| abstract |
The present invention relates to antibacterial compositions comprising particular compounds, to the use of said compounds as antibacterial agents, to the preparation of therapeutic or medicinal compositions comprising said compounds and to a method of disinfecting matter including the step of treating matter with said compounds. The compounds are identified as peptides having a molecular weight of at least 5kD, comprising at least 15 % by number of residues of arginine, lysine, ornithine or a mixture thereof and at least 15 % by number of residues of arginine, lysine, ornithine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan or a mixture thereof. Although the invention is described with reference to use in the fields of food and oral hygiene, the invention has particular utility in the field of household and/or industrial hygiene. |