| abstract |
Oral care compositions and use of such oral care compositions for the treatment of conditions caused by biofilm formation. Methods to inhibit the formation and / or degradation of the biofilm. The oral care composition includes a sesquiterpenoid and a microbial agent, in which sesquiterpenoid e and the antimicrobial agent are present in an amount effective to inhibit and / or degrade a biofilm in an oral cavity. Claim 3: The oral care composition according to claim 1, characterized in that sesquiterpenoid is selected from the group consisting of nerolidol, farnesol, bisabolol, apritone, and mixtures thereof. Claim 6: An oral composition according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the antimicrobial agent is selected from Triclosan, pyridinium cetyl chloride, magnolia extract, magnolol, honokiol, magnolol butyl, honokiol propyl, chloride zinc, zinc lactate, zinc citrate, stannous fluoride and stannous chloride. |