DEODORANT COMPOSITION

摘要

It is intended to provide a novel deodorant composition which is excellent in the deodorizing effect, makes it possible to give a deodorant composition by a convenient method and shows no decrease in the deodorizing performance even after a long time, once the deodorant being prepared. More specifically, a deodorant composition characterized by containing, as the active ingredient, a colored compound which is obtained by reacting polyphenol in an alkaline solvent in the coexistence of oxygen molecule at a reaction pH value of 6.5 or more. As a substitute for polyphenol, use can be made of a plant extract containing polyphenol but being substantially free from amino acids. It is also possible to further employ an amino acid. Moreover, use can be made of a plant extract and/or a plant body containing polyphenol together with an amino acid.