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PURPOSE: To provide the subject composition containing an N-(alkyl-substituted phenyl)maleimide and a specific known antimicrobial component and exhibiting high antimicrobial effect against a wide variety of microorganisms at a relative ly low concentration by the synergistic effect. n CONSTITUTION: The objective composition contains (A) a compound of formula (R is methyl, ethyl or propyl; R 1 is H, methyl, ethyl or propyl). e.g. N-(3- methylphenyl)maleimide and (B) a compound selected from 11 kinds of compounds consisting of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, 1,2- benzisothiazolin-3-one, 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol, methylenebisthiocyanate, hexabromodimethylsulfone, 1,2-bis(bromoacetoxy)ethane, 2,2-dibromo-3 nitropropionamide, etc., at a weight ratio (A:B) of 10:1 to 1:10. n COPYRIGHT: (C)1991,JPO&Japio |