agent for textiles, containing at least one surfactant and at least one polyurethane as an anti-crease agent, and to the use of polyurethanes as an anti-crease agent for textiles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing agent, in particular a liquid washing agent, containing a preservative system consisting of 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (MIT) in combination with 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate (IPBC) and to washing methods using such a washing agent and to the use of said preservative system for stabilizing washing and cleaning agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous multicomponent system comprising a hydrophobe modified polymer which forms a high-viscosity liquid during mixing and to the use of said multicomponent system, in particular, in the form of a cosmetic component or a washing and/or rinsing and/or cleaning agent.

Abstract: A textile care agent comprising amine-modified cellulose ether for protecting textiles, and the use of the agent for improving water absorption, for improving shape retention, for lint reduction, for reducing pilling, for reducing wrinkling, for smoothing and improving softness to the touch, and for making ironing easier for textile web materials.

Abstract: A bleaching agent, as well as a bleach-intensifying transition metal complex compound, incorporated in shelf-stable fashion into agents made up of multiple powder components. A solid washing detergent or cleaning agent containing particulate alkali percarbonate having an average particle size in the range from 1.0 to 2.0 mm, and particles that contain a bleach-intensifying transition metal complex compound, having an average particle size in the range from 0.8 mm to 1.6 mm.

Abstract: Hard surface cleaning agents comprising a macrocyclic compound of the general formula L: wherein each of n1, n2 and n3 independently represents 1 or 2; and hard surface cleaning agents comprising a transition metal complex of the general formula (I): [MLaXb]cY??(1) wherein M represents a metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, ruthenium, molybdenum, and combinations thereof; X represent a neutral or anionic ligand; Y represents a non-complex-bound anion; a represents 1 or 2; each of b and c independently represents a number of 0 to 6, with the proviso that b and c are selected such that the complex is neutral based on M, X and Y; and L represents a macrocyclic ligand of the general formula L; and methods of cleaning hard surfaces therewith.

Abstract: The performance of peroxide compounds, in particular when associated with bleaches for washing ink stains out of textiles, can be improved by a composition comprising: (i) a peroxygen-containing bleaching agent, (ii) a bleach activator selected from the group consisting of amide bleach activators, sulfonyl phenyl ester bleach activators, quaternary nitrogen substituted acetonitrile bleach activators, and mixtures thereof, and (iii) a compound selected from the group consisting of ligands corresponding to the general formula (I), bleach catalysts corresponding to the general formula (II), and mixtures thereof: wherein Ym? represents an anion, M represent a manganese or iron atom, each X independently represents an inorganic ligand and the mathematical product of m and n equals 2.

Abstract: Textile treatment agents and/or capsules comprising a polymer having antiadhesive action against microorganisms which adhere to a textile substrate, methods of treating textile substrates therewith and the textile so treated, wherein the polymer comprises a polymeric structural element selected from the group consisting of polyesters, polysaccharides, polyethers, polyurethanes, polyureas, polyamides, and heteropolymers thereof.

Abstract: The cleaning potential of washing agents with regard to proteinaceous contaminants can be improved by a composition comprising: (i) a cationic surfactant, and (ii) a compound selected from the group consisting of ligands of the general formula (I), bleach catalysts of the general formula (II), and combinations thereof: wherein Ym? represents an anion, M represent a manganese or iron atom, each X independently represents an inorganic ligand and the mathematical product of m and n equals 2.

Abstract: A textile care composition comprising nitrogen-containing cellulose ethers of the formula (I) ((R—O—)3Rcell)y ??(I) herein Rcell is an anhydroglucose radical (C6H10O5), y is from 80 to 65 000; R is a radical of the formula (II) wherein each of a and b is independently 2 or 3; c is 1, 2 or 3; each of m and p is independently an integer from 0 to 10; n is an integer from 0 to 3, q is 0 or 1; each of R1 and R2 is independently hydrogen or a C1-4 alkyl radical; R3 is hydrogen, —NR1R2, a carboxylic acid group or a sodium carboxylate, potassium carboxylate or ammonium carboxylate group, with the proviso that R3 is hydrogen when q is 0, and with the further proviso that n in at least one of the R radicals is greater than 0 or the —R3 moiety in at least one of the R radicals represents —NR1R2. These textile care compositions impart to textiles improved softness, increased shine and color brilliance, odor freshening, and reduction in the creasing behavior and in the static charge.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous multicomponent system comprising a hydrophobe modified polymer which forms a high-viscosity liquid during mixing and to the use of said multicomponent system, in particular, in the form of a cosmetic component or a washing and/or rinsing and/or cleaning agent.