MXPA01003374A - Laundry detergent and/or fabric care compositions comprising a chemical entity which contains a deposition aid with a high affinity for cellulose, a surfactant and a protease - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to laundry detergent and/or fabric care compositions comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease;wherein the chemical entity comprises a deposition aid having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent. Such compositions provide improved cleaning and/or fabric care performance.

Description

COMPOSITIONS DETERGENTS FOR LAUNDRY AND / OR FOR THE CARE OF FABRICS THAT COMPRISE A CHEMICAL ENTITY WHICH CONTAINS A DEPOSITION AUXILIARY WITH A HIGH AFFINITY FOR THE CELLULOSE, A SURGICAL AGENT AND A PROTEASE FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant > 'a protease; wherein the chemical entity comprises an apposition assistant having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Modern detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care contain common detergent ingredients such as anionic, nonionic, cationic, ampholytic, zwitterionic and / or semi-polar surfactants; as well as enzymes such as proteases, cellulases, lipases, amylases and / or peroxidases. Such detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care could also comprise various detergent ingredients having one or more purposes in obtaining fabrics that are not only clean, fresh and sanitized but also retain their appearance and integrity. Therefore, laundry detergents and / or fabric care compositions have been incorporated into the detergent compositions such as perfumes, hygiene agents, insect control agents, bleaching agents, fabric softeners, dye fixatives. , agents that release dirt and fabric polishing agents. It is important, when using such detergent components, that a certain amount of these compounds be deposited on the fabrics so that they are effective during or after the laundry process for fabric care. However, there always remains a need to formulate detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care that provide improved cleaning performance. The above objects have been met by formulating detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease; wherein the chemical entity comprises a deposition aid having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent. WO91 / 10732 discloses novel derivatives of cellulase enzymes that combine a central region derived from an endoglucanase that can be produced by a strain of Bacillus spp., NICMB 40250 with a Cellulose Binding Domain (CBD) derived from another cellulase enzyme or combining a central region derived from another cellulase enzyme with a CBD derived from said endoglucanase, for improved binding properties. WO94 / 07998 discloses cellulase variants of a cellulase classified in family 45, comprising a CBD, a Catalytically Active Domain (CAD) and a region linking the CBD to CAD, in which they have been added, deleted or substituted one or more amino acid residues and / or another CBD is added at the opposite end of the CAD. WO95 / 16782 relates to the cloning and expression at high levels of novel truncated cellulase proteins or derivatives thereof in Trichoderma longibrachiatum, which comprise different core regions with various CBD. WO97 / 01629 describes the preparation of cellulolytic enzymes in which the mobility of the cellulase component can be reduced by adsorption in an insoluble or soluble carrier, for example, by means of the existing or newly introduced CBD. WO97 / 28243 describes a process for the removal or bleaching of soils or stains of cellulosic fabrics in which the fabric is contacted in an aqueous medium with a modified enzyme comprising a catalytically active amino acid sequence of a non-toxic enzyme. cellulolytic selected from amylases, proteases, lipases, pectinases and oxidoreductases, linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain and a detergent composition comprising said modified enzyme and a surfactant. WO98 / 00500 discloses a composition comprising a protein deposition aid having a high affinity for the fibers or for a surface and having a benefit agent bound / adsorbed therein. Recent publications on protease enzymes comprise the following documents: WO 98/13461 which describes liquid laundry detergent compositions comprising detersive surfactants, active proteolytic enzyme and a proteolytic inhibitor; WO 98/54285 which discloses laundry detergent compositions comprising synthetic anionic surfactants, proteases, stabilizing agent, builder and detersive ingredients; WO 99/04016 which describes cleaning compositions comprising mutated cysteine proteases with reduced proteolytic activity; EP 755 999 which is directed to detergent compositions comprising an amylase which has improved stability against oxidation and a specific protease; EP 839 905 which describes foam compositions comprising a surfactant system and a protease enzyme. However, none of these documents disclose detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care for improved cleaning performance, comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease; wherein the chemical entity comprises a deposition aid having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care for improved cleaning and / or fabric care performance, comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease; wherein the chemical entity comprises a deposition aid having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease; wherein the chemical entity comprises a deposition aid having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent. It has now been found that detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care comprising the combination of a chemical entity with a surfactant and a protease, demonstrate improved fabric care performance including anti-wrinkle, anti-spoiling properties. and anti-shrinkage, as well as fabric softness and / or improved cleaning performance, including removal of stains and soils, cleaning of "percured" fabrics, maintenance of whiteness. Without wishing to be limited to the theory, it is believed that the deposition aid of the chemical entity joins the surface of the fabric which results in the disturbance of the fibers of the fabric. In this way, the stains and dirt become loose from the fibers of the fabric, allowing the surfactant and the protease to have an increased accessibility towards stains and dirt. As a result of such access capacity, the activity of the surfactant and the protease is increased, leading to improved cleaning and / or fabric care performance. In addition, the disturbance of the fibers of the fabric caused by the deposition aid increases the accessibility of the chemical entity as well as that of the fabric and thus increases the activity of the benefit agents adhered to the surface of the fabric. , offering superior benefits of lasting perfume, sanitation, elimination of stains / dirt, maintenance of whiteness, softness of the fabric and / or care of the color of the fabric. It has also been found that the addition of an amylase to the compositions of the present invention could also promote cleaning performance. Amylase provides improved removal of stains and soils containing carbohydrates / starch, and starch from the finishing treatment of textiles.

The chemical entity The detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention comprise, as an essential component, a chemical entity. Such chemical entities comprise one or more deposition aids having a high affinity for cellulose and one or more benefit agents, and potentially one or more linking regions. The chemical entities of the present invention are generally comprised in detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care at a level of 0.00001% up to 50%, preferably 0. 001% to 20%, more preferred from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the total composition.

The deposition aid The deposition assistant according to the present invention is any material having a high affinity for cellulose. The deposition auxiliaries suitable for the present invention are enzymes. Preferred enzymes are cellulases, lipases, phospholipases, proteases, cutinases, keratinases, keratanases, peroxidases, glucoamylases, amylases, xylanases, esterases, acetylesterases, pectinases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, ligninases, pullulanases, tanases, pentosanas, chitinases, mannanases, ß-glucanases, arabinosidases, arabinofurosidases, hyaluronidase, chondroitinase, dextranase, transferase, glucosyltransferases, laccase or carbohydrases. Cellulases are especially preferred. Preferably, the deposition aid for the purpose of the present invention is a binding domain of one of the aforementioned enzymes. In the context of the present invention, the binding domain represents the binding site of an enzyme, defined as an amino acid sequence that retains the binding affinity of the binding site. It is preferred that the binding site represented by the deposition aid be that of the cellulase, lipase, cutinase, keratinase or protease enzymes. It is especially preferred that it be the binding site of the cellulase, in particular the Cellulose Binding Domain (CBD). For the purposes of the present invention, the deposition aid is in effect an "amino acid sequence comprising a Cellulose Binding Domain or (CBD)" a term whose intention is to indicate a sequence of amino acids that can effect the binding of cellulase to a cellulosic substrate (for example, as described in P. Kraulis et al., Determination of the three-dimensional structure of the C terminal domain of cellobiohydrolase I from Trichoderma reesei A study using nuclear magnetic resonance and hybrid distance geometry -dynamically simulated annealing, Biochemistry 28: 7241-7257, 1989). The classification and properties of the cellulose binding domains were presented by P. Tomme et al., At the symposium "Enzymatic degradation of insoluble polysaccharides" (ACS Symposium Series 618, edited by J.N. Saddler and M.H. Penner, ACS, 1995).

