NEW ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT BASED ON FATTY ACID ESTERS OF HYDROXY CARBOXYLIC ACIDS

摘要

The present invention relates to an antibacterial composition based on a combination of fatty acid ester of fatty acid and hydroxy carboxylic acid with an antibacterial agent selected from polylysine, protamine, their salts and mixtures hereof. The hydroxy carboxySic acid may be present as acid in its free form, in its salt form and/or in its ester form. The present invention further is directed to the use of said composition as antibacterial agent against gram-negative bacteria in various products, applications and methods. Furthermore, the present invention is related to products comprising said antibacterial agent.