DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS EXHIBITING REDUCED SKIN IRRITATION AND METHOD OF REDUCING DETERGENT IRRITATION

摘要

Reduction of skin irritation caused by skin irritating detergent or detergent composition is achieved by incorporating in the irritating detergent or detergent composition an effective amount of a protective agent of the formula WHERE R is the carboxyl free residue of an aromatic, cycloaliphatic or aralkyl di-, tri- or tetra-carboxylic acid or the carboxyl free residue of the unsaturated polycarboxylic acid product of the polymerization of two to four molecules of a monomeric ethylenically unsaturated C12 to C26 fatty acid or the hydrogenated derivative of said unsaturated polycarboxylic acid product; R' is hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C6-alkyl, or C1-C6-alkyl substituted with hydroxyl or amino; R'' and R''' are hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl; M IS 0, 1 OR 2; N IS 1, 2, 3 OR 4; N + M IS 2, 3 OR 4; X is oxygen or nitrogen; M is H or a cation; Q IS 0 WHEN X is oxygen and q is 1 when X is nitrogen.