PATENT ABSTRACTS

5028704

( 2 , 5 - D I H Y D R O 5 - P H E N Y L - 2 0 X O 3 - F U R A N Y L ) A M I N E S , M E T H O D S

O F M A N U F A C T U R E , A N D U S E T H E R E O F IN T H E P R O D U C T I O N O F A N G I O T E N S I N C O N V E R T I N G

E N Z Y M E I N H I B I T O R S

Stephen Boyer assigned to Ciba-Geigy Corpora- tion

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula See Patent for Chemical Structure wherein Rc is carboxy, esterified carboxy or amidated carboxy; R2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl or joins with Ra and Rb and the atoms there- between to form a fused ring See Patent .for Chemical Structure and either Ra is methyl and Rb is See Patent for Chemical Structure or R2 and Rb and the atoms therebetween form a group See Patent for Chemical Structure wherein R3 and R4 are either both hydrogen, or together are propylene, butylene, or with the two aloms to which they are attached form a benzene ring. Methods of manufacture and use thereof in the production of angiotensin converting enzyme in- hibitors are disclosed.

5030240

E N Z Y M A T I C P E R A C I D B L E A C H I N G S Y S T E M

Richard J Wiersema, Anna G Stanislowski, Gregory L Gray, Ayrookaram J Poulose, Scott D Power assigned to The Clorox Company

An enzymatic perhydrolysis system, useful for bleaching, has a novel enzyme, a substrate, and a source of hydrogen peroxide, and provides in situ formation of peracid in aqueous solution. The substrate is selected for enzyme catalyzed

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reaction, and preferably is an acylglycerol with two or three fatty acid chains. The enzyme is hydrolytically and perhydrolytically active even in the presence of anionic surfactants, has lipase activity, and is isolatable from Pseudomonas putida ATCC 53552.

5030377

D E T E R G E N T C O M P O S I T I O N S C O N T A I N I N G S T A R C H

D E B R A N C H I N G E N Z Y M E S

Taeko Sone, Hiroyuki Saijo, Katsuhiko Deguchi, Tochigi, Japan assigned to Kao Cor- poration

A detergent composition which comprises (a) at least one surfactant and (b) at least one starch debranching enzyme selected from the group consisting of pullulanase, isopullulanase and isoamylase, is disclosed. The detergent composi- tion of the invention may further contain alpha- amylase, as component (c). The detergent composition of the invention shows significantly improved starchy dirt detergency.

5030378

L I Q U I D D E T E R G E N T S C O N T A I N I N G A N I O N I C

S U R F A C T A N T , B U I L D E R A N D P R O T E O L Y T I C E N Z Y M E

Manuel G Venegas assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company

Heavy-duty liquid laundry detergents con- taining anionic synthetic surfactant, detergency builder, specific proteolytic enzyme, and calcium ion are disclosed. The compositions provide im- proved cleaning performance, particularly through-the-wash, on enzyme-sensitive stains.