Cellulose binding domains (and other carbohydrate binding domains) are amino acid sequences of polypeptides that are presented as integral parts of large polypeptides or proteins consisting of two or more polypeptide amino acid sequence regions, especially hydrolytic enzymes (hydrolases) which typically comprise a catalytic domain containing the active site for the hydrolysis of the substrate and a carbohydrate binding domain for binding to the carbohydrate substrate in question. Such enzymes may comprise more than one catalytic domain and one, two or three carbohydrate binding domains, and may also comprise one or more polypeptide amino acid sequence regions that link to the carbohydrate binding domain or domains with the domain or domains catalytic, being called a region of the latter type normally as a "linker" or as a "linker region". Examples of hydrolytic enzymes comprising a cellulose binding domain are cellulase, xylanases, mannanases, arabinofuranosidases, acetylesterases and cutinases. "Cellulose binding domains" have also been found in algae, for example, in the red alga Porphyra purpurea in the form of a non-hydrolytic polysaccharide binding protein [see P. Tomme et al., Cellulose-binding domains - Classification and Properties in Enzvmatic Degradation of Insoluble Carbohvdrates, John N. Saddler and Michael H. Penner (Eds.). ACS Symposium Series, No. 618 (1996)]. However, the majority of known CBDs (which are classified and mentioned by P. Tomme et al. (Op.cit.) As "cellulose binding domains" are derived from cellulases and xylanases. it is intended that the term "cellulose binding domain" be understood in the same manner as in the last reference (P. Tomme et al., op.cit.) The reference of P. Tomme et al., classifies more than 120"cellulose-binding domains" in 10 families (lX) which could have different functions or roles in relation to the substrate binding mechanism, however, it should be anticipated that in the future new representatives of additional families and families will appear. the proteins / polypeptides in which CBDs occur (for example, enzymes, typically hydrolytic enzymes such as cellulases), a CBD could be located at the extreme N terminus or C terminus 0 in any internal position. The part of a polypeptide or protein (e.g., hydrolytic enzyme) that constitutes a CBD per se typically consists of. more than about 30 and less than about 250 amino acid residues. For example, those CBDs listed and classified in the Family 1 according to P. Tomme et al. (op cit.) consist of 33-37 amino acid residues, those listed and classified in the Ha Family consist of 95-108 amino acid residues, those listed and classified in Family VI consist of 85-92 amino acid residues; while a CBD (derived from a Clostridium thermocellum cellulase) listed and classified in the Family VII consists of 240 amino acid residues. Accordingly, the molecular weight of an amino acid sequence constituting a CBD per se will typically be in the range of about 4kD to about 40kD, and usually below about 35kD. The cellulose-binding domains can be produced by recombinant techniques such as those described in H. Stálbrand et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Mar. 1995, p. 1090-1097; E. Burn et al., (1995) Eur. J. Biochem. 231, pp. 142-148; J.B. Coutinho et al., (1992) Molecular Microbiology 6 (9), pp. 1243-1252. In order to isolate a cellulose binding domain, e.g. from a cellulase, c.e could use various methods of genetic manipulation. One method uses restriction enzymes to remove a portion of the gene afterwards to fuse the gene-vector fragment remaining in a frame to obtain a mutated gene that codes for a truncated protein for a particular gene fragment. Another method includes the use of exonucleases such as Ba131 to systematically remove nucleotides either externally from the 5 'and 3' ends of the DNA or internally from a restricted space within the gene. These gene deletion methods result in a mutated gene encoding a shortened gene molecule whose expression product can then be evaluated to verify its substrate binding capacity (e.g., cellulose binding). Suitable substrates for evaluating binding capacity include cellulosic materials such as Avicel ™ and cotton fibers. Other methods include the use of a selective or specific protease that can cut a CBD, e.g., a terminal CBD, from the rest of the polypeptide chain of the protein in question. Preferred CBDs for the chemical entities of the present invention are selected from the group consisting of: CBHII CBDs from Trichoderma reesei, CBDs CenC, CenA and Cex from Cellulomonas fimi, CBD CBHI from Trichoderma reesei, CBD Cellulose from Clostridium cellulovorans, CBD E3 from Thermonospora fusca, CBD-dimer from Clostridium stecorarium (NCIMB11754) XynA, CBD from Bacillus agaradherens (NCIMB40482) and / or CBD family 45 from Humicola insolens. The CBDs that are most preferred for the purpose of the present invention are the CBD CenC of Cellulomonas fimi, CBD Cellulozoma of Clostridium cellulovorans and / or the CBD that originates from the fungal cellulase of Humicola Insolens sold under the trade name "Carezyme" by Novo Nordisk A / S. Carezyme is an endoglucanase of family 45, derived from umicola insolens DMS1800, which has a molecular weight of approximately 43 kDa and which exhibits cellulolytic activity. The most preferred CBDs for the chemical entities of the present invention are the CBD CenC of Cellulomonas fimi, CBD Cellulozoma of Clostridium cellulovorans, CBD family 45 of Humicola insolens, and / or mixtures thereof.

Linker Region The improved chemical entities of the present invention could also comprise one or more linker regions. The term "linker region" is intended to indicate a region that attaches to the deposition aid and connects it to the chemical component or components. The appropriate linking regions, if encompassed in the improved chemical entity of the present invention, are characterized by having one or more attachment points for a chemical component, and one or more portions that will be covalently bound to the deposition aid. Preferably, the linking regions of the present invention will encompass at least one attachment point to the deposition aid and more than one reactive group available for joining a chemical component, referred to herein as "polyreactive binding region". When present, this linker region can be obtained chemically or by recombinant techniques. The linking regions suitable for the purpose of the present invention are: 1) the polyethylene glycol derivatives described in the January 1996 catalog of Shearwater polymers, Inc., such as the PEG nucleophilic, the PEG carboxylic, the PEG electrophilically activated, the selective PEGs for sulfhydryl, the heterofunctional PEGs, the PEG-biotin, the vinyl derivatives, the PEG-silanes and the PEG-phospholipids. In particular, suitable non-amino acid linker regions are the heterofunctional PEG polymers, (X-PEG-Y), from Shearwater, such as PEG (NPC) 2, PEG- (NH 2) 2, t-BOC-NH-PEG- NH2, t-BOC-NH-PEG-CO2NHS, OH-PEG-NH-tBOC, FMOC-NH-PEG-CO2NHS or PEG (NPC) 2 PM 3400 from Sigma. 2) Other suitable linking regions are glutaric dialdehyde in 50% solution in Aldrich water, disuccinimidyl suberate (DSS) from Sigma, N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of? -maleimidobutyric acid (GMBS) from Sigma, 1-ethyl-hydrochloride 3- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC) from Sigma and dimethyl suberimidate hydrochloride (DMS) from Sigma, 1-ethyl-3- (3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide, 3-sulfonate from N-ethyl-5-phenylisoxazole , 1-cyclohexyl-3- (2-morpholinoethyl) carbodide, N-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-1,2, -dihydroquinoline or glutaraldehyde meto-p-toluenesulfonate. 3) also suitable crosslinkers described in the Pierce Product Catalog 1999/2000 of Pierce Company, under the heading "Interlacing reagents": the compounds SMPH, SMCC, LC-SMCC and preferably the compound Sulfo-KMUS. The preferred linker regions are polymers PEG (NPC) 2, (NH 2) 2-PEG, t-BOC-NH-PEG-NH 2, MAL-PEG-NHS, VS-PEG-NHS from Shearwater and / or the Sulfo-KMUS compound from Pierce. Suitable polyreactive linking regions include polyacrylic acid / maleic acid polymers, polyvinyl alcohol polymers, and / or amine-containing compounds such as those described in copending application PCT / US98 / 20491 filed September 30, 1998 by P & G, incorporated in the present invention for reference. Such amine-containing compounds include the aminoaryl derivatives, the polyamines, the substituted amines and amides, the glucamines, the dendrimers / saccharides of chitosan and the amines derived from polysaccharides and the peptide polymers. 1) Polyacrylic acid / maleic acid: polyacrylic acid, maleic acid and / or appropriate mixtures thereof are those in which one of the acid portions is covalently linked to an NH2 group present in the amino acid sequence of the deposition. The other acid units are the reactive groups available as potential binding sites for the chemical components through their alcohol / amine groups. 2) Polyvinyl alcohol polymers. These polymers may or may not even comprise the portion containing the polymerization initiator. - Without the acid portion containing the polymerization initiator, this polymer can be linked, for example, to the reactive group of aspartic or glutamic acid present in the amino acid sequence of the deposition aid by an esterification reaction. The polyvinyl alcohol polymer further comprises reactive hydroxyl groups available for attachment of the acid / aldehyde-containing chemical components. - With an acid portion containing the polymerization initiator, this acid portion of the polymer polymerization initiator, for example, can be linked to an NH2 group present in the amino acid sequence of the deposition aid. The polyvinyl alcohol polymer further comprises reactive hydroxyl groups available for attachment of the acid / aldehyde-containing chemical components. 3) Amine-containing compounds such as those described in copending application PCT / US98 / 20491 filed September 30, 1998 by P &G, incorporated in the present invention for reference and having the following general structure: B- (NH2) n, in which B is a carrier material, and n is an index with a value of at least 1. The vehicles Preferred B are organic or inorganic vehicles. By "inorganic vehicle", it is meant a vehicle whose base structure is not based or substantially not based on carbon. Preferred primary amines, among the inorganic carriers, are those selected from monomers or organic-organosilicon polymers or copolymers of amino-organosilane, siloxane, silazane, aluman, aluminosiloxane or aluminosilicate derivatives. Typical examples of such carriers are: organosiloxanes with at least one primary amine moiety such as diaminoalkylsiloxane [H2NCH2 (CH3) 2Si] O, or organoaminosilane (CßHs SiNI-b described in "Chemistry and Technology of Silicone", W. Noli, Academic Press Inc. 1998, London, p.209, 106. Preferred primary amines, among the organic carriers, are those selected from aminoaryl derivatives, polyamines, amino acids and derivatives thereof, amines and substituted amides, glucamines, dendrimers, polyvinylamines with a MW of about 600-50K; polyvinyl alcohol substituted with amino with a MW in the range of 400-300,000; polyoxyethylene bis [amine]; polyoxyethylene bis [6-aminohexyl]; N, N ' -bis- (3-aminopropyl) -1,3-propanediamine linear or branched, 1,4-bis- (3-aminopropyl) piperazine, and mixtures thereof The preferred aminoaryl derivatives are aminobenzene derivatives including alkyl esters of 4-aminobenzoa compounds to, and preferably selected from ethyl 4-aminobenzoate, phenylethyl 4-aminobenzoate, phenyl 4-aminobenzoate, 4-amino-N '- (3-aminopropyl) benzamide, and mixtures thereof. Polyamines suitable for use in the present invention are polyethyleneimines, poly [oxy (methyl-1,2-ethanediyl)], a- (2-aminomethylethyl) -α- (2-aminomethyl-ethoxy) polymers (= CAS No 9046-10-0); poly [oxy (methyl-1,2-ethanediyl)], a-hydro) -? - (2-aminomethylethoxy) -, ether with 2-ethyl-2- (hydroxymethyl) -l, 3-propanediol (= CAS No. 39423-51-3); commercially available under the brand name of Jeffamines T-403, D-230, D-400, D-2000; 2,2 ', 2"-triaminotriethylamine, 2,2'-diamino-diethylamine, 3,3'-diamino-dipropylamine, 1,3-bis-aminoethyl-cyclohexane, commercially available from Mitsibushi, and the commercially available C12 Sternamines Clariant such as Sternamin (propylenamine) n C12 with n = 3/4, and mixtures thereof Preferred polyamines are polyethyleneimines commercially available under the trademark Lupasol as Lupasol FG, G20wfv, PR8515, WF, FC, G20, G35, G100 , HF, P, PS, SK, SNA Preferred substituted amines and amides for use in the present invention are selected from nipecotamide, N-coco-1, 3-propendiamine, N-oleyl-1,3-propendiamine, N - (tallowalkyl) -1,3-propendiamine, 1,4-diamino-cyclohexane, 1,2-diamino-cyclohexane, 1,12-diaminododecane, and mixtures thereof Other primary amine compounds suitable for use in present invention are glucamines, preferably selected from 2,3,4,5,6-pentamethoxy-glucamine, 6-acetylglucamine, glucamine, and mixtures thereof. yourselves Also preferred are polyethylenimine and / or polypropyleneimine dendrimers, and polyamidoamine dendrimers (PAMAM) commercially available from Starburst®, generation G0-G10 from Dendritech, and dendrimers Astromols®, generation 1-5 from DSM with DiAminoButano dendrimers. Polyamine DAB (PA) x with x = 2nx4 and n being generally comprised between 0 and 4. Even other preferred primary amine compounds are: - Polyvinylamines with a molecular weight (MW) ranging between 600, 1200, 3K, 20K, 25K , or 50K; - Polyvinyl alcohol substituted with amino with a molecular weight ranging from 400-300,000; - Polyoxyethylene bis [amine] available, for example, from Sigma; - Polyoxyethylene bis [6-aminohexyl] available, for example, from Sigma; - N, N'-bis- (3-aminopropyl) -1,3-propanediamine linear or branched (TPTA); -1,4-bis- (3-aminopropyl) piperazine (BNPP). The most preferred compounds are ethyl 4-aminobenzoate, polyethylene imine polymers commercially available under the tradename Lupasol such as Lupasol FG G20, wfv, PR8515, WF, FC, G20, G35, G100, HF, P, PS, SK, SNA; glucamine; diaminobutane dendrimers Astramol®, polyvinylamines with a molecular weight that varies between 600, 1200, 3K, 20K, 25K or 50K; poly substituted amino alcohol with a molecular weight in the range of 400-300,000; polyoxyethylene bis [amine]; polyoxyethylene bis [6-aminohexyl]; Linear or branched N, N'-bis- (3-aminopropyl) -1,3-propanediamine; 1,4-bis- (3-aminopropyl) piperazine, and mixtures thereof. The most preferred primary amine compounds are selected from ethyl 4-aminobenzoate, polyethylene imine polymers commercially available under the tradename Lupasol as Lupasol FG G20, wfv, PR8515, WF, FC, G20, G35, G100, HF, P, PS , SK, SNA; the diaminobutane dendrimers Astramol®, N, N'-bis- (3-aminopropyl) -1,3-propanediamine linear or branched; 1,4-bis- (3-aminopropyl) piperazine, and mixtures thereof. The most preferred primary amine compounds are selected from ethyl 4-aminobenzoate, polyethylene imine polymers commercially available under the tradename Lupasol as Lupasol FG G20, wfv, PR8515, WF, FC, G20, G35, G100, HF, P , PS, SK, SNA; Linear or branched N, N'-bis- (3-aminopropyl) -1,3-propanediamine; 1,4-bis- (3-aminopropyl) piperazine, and mixtures thereof.

The most preferred polyreactive linking regions for use in the present invention are amino acids and their derivatives, especially ester and amide derivatives. These peptide polymers are linked to the deposition aid by a peptide bond. The most preferred compounds are those that provide substantivity to the improved surface due to their structural characteristic. The appropriate amino acids have the following functionality of formula: R = H, (L) -R *, The amino acids suitable for use herein are selected from tyrosine, tryptophan, lysine, glutamic acid, glutamine, aspartic acid, arginine, asparagine, phenylalanine, proline, glycine, serine, histidine, threonine, methionine, and mixtures thereof. Homopolymers with the same amino acids, or heteropolymers with different amino acids are suitable. For example, the amino acids serine, threonine and tyrosine possess the reactive hydroxyl group, the cysteine has a reactive group SH, the amino acids asparagine and glutamine possess an amido reactive group, and the lysine an amino reactive group. The link will be achieved preferably in tyrosine, cysteine or lysine. In particular, the free NH 2 group of a lysine amino acid or the terminal amino acid within the peptide polymer is used as a binding point for chemical components containing aldehyde, ene, one, ketone, or acid or halogen functional groups. Also suitable compounds are amino acid derivatives selected from tyrosine ethylate, glycine methylate, tryptophan ethylate, and mixtures thereof. These peptide polymers can be linked to the amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain, by recombinant technology. An example of the recombinant technique that describes the expression of an enzyme with the CBD of different origin is described in S. Karita et al., (1996) Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering, vol. 81, No. 6, p. 553-556. The polyreactive linker region can comprise from 1 to about 100 amino acid residues, in particular from 2 to 40 amino acid residues, for example, from 2 to 15 amino acid residues. It is preferred to use amino acids that are less favored by the surrounding proteases. In effect, any combination of amino acids can be selected to achieve maximum protease stability and weight efficiency. Suitable amino acid linker regions are the cellulase linker of family 45 of Humicola insolens, the NifA gene of the CiP linker of Klebsiella pneumoniae, the CiP linker of the OmpA gene of E. coli, the cellulase linker E3 of Thermomonospora fusca and the linker of cellulase CenA; preferably, the cellulase linker of family 45 of Humicola insolens and the cellulase linker E3 of Thermomonospora fusca.

Depending on the intended activity of the bound chemical component, said chemical components can be permanently or temporarily bonded to the deposition aid and / or to the linker region. Therefore, the present invention also encompasses chemical entities in which the chemical component is linked to the deposition assistant and / or to the linker region via a weak link. Such a weak link is a bond that can be enzymatically cleaved, oxidized , cut by light radiation and / or hydrolyzed during or after the fabric washing / care procedure to release the chemical component or components. Examples of weak bonds are the bonds of the Schiff bases or the beta-amino-ketone bonds.

The benefit agents The chemical entity of the present invention comprises a benefit agent. Within the context of the present invention, it is understood that the benefit agent is any compound that provides a desirable effect on a fiber or a fabric. The benefit agents that are encompassed in the chemical entity are preferably selected from perfumes, hygiene agents, insect control agents, fabric softening agents, soil release agents, bleaching agents, dye fixing agents, brighteners, surfactants and / or mixtures thereof. The most preferred benefit agents are perfume agents, insect control agents, hygiene agents and / or bleaching agents. In addition to these chemical entities, the compositions of the present invention may comprise the same unmodified benefit agents. The benefit agent of the present invention may be encapsulated. Suitable encapsulation material includes starches, polyvinyl acetate and urea / formaldehyde condensate based materials. Especially suitable encapsulation materials are water-soluble capsules consisting of a polysaccharide matrix and polyhydroxyl compounds such as those described in GB 1, 464,616. Other suitable water-soluble encapsulation materials comprise dextrins derived from non-gelatinized starch acid esters of substituted dicarboxylic acids, such as described in US 3,455,838. These acid ester dextrins are preferably prepared from starches such as waxy maize, waxy sorghum, sago, tapioca and potato. Suitable examples of said encapsulation materials include N-Lok, manufactured by National Starch. The encapsulation material N-Lok consists of a modified corn starch and glucose. The starch is modified by adding substituted monofunctional groups such as octenylsuccinic acid anhydride.

Perfumes A suitable chemical entity for the compositions of the present invention is a perfume entity in which at least one benefit agent is a perfume composition linked to a deposition aid by a weak link. It is believed that it will achieve the high substantivity of the perfume by linking the perfume agents to a deposition aid. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that slow hydrolysis of the weak link within the improved perfume entity will improve the release of the perfume. In effect, after the procedure of washing or care of the fabric, the weak bond will be hydrolyzed and the perfume will be released. It has been surprisingly discovered that these perfume entities in the compositions of the present invention provide increased pleasant and lasting fragrance, through economical and effective means. Also without. wishing to be limited to the theory, it is believed that the union of the perfume entities of the present invention to the surface of the fabric results in disturbance of the fibers of the fabric. The stains and dirt of the fabric come off the fibers of the fabric, and become more accessible to the surfactant and the protease. Therefore, it has been found that the laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention provide long-lasting fragrances in dry washed fabrics and an improved cleaning performance. Fully formulated fragrances can be prepared using numerous known odoriferous ingredients of synthetic or natural origin. The range of natural raw materials can encompass not only highly volatile substances, but also moderately volatile and slightly volatile components and those of synthetic substances can include representatives of virtually all kinds of fragrant substances, as will become apparent from the following compilation illustrative In this list of perfume ingredients, some are commercial names conventionally known to the person skilled in the art, and also include isomers. Such isomers are also suitable for use in the present invention. A typical description of the ketones and / or aldehydes traditionally used in perfumery can be found in "Perfume and Flavor Chemicals", Volumes I and II, S. Arctander, Allured Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-931710-35-5. For the purposes of the present invention, products based on aldehydes or ketones are preferred. - Natural products, such as absolute moss, basil oil, citrus fruit oils (for example, bergamot oil, tangerine oil, etc.), absolute mastic, myrtle oil, palmarrosa oil, patchouli oil, oil lentil of Paraguay, wormwood oil. - Alcohols such as farnesol, geraniol, linalool, nerol, phenylethyl alcohol, rodinol, cinnamic alcohol. - Aldehydes such as citral, Helional ™, alpha-hexyl-cinnamaldehyde, hydroxy-citronellal, Lilial ™ (p-tert-butyl-alpha-methyl-dihydrocinnamaldehyde), methyl-n-nylacetaldehyde, 1 -decanal, benzaldehyde, florhydral, 2,4-dimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1 -carboxaldehyde, cis / trans-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-al, heliotropin, 2,4,6-trimethyl-3-cyclohexen-1-carboxaldehyde, 2,6-nonadienal, alpha-aldehyde n-amylinnamic, PT bucinal, liral, cimal, methylinylacetaldehyde, hexanal, trans-2-hexenal, and mixtures thereof. - Ketones such as allylonone, alpha-ionone, beta-ionone, isoraldein (isomethyl-alpha-ionone), methylionone, alpha damascone, delta damascone, iso damascone, carvone, gamma-methyl-ionone, Iso-E-Super, 2, 4,4, 7-tetramethyl-oct-6-en-3-one, benzylacetone, beta damascone, enone ladies, methyl dihydrojasmonate, methyl-cedrilone, and mixtures thereof. - Esters such as allyl phenoxyacetate, benzyl salicylate, cinnamyl propionate, citronellyl acetate, citronellyl ethoxylate, decyl acetate, dimethylbenzylcarbinyl acetate, dimethylbenzylcarbinyl butyrate, ethyl acetoacetate, ethyl acetylacetate, hexenyl isobutyrate, ethyl acetate, linalyl, methyl dihydrojasmonate, styrallylacetate, vetyveryl acetate, etc.; - Lactones such as gamma-undecalactone, various components frequently used in perfumery, such as musk ketone, indole, p-menthan-8-thiol-3-one, and methyleugenol. Acétals and ketals include the well-known methyl- and ethyl-acetals and ketals, as well as benzaldehyde-based acetals or ketals, those comprising phenylethyl moieties or the more recently developed specialties, such as those described in the US patent entitled "Acétales" and ketals of oxo-tetralins and oxo-indanes "; see US Pat. No. 5,084,440, issued on January 28, 1992, assigned to Givaudan Corp. Recent synthetic features include the enol ethers of oxotetralins and alkyl substituted oxoinnanes such as those described in US Pat. No. 5,332,725, of July 26, 1994, assigned to Givaudan; or the Schiff bases such as those described in patent E.U.A. No. 5,264,615, of December 9, 1991, assigned to Givaudan. When encompassed in the compositions of the present invention these perfume entities will generally be commingled at a level of 0.001% to 20%, preferably from 0.005% to 5% by weight of the total composition.

Hygiene agent An additional suitable chemical entity for the present invention is a hygiene entity in which at least one benefit agent is a hygiene agent, linked to a deposition aid. The hygiene agent will be linked to the deposition assistant and / or to the linker region through a weak link in order to release the active material over time during or after the washing or care procedure of the fabric. Preferably, the hygiene agent comprises a hydroxyl, carboxyl or reactive aldehyde moiety.

It has been surprisingly discovered that such hygiene entities in the laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions of the present invention provide extremely durable and highly efficient control of the growth of microorganisms in stored and used fabrics. Without wishing to be limited to the theory, it is believed that the union of the hygiene entity to the surface of the fabric increases the ease of access to the stains and dirt of the dirty clothes for the surfactant and protease to act, as well as the hygiene agent, which allows excellent control over the growth of microorganisms in the stored and used fabrics, as well as an improved cleaning performance. Sanitation includes all the positive effects obtained by the inhibition or reduction of microbial activity on fabrics and other surfaces, such as the prevention of the development of bad odor and the growth of bacteria / fungi. For example, sanitation provides prevention of the development of bad odor in stored and used fabrics. In particular, the composition of the invention will inhibit or at least reduce the development of bacteria and / or fungi in wet fabrics that are awaiting a subsequent washing procedure, thereby preventing malodour formation. The term "hygiene agents" in the present invention encompasses fungicides and antimicrobials that when applied to fabrics prevent or reduce the growth of fungi and bacteria respectively. The sanitation benefits of the laundry and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention can be evaluated by the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) as described in Tuber. Lung. Dis. 1994, August; 75 (4): 286-90; J. Clin. Microbiol. 1994, May; 32 (5): 1261 -7 and in J. Clin. Microbiol. 1992, October; 30 (10): 2692-7. Preferred antibacterial compounds are pentadecanol, cinnamaldehyde, ionone, glutaraldehyde, citronellal. In the reference "Parfums Cosmétiques Actualités" No. 125, November 1995, 51-4, other suitable antimicrobial compounds having a hydroxyl, carboxyl or aldehyde moiety are described. Other suitable antibacterial components are the Nerodol compounds, which may be linked to the carboxylic groups or the succinic acid linked to the alcohol group of the deposition aid and / or to the linker region. A further example is the Cipamaldehyde and / or beta ionone compounds which can form, for example, a Schiff base or a beta-amino ketone with the NH 2 groups of the deposition aid and / or the linker region. Also suitable are the ingredients with microbicidal activity described in the "Disinfectancts and Antiseptics" manual edited by JM Ascenzi and in WO97 / 46218 such as 2-hydroxydiphenyl ether, phenol derivatives, diphenyl compounds, benzyl alcohols, chlorhexidine, C12 alkyl betaines. -14 and C8-18 fatty acid amidoalkyl betaines, amphoteric surfactants, trihalogenocarbanilides and quaternary ammonium salts. Also suitable are the cationic germicides described in EP 843 002 and WO98 / 24314 and the antibacterial agents triclosan, triclocarban, hydantoin DMDM, pyroctone olamine, zinc pyrithione, selenium disulfide, climnazole and 3-methyl-4- (1- methylethyl) phenol also described in said documents. Other examples of suitable fungicides are given in WO94 / 10286 (Henkel), CA943 429 (Unilever) and US 3,426,024 (Henkel). Preferred antimicrobials are 2-thiocyanomethylthiobenzothiazole (Busan30 WB from Buckmann), butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (Butylparabens from Ñipa Labs), propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (Propylparabens from Ñipa Labs), terpineol, borneol, phenolic alcohol, trichlorocarbanilidem, Irgasan DP300 ( 2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenyl ether), and the higher homologs of the hydroxybenzoate esters. Additional examples of bactericides used in the hygiene agent entities of this invention include the aldehyde, 2-bromo-2-nitropropan-1,3-diol sold by Inolex Chemicals located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under the trade name Bronopol® , and a mixture of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one sold by Rohm and Haas Company under the tradename Kathon. Suitable additional hygiene agents include: 1- or 2-hexadecanol, 2-tetradecanol, 1-pentadecanol, 1-undecanol, 2-dodecanol, 1-tridecanol, nerolidol, hinochitiol, tropolone, berberine, citronellic acid, curcumin, N- 2-mercaptouridine oxide, ellagic acid (dihydrate), 3-t-butyl-5-methylsalicylic acid, 3-, 4- or 5-methylsalicylic acid, 1 -nonanol, decyl alcohol, cinnamaldehyde, S-citronellal or R-citronellal , citronellol, beta-ionone, Thujone, coumarin and its derivatives, geraniol, citral, thymol, isobutylquinoline or isopropylquinoline, 2-butyl-5-methylphenol, 2-mercapto-3-pyrolinin, perilylic alcohol, 6-hydroxy-1, 3 -benzoxathiol-2-one, BOAT, (iso) -eugenol, ment-1-en-9-ol, 2-t-butyl-4-methylphenol, kojic acid, camphene, carveol, dihydroxycarboxylic acid, isojasmone, menthol, cineole, terpinol, camphor, 2-t-butyl-methylphenol, 2-tridecanone. Acetylsalicylic acid, salicylaldoxime, undecylenic aldehyde, nerol, 3,5,5-trimethyl-1-hexanol, adipic acid, thiosalicylic acid, OH-benzoic acid, 2-methylbenzothiazole, 2-aminobenzothiazole, caryophyllene, allyl-isocyanate, carvone, alpha -pinene, salicylic acid, alpha-ionone, 2OH- or 3OH-phenethyl alcohol, trimethoxy BP, undecylenic aldehyde, cineole, anisaldehyde, bornyl acetate, salicylhydroxamic acid, benzofuran car., syringaldehyde. Preferably, the levels of the hygiene entity should be such as to prevent the growth of fungi and bacteria in the fabrics, instead of just preventing growth within the detergent compositions for laundry and / or for the care of fabrics per se. . When present in the compositions of the present invention, these hygiene entities will generally be comprised at a level of 0.00001% up to 20%, preferably from 0.00001% up to 5% by weight of the total composition.

Insect Control Agent Additional appropriate chemical entities for the compositions of the present invention are insect control entities in which at least one benefit agent is an agent for insect control, linked to a deposition assistant . Surprisingly, it has been determined that such insect control agent entities in laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions provide long-lasting insect control by the slow release of the insect control agent. Indeed, the attachment of the entity for insect control to the surface of the fabrics results in the disturbance of the fiber of the fabric and therefore the detachment of stains and dirt and an improved ease of access for the surfactant and the protease, as well as for the agent for insect control. With this, the laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions of the present invention which combine such insect control entities with a surfactant and a protease, provide improved insect control performance and improved cleaning performance. Such insect control agents are linked to the deposition assistant and / or binding region by a weak linkage to release the active material over time. For example, these materials can be linked to the NH2 group present in the deposition assistant and / or Shiff base link region or Michael reaction. The term "insect control agent" refers to both insecticides and insect repellent, either individually or in combination. Examples of insect repellents can be found in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Fourth Edition, volume 13, pages 474 to 478. Insect repellents include aldehyde-based compounds, such as citronellal and rotundial, compounds based on Ona, such as Butopironoxil (Indalone TM), benzyl benzoate, bioallethrin and dimetrin, N, N-diethyl toluamide ("DEET"), N, N-diethylbenzamide, p-menthane-3,8-diol, 1S, 3S, 4S, 6S-caren-3,4-diol (Sumitomo-USA 5,130,136), acid-piperidinecarboxylic acid, 2- (2-hydroxyethyl) -, 1-methylpropyl ester, 1- (3-cyclohexen-1-yl-carbonyl) -2-methylpiperidine, 1- (3- cyclohexene-1-ylcarbonyl) piperidine, N, N-diethylmandelamide, hydrate of sopulegol, ethyl-3 (N-butyl-N-acetyl) aminopropionate, diisopropyladipate, -biasal, peppermint oil, benzyl alcohol, N, N- diethylphenylacetamide, vitamin E, citronella oil, coconut oil, cedar oil, geraniol, lemon oil, thyme oil, rosemary oil, peppermint oil a, geranium oil, eugenol, 3-acetyl-2- (2-, 6-dimethyl-5-hepetin) oxyizidine, (2-hydroxymethylcyclohexyl) acetic acid, lactone and eucalyptol. Other agents for the control of insects are based on pyrethroid insecticides, in particular 3-phenoxybenzyl-DL-cis, trarrs-3- (2,2-dichlorovinyl) 2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-carboxylate (permethrin). WO98 / 17772 describes the insect repellent agent propionate 3- (N-butylacetamine) ethyl for use in detergents. Preferred insect repellents are aldehyde-based compounds, such as citronellal and rotundial. These insect control agent entities are generally comprised in the detergent and / or laundry fabric care compositions of the present invention at a level of 0.1% to 40%, preferably 0.1% to 10% by weight of the total composition.

Blotting agent An additional chemical entity suitable for the present invention is a bleaching entity in which at least one benefit agent is a bleaching agent, linked to a deposition aid. Said bleaching agent can be selected from hydrophilic bleach activators, hydrophobic bleach activators, metal catalysts and / or photoactivated bleach. It has been surprisingly discovered that the bleaching action with such bleaching entities within the laundry and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention, results in increased bleaching / removal of stains / soils and increased maintenance of whiteness. Without wishing to be limited to the theory, it is believed that increased bleaching / removal of stains / soils and increased maintenance of whiteness results in the generation of oxygen radicals, the perhydrolysis of peracetic acid or peracid occurring very close to the surface of the cloth. Said peracetic acid or peracid is less diluted in the washing solution because the bleaching entity of the present invention is deposited rather efficiently on the fabric thereby improving the bleaching action on the surface of the fabric. In addition, the bleaching action of the whitening entity could also lead to the staining / staining of the fabric being further solubilized because the bleaching activity oxidizes the non-polar groups to more polar groups. The stains and soluble soils become more accessible to the surfactant and the protease due to the union of the chemical entity, which results in an improved cleaning performance, including the removal of stains and dirt, the cleaning of percussive articles and / or the maintenance of whiteness. Preferably, the bleach activator is linked to the deposition assistant by a more preferred binding region through a polyreactive binding region. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the presence of such a linking region provides movement flexibility to the bleach activator thereby enabling it to more efficiently perform its bleaching action on the fibers of the fabric. 1) hydrophilic bleach activator For example, tetraacetylethylene diamine (TAED) is a common bleach activator used in laundry detergents and forms peracetic acid in the presence of H2O2. It is known that the two NH2 groups of ethylenediamine are diacetylated to form TAED. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that diacetylation of the free NH.sub.2 groups from the deposition aid and / or the binding region form a substantive hydrophilic bleach activator to the fabrics. The TAED-type hydrophilic bleach activator can be linked, for example, by a diacetylation reaction to any of the NH2 groups of the deposition aid and / or the binding region of the present invention. 2) hydrophobic bleach activators Hydrophobic bleach activators, such as nonanoylbenzenesulfonate, are common bleach activators used in laundry detergents. It has been surprisingly discovered that the phenolic portion can be replaced by that present in the amino acid tyrosine present in the deposition aid and / or the binding region. The precursors of active hydrophobic bleach activators such as the nonanyl unit can be linked to the phenolic group of an amino acid such as the tyrosine present in the peptide deposition aid and / or the binding region. Likewise, if a phenol entity is not available in the deposition aid and / or the binding region, a phenol unit can be linked to an NH2 group in this deposition aid and / or binding region. Hydrophobic bleach activators in general can be linked to the deposition assistant and / or to the binding region, for example by a reaction in the NH2 groups. Other examples of suitable hydrophobic bleach activators are: nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (NOBS, described in US Pat. No. 4,412,934), 3,5-trimethylhexanoloxybenzenesulfonate (ISONOBS, described in EP 120,591) or pentaacetylglucose (PAG) or N-nonanoyl-6-phenolsulfonate ester -aminocaproic acid (NACA-OBS, described in WO94 / 28106), which are perhydrolyzed to form a peracid as the active bleaching species, leading to an improved bleaching effect. Also suitable activators are activators based on a caprolactam leaving group such as benzoylcaprolactam and quaternary ammonium hexanoylcaprolactam; imidate activators such as N-nonanoyl-N-methylacetamide and the asymmetric non-cyclic imide type bleach activator of the following formula as described in co-pending patent applications of Procter & Gamble of E.U.A with serial No. 60 / 022.786 (of July 30, 1996) and No. 60 / 028,122 (of October 15, 1996): O O R2 in which Ri is a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl group of C7-C? 3, R2 is a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated alkyl group of C? -C8 and R3 is an alkyl group saturated or unsaturated of straight or branched chain of C? -C. For example, these bleach activators can be linked to any of the NH2 groups in the polyreactive binding region. Also suitable are preformed peracids such as nonilamidoperoxiadipic acid and N, N-phthaloylaminoperoxycaproic acid and diacylperoxides such as dibenzoyl peroxide. 3) Metal catalysts A third type of bleach activator which may be comprised in the bleaching entity of the present invention, are the metal catalysts described below. For example, these catalysts can be linked to the NH2 groups of the deposition assistant and / or the binding region through their cycloazo blocking portions. Examples of metal-containing catalysts that are used in the bleaching compositions include cobalt-containing catalysts, such as cobalt pentaaminacetate salts (III) and manganese-containing catalysts, such as those described in EPA 549 271; EPA 549 272; EPA 458 397; US 5,246,621; EPA 458 398; US 5,194,416 and US 5,114,611. A bleaching composition comprising a peroxy compound, a manganese-containing bleach catalyst and a chelating agent, is described in patent application No. 94870206.3. 4) photoactivated bleacher Another group of suitable bleach activators that may be included in the bleach entity of the present invention are the photoactivated bleaches. For example, the linkage can be achieved between the NH2 groups and the benzyl groups of these photoactivated bleaches, activated by preliminary bromination. Suitable photoactivated bleaching agents are the sulphonated phthalocyanines of zinc and / or aluminum. These materials can be deposited on the substrate during the washing process. After irradiation with light, in the presence of oxygen, such as by hanging the garments to dry in daylight, the sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine is activated and, consequently, the substrate is bleached. The preferred zinc phthalocyanine and a photoactivated bleaching process are described in the U.S.A. 4,033,718. Typically, the detergent compositions will contain from about 0.025% to about 1.25%, by weight, of sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine. In addition to this bleaching entity, the compositions of the present invention may also comprise bleaching species such as hydrogen peroxide, PB1, PB4 and percarbonate with a particle size of 400-800 microns, typically present at levels of about 1% to about 25% When included in the compositions of the present invention, these bleaching entities will generally be comprised at a level of from 0.01% to 40%, preferably from 0.1% to 10% by weight of the total composition.

Fabric Softening Agent The present invention includes a fabric softening entity. This fabric softening entity comprises more than one chemical component, wherein at least one of the components is a softening component linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain. These fabric softening entities may be incorporated in a detergent composition and / or for the care of laundry fabrics. Surprisingly it has been discovered that such fabric softening entities provide restorative or renewal properties of tensile strength, anti-wrinkle, antiestrope and anti-shrinkage to fabrics, as well as providing properties and benefits of static control, softness to the fabric, appearance of color and anti-wear of the fabric. In fact, in recent years a desirable aspect on the part of consumers to obtain cloth garments with durable ironing, particularly in cotton fabrics. Garments with permanent press include those garments that resist wrinkling of fabrics both during use and during the washing process. Permanent ironing garments can greatly reduce the manual work associated with laundry by eliminating the ironing procedure sometimes necessary to prevent wrinkles in fabrics. However, in most commercially available durable ironing fabrics, the ability of the fabric to resist wrinkling is reduced over time by repeatedly using and washing the garment. Generally, these fabric softening entities will be comprised at a level of from 0% to 50%, preferably from 0% to 30%, most preferably from 0% to 15% by weight of the total composition. A suitable softening component are the dialkyl units, which can be linked, for example, by dialkylation of the NH2 groups comprised in the CBD, binding region and / or poly-active bond region. Preferably, such fabric softening entities will not comprise a weak bond. The dialkyl units suitable for the compositions of the present invention can be extracted from the following cationic surfactants surfactants currently used in the context of laundry detergents and / or fabric care. The alkyl or alkenyl chain must contain at least 11 carbon atoms. The chain can be straight or branched. Specific examples of alkyl or alkenyl chains herein include: 1) N.N-di (tallowyloxyethyl); 2) N, N-di (2-tallowoyloxy-2-oxo-ethyl); 3) N, N- (2-tallowyloxyethylcarbonyloxyethyl); 4) N- (2-tallowoyloxy-2-ethyl) -N- (2-tallowoyloxy-2-oxoet; 1); 5) N- (2-tallowoyloxy-2-oxoethyl) -N- (tallow); and 6) 1,2-diisoxyloxy; and mixtures of any mentioned materials. Preferred alkyl chains for the purposes of the present invention N, N-di (tallowyl-oxy-ethyl), wherein the tallow chains are at least partially unsaturated. Other suitable softening components include quaternary ammonium softening compounds having a solubility in water at a pH of 5.2 and 20 ° C of less than 10 g / l. It is particularly useful if the softening component is a quaternary ammonium compound in which at least one long chain alkyl group is connected to the quaternary ammonium compound via at least one ester linkage. A suitable cationic softener is described in US 4,137,180 (Naik) and WO93 / 23510. Also suitable as softening components are clay or silicone. Suitable clays include a three layer smectite clay, preferably having a cation exchange capacity as described in GB 1, 400,898 and USP 5,019,292. Especially preferred is clays that are 2: 1 layer phyllosilicates that have a grid loading efficiency on a scale of 0.2 to 0.4 g equivalents for each unit cell half as described in EP 350 288 (Unilever). Any polymeric lubricant suitable for softening a fabric is also included in the present invention. These include silicone and in particular those described in GB1, 549,180, EP 459 821 (Unilever) and EP 459 822 (Unilever).

Dye fixing agents The present invention includes a dye fixing entity. This dye binding entity comprises more than one chemical component, wherein at least one of the components is a dye binding component, linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain. Also included in the present invention are detergent and / or laundry fabric care compositions comprising a dye binding entity. Surprisingly it has been found that such dye binding entities provide improved anti-wear and color appearance properties. In fact, colored garments have a tendency to wear and present losses in appearance. A portion of this loss in color appearance can be attributed to abrasion in washing procedures, particularly in automatic washers and automatic dryers. Dye fixing agents or "fixatives" are commercially known materials already known that are designed to improve the appearance of the dyed fabric by minimizing dye loss from the fabrics due to the washing procedures. Various colorant fixatives are cationic and are based on various organic nitrogen compounds cationically charged or otherwise quaternized. The fixators are available under various trade names from different suppliers. Representative examples include CROSCOLOR PMF (July 1981, code No. 7894) and CROSCOLOR NOFF (January 1988, code No. 8544) from Crosfield; INDOSOL E-50 (February 27, 1984, reference no 6008.35.84, based on polyethyleneamine) from Sandoz; SANDOFIX TPS, which is also available from Sandoz and is a preferred polycationic fixative to be used in the present invention and SANDOFIX SWE (cationic resinous compound), REWIN SRF, REWIN SRF-O and REWIN DWR from CHT-Beitlich GMBH. Other cationic dye fixing agents are described in "Aftertreatments for improving the fastness of dyes on textile fibers" by Christopher C. Cook (REV PROG. COLORATION Vol. 12, 1982). Dye fixing agents suitable for use in the present invention are ammonium compounds such as fatty acid diamine condensates for example hydrochloride, acetate, methosulfate and benzyl hydrochloride of oleildiethyl aminoethylamide, methylsulphomethyldietilenediamine methosulfate, mono-stearylethylenediaminotrimethylammonium methosulfate and oxidized products of tertiary amines; derivatives of polymeric alkyldiamines, polyamine-cyanuric chloride condensates and aminated glycerol dichlorhydrins. The amount of dye binding agent entities that will be employed in the composition of the present invention is preferably from about 0.01% to about 15% by weight of the composition, most preferably about 0.1% to about 15% by weight. weight, much very preferably from about 0.25% to about 10% by weight of the composition.

Dirt releasing agents The present invention includes a soil release entity. This soil release entity comprises more than one chemical component, wherein at least one of the components is a dirt release material, linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain. Surprisingly it has been found that such a modified soil release material provides better deposition of the soil release agent on the fabric, and therefore better soil release performance. Also included in the present invention are detergent and / or laundry fabric care compositions comprising a soil release entity. The material for soil release suitable in the present invention are ethylene glycol oligomers, polyethylene glycol and derivatives such as transesterified polyethylene glycols and polyoxyethylene propylene. Other suitable soil release agents useful in the compositions of the present invention are conventionally copolymers or terpolymers of terephthalic acid with ethylene glycol and propylene glycol units in various arrangements. Examples of such polymers are described in the patents of E.U.A. Nos. 4116885 and 4711730 commonly assigned, and in published European patent application No. 0 272 033. A particularly preferred polymer in accordance with EP-A-0272 033 has the formula: (CH3 (PEG) 43) o.75 (POH) o.25lT-PO ) 2.8 (T-PEG) o.4] - T (POH) o.25 ((PEG) 43CH3) o.75 where PEG is - (OC2H4) O-, PO is (OCßHßO) and T is (pcOC6H4CO) . Also very useful are modified polyesters such as random copolymers of dimethyl terephthalate, dimethyl sulfoisophthalate, ethylene glycol and 1-2-propanediol, the end groups consisting mainly of sulfobenzoate and secondarily of monoesters of ethylene glycol and / or propane diol . The objective is to obtain a polymer blocked at both ends by sulfobenzoate groups; "mainly", in the present context, means that the majority of said copolymers herein will be blocked at their ends by sulfobenzoate groups. However, some copolymers will not be completely blocked and therefore their end groups may consist of monoester of ethylene glycol and / or propane 1-2 diol, thereof, which consist "secondly" of said species. The polyesters selected herein contain about 46% by weight of dimethylterephthalic acid, about 16% by weight of propane-1,2-diol, about 10% by weight of ethylene glycol, about 13% by weight of methylsulfobenzoic acid and about) 5% by weight. of sulfoisophthalic acid, and have a molecular weight of about 3,000. Polyesters and their method of preparation are described in detail in EPA 311 342. Other soil release agents that are currently used in the detergent field are those described in US Pat. No. 4,968,451, November 6, 1990 to JJ. Scheibel and EP Gosselink, such ester oligomers can be prepared by a) ethoxylation of allylic alcohol, b) reaction of the product of (a) with dimethyl terephthalate ("DMT") and 1,2-propylene glycol ("PG") in a two-stage transesterification / oligomerization process, and c) reaction of the product of (b) with sodium metabisulfite in water, the blocked end, non-ionic 1, 2-propylene / polyoxyethylene terephthalate polyesters described in US Patent 4,711, 730 of December 8, 1987 to Gosselink et al., For example those produced by the transesterification / oligomerization of poly (ethylene glycol) methyl ether, DMT, PG and poly (ethylene glycol) ("PEG"); oligomeric partially and completely anionic blocked ends of the US patent. No. 4,721, 580 of January 26, 1988 to Gosselink, such as the oligomers of ethylene glycol ("EG"), PG, DMT and hydroxyoctanesulfonate of Na-3,6-dioxa-8; the oligomeric polyester block non-ionic block compounds of the U.S.A. 4,702,857 from October 27, 1987 to Gosselink. For example produced from DMT, PEG with blocked and EG and / or PG, or a combination of DMT, EG and / or PG, PEG with blocked me and Na-dimethyl-5 sulfoisophthalate; and the anionic blocked end terphthalate esters, especially, sulfoaroyl of the U.S. patent. 4,877,896 from October 31, 1989 to Maidonado, Gosselink et al., Being the last typical of SRA useful in laundry products as well as fabric conditioners, an example being an ester composition made of m-sulfobenzoic acid, monosodium salt , PG and optional EMT but preferably further comprising added PG, for example PEG 3,400. Another preferred soil release agent is a type of sulphonated blocked end described in the patent of US Pat. No. 5,415,807.

Brighteners The present invention includes a brightening agent entity. This brightening agent entity comprises more than one chemical component, wherein at least one of the components is a brightening agent, linked to an amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain. Surprisingly it has been discovered that such a brightening agent entity provides a better deposition of the brightening agent on the fabric, and therefore better whiteness maintenance performance. Furthermore, it has been discovered that various brightening agents that are not currently used in the detergent field can also be used in the present invention thanks to their increased substantivity in the fabrics, in particular during a softening process during washing. Preferably, such polishing agent entities will not comprise a weak union. Detergent and / or laundry fabric care compositions comprising a brightening agent entity are also included. When included, the compositions herein may comprise from about 0.005% to 5% by weight of certain types of hydrophilic optical brighteners that also provide a dye transfer inhibiting action. If used, the compositions herein will preferably comprise from about 0.001% to 3.5% by weight of said optical brighteners. Suitable brighteners for the compositions of the present invention are: Carbocyclic compound types such as diethyrylbenzenes, di-styrylbiphenyls and divinyl-ethylbenes; Triazinylaminostilbenes; - Stilbenzyl-2H-triazoles such as stilbene-2H-naphtho [1,2-d] triazoles and bis (1, 2,3-triazol-2-yl) stilbenes; Benzoxazoles such as stilbenzylbenzoxazoles and bis (benzoxazoles); Furans, benzo [b] furans and benzimidazoles such as bis (benzo [b] furan-2-yl) biphenyls and cationic benzimidazoles; 1,3-Diphenyl-2-pyrazolines; Coumarinas; Naphthalimides; Derivatives of 1, 3,5-triazin-2-yl. For example, a coumarin-type brightener can be attached to the selected NH2 group or amido group of the CBD and / or linker region. Preferred are bleach-stable brighteners such as 1,4-di (2-methylaminostyryl) benzene. Other suitable brighteners that can be linked to the selected CBD according to the present invention are the hydrophilic optical brighteners having the structural formula: where R- | it is selected from anilino, N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl and NH-2-hydroxyethyl; R2 is selected from N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl, N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-methylamino, morpholino, chloro and amino; and M is a salt-forming cation such as sodium or potassium. - When in the previous formula, R- | is anilino, R2 is N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl and M is a cation such as sodium, the brightener is acid 4,4 ', bis [(4-anilino-6- (N-2-bis-hydroxyethyl) -s -triazin-2-yl) amino] -2,2'-stilbene-disulfonic acid and its disodium salt. This particular brightener species is marketed under the Tinopal-UNPA-GX brand by Ciba-Geigy Corporation. Tinopal-UNPA-GX is the preferred hydrophilic optical brightener useful in the add-on compositions in the present rinse. - When in the above formula R-is anilino, R2 is N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-2-methylamino and M is a cation such as sodium, the brightener is the disodium salt of 4,4'-bis [ (4-anilino-6- (N-2-hydroxyethyl-N-methylamino) -s-triazin-2-yl) amino] -2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid. This particular brightener species is marketed under the Tinopal 5BM-GX brand of Ciba-Geigy Corporation. - When in the above formula R1 is anilino, R2 is morpholino and M is a cation such as sodium, the brightener is the sodium salt of 4,4'-bis [(4-anilino-6-morphino-s -triazin-2-yl) amino] 2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid. This particular brightener species is marketed under the Tinopal AMS-GX brand of Ciba-Geigy Corporation. Other suitable optical brighteners are anionic in nature, examples of which are 4,4'-bis- (2-diethanolamino-4-anilino-s-triazin-6-ylamino) stilbene-2: 2'-disulfonate disodium, 4, -4'-bis- (2- disodium morpholino-4-anilino-s-triazin-6-ylamino-stilben-2: 2-disulfonate, 4,4'-bis- (2,4-dianilino-s-triazin-6-ylamino) stilbene-2: 2 Disodium bisulfonate, 4 ', 4"-bis- (2,4-dianilino-s-triazin-6-ylamino) stilben-2-sulfonate monosodium, 4,4'-bis- (2-anilino-4- ( N-methyl-N-2-hydroxyethylamino) -s-triazin-6-ylamino) stilbene-2,2'-disulfonate disodium, 4,4'-bis- (4-phenyl-2,1, 3-triazole-2) -yl) -disilben-2,2'-disulfonate disodium, 4,4'-bis (2-anilino-4- (1-methyl-2-hydroxyethylamino) -s-triazin-6-ylamino) stilbene-2,2 disodium disulfonate, 2- (stilbe-4"- (naphtho-1 ', 2': 4,5) -1, 2,3-triazole -2" -sulfonate of sodium and 4,4'-bis (2- sulfoestiryl) biphenyl The highly preferred brighteners are the specific brighteners of co-pending European patent application No. 95201943.8 When included in the compositions of the present invention, these Brighteners will generally be comprised at a level of 0.001% to 10%, preferably 0.005% to 3.5% by weight of the composition.

Other appropriate benefit agents Other chemical components for binding to a cellulose binding domain according to the present invention are latexes and resins. Latex is defined as a suitable material to improve the folding of fabrics. Suitable materials include a polyvinylacetate homopolymer such as 9802 (Vinamul). The resins prevent the formation of pellets on the fabrics. Suitable resins are Knittex BE from Ciba-Geigy or silicas such as Crosanol NS from Crosfiled.

The surfactant The second essential element of the laundry and / or fabric care detergent compositions according to the present invention is a surfactant which is selected from nonionic, anionic, cationic, ampholytic, zwitterionic, semi-polar and / or mixtures thereof. It has been surprisingly discovered that laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease, achieve improved cleaning performance and / or improved fabric care performance. Without wishing to be limited to the theory, it is believed that the union of the chemical entity to the surface of the fabric disturbs the fibers of the fabric, resulting in the detachment of the stains and soils from the dirty clothes and therefore an ease of increased access to stains and dirt from dirty clothes, which allows the surfactant to efficiently remove such stains and dirt. This also increases the ease of access of the chemical entity to the fibers of the fabric and thus increases its performance. Therefore, such detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care provide improved cleaning performance, including the removal of stains and soils, cleaning of "percured" fabrics, maintenance of whiteness. In addition, such improved accessibility of the fabric fibers allows the surfactant, especially a cationic surfactant, to provide improved fabric care benefits, including the properties of anti-wrinkle, anti-break and anti-shrink as well as softness to fabrics. The surfactants are typically present at a level of from 0.1% to 60% by weight, preferably from 1% to 35% by weight, more preferred from 1% to 30% by weight of the total composition of the present invention. A preferred surfactant system for the compositions of the present