Patent number: 5472628
Abstract: Included is a liquid detergent composition comprising detersive surfactant, proteolytic enzyme, a detergent-compatible second enzyme, and an aryl boronic acid of the structure: ##STR1## where X is selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, hydroxyl, hydroxyl derivative, amine, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylated amine, amine derivative, halogen, nitro, thiol, thiol derivative, aldehyde, acid, acid salt, ester, sulfonate or phosphonate; each Y is independently selected from hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, hydroxyl, hydroxyl derivative, halogen, amine, alkylated amine, amine derivative, nitro, thiol, thiol derivative, aldehyde, acid, ester, sulfonate or phosphonate; and n is 0 to 4.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 1994
Date of Patent:
December 5, 1995
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Rajan K. Panandiker, Christiaan A. J. K. Thoen, Pierre M. A. Lenoir, Dwight M. Peterson, James E. Thompson