The invention relates to an aqueous foaming cleaning composition for removing soil at low temperatures from a surface to be cleaned, characterized in, that the aqueous foaming cleaning composition comprises: a linear and/or branched C.sub.12-alkyl dimethylamine oxide or C.sub.12-alkyl diethylamine oxide or C.sub.12-alkyl methylethylamine oxide; a linear and/or branched C.sub.14-alkyl dimethylamine oxide or C.sub.14-alkyl diethylamine oxide or C.sub.14-alkyl methylethylamine oxide; at least one anion tenside of: a dodecyl (oxyethylen)w sulfat, wherein w represents an average addition mole number ranging from about 1 to about 10, and/or at least one polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether carboxylic acid or salt thereof represented by formula (I): RO-(AO).sub.n1-A-COO.sub.mM (I) wherein, R represents a linear and/or branched alkyl group having about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms; AO represents an alkylene oxy group having about 2 to about 4 carbon atoms; n represents an average addition mole number ranging from about 1 to about 20; A represents an alkylene group having about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; M represents H or a cation; and m represents the number equal to a valence number of M; a source of alkalinity; and water.

This invention provides a cleaning agent composition that exhibits good storage stability, especially storage stability at low temperature, and a cleaning agent composition that can be favorably dispensed from a dispenser. The cleaning agent composition of the present invention comprises (a) a fatty acid salt and (b) a sophorose lipid, wherein the proportion of the component (a) is 4 to 18 mass % based on the cleaning agent composition taken as 100 mass %; the proportion of a fatty acid salt having 12 or fewer carbon atoms is 15 parts by mass or more, and the proportion of a fatty acid salt having 16 or more carbon atoms is 60 parts by mass or less, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the component (a); the proportion of an acidic sophorose lipid is 80 mass % or more based on the total amount of the component (b) taken as 100 mass %; and the proportion of the component (b) is 5 to 80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the component (a).

The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid comprising the following process steps: (a) contact of a starting di-rhamnolipid material with an -L-rhamnosidase enzyme which is immobilised on a support; (b) separation of the produced mono-rhamnolipid from the reaction medium and/or side products; wherein the -L-rhamnosidase enzyme does not have -D-glucosidase activity.

The present invention relates to an article for skin cleansing agent which can generate foams having a high air ratio and achieve good foam quality. An article for skin cleansing agent comprising a non-aerosol-type container filled with a skin cleansing composition, wherein the non-aerosol-type container comprises a gas-liquid mixing part, a foam micronizing part, and a discharge outlet, and has a mechanism for discharging air and the skin cleansing composition at a volume ratio (air/composition) of 15/1 or more and 38/1 or less from the discharge outlet, and the skin cleansing composition comprises: (A) 0.5% by mass or more and 18% by mass or less, in terms of acid of a specific anionic surfactant; (B) 2% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of a specific polyol; and (C) 40% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less of water.

The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions that are used to clean semiconductor substrates. These cleaning compositions can remove the defects/contaminants arising from previous processing on the semiconductor substrates and thereby make the substrates appropriate for further processing. The cleaning compositions described herein primarily contain at least one pH adjusting agent and at least one biosurfactant.

The subject invention provides environmentally-friendly compositions and methods for enhancing production of textiles and leather. In certain embodiments, the methods of the subject invention comprise incorporating the application of a biological amphiphilic molecule into a textile or leather-making process to reduce chemical usage, reduce water usage, reduce water pollution and/or provide an added benefit to the process. In certain embodiments, the methods of the subject invention comprise substituting a chemical surfactant with a biological amphiphilic molecule in one or more steps involved in textile or leather-making process that would traditionally utilize a chemical surfactant.

Compositions comprising lipases and biosurfactants, especially psychrophilic lipases and biosurfactants.

The present invention generally relates to a novel liquid disinfectant composition particularly useful in the industrial sector and the agro-food industry. This composition is in concentrated or diluted form and comprises: an aliphatic-chain fatty acid; a glycolic acid, optionally as a mixture with acetic acid; a pH-regulating system, such that the composition, in its diluted form, has a pH lower than 3.8 and preferably lower than 2.0; an ethoxylated fatty alcohol of formula R(OC.sub.2H.sub.4).sub.nOH in which R represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms and n represents an integer between 4 and 8, or a mixture of ethoxylated fatty alcohols; a copolymer of formula

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in which x represents an integer between 2 and 15, y represents an integer between 15 and 35, and z represents an integer between 2 and 15, or a mixture of such copolymers; one or more surfactants; and water.

Monomeric and oligomeric compounds of Formula (I) comprising hydrophobic alkyl or alkenyl ester moieties and hydrophilic carboxylate moieties: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.l0-C.sub.30 alkyl or C.sub.8-C.sub.30 alkenyl, Y is a cation, Z is a sulfur-containing moiety, and n and k are integers as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) have surfactant properties. Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula (I), and methods of using the compounds or compositions for cleaning purposes.

Monomeric and oligomeric compounds of Formula (I) comprising hydrophobic alkyl or alkenyl ester moieties and hydrophilic carboxylate moieties: ##STR00001##
wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl, R.sup.2 is C.sub.l0-C.sub.30 alkyl or C.sub.8-C.sub.30 alkenyl, Y is a cation, Z is a sulfur-containing moiety, and n and k are integers as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) have surfactant properties. Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula (I), and methods of using the compounds or compositions for cleaning purposes.