DEODORANT COMPOSITION, DEODORIZER AND FILTER EACH CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DEODORIZATION

摘要

A deodorant composition for removing odorous ingredients consisting mainly of carbonylated compounds, which contains a compound which itself has no problem concerning odor and corrosion and can efficiently deodorize the odorous ingredients; a small-scale deodorizer and a filter which each contains the deodorant composition and is effective in easily removing the odorous ingredients; and a method of deodorization which takes advantage of the deodorant composition. The deodorant composition comprises a compound reactive with odorous ingredients in the presence of water and a water-absorbing substance, the odorous ingredients being carbonylated compounds and the deodorant compound reactive with the odorous ingredients being at least one member selected from the group consisting of mono- and polyhydric phenols and derivatives of these, among which resorcinol is recommended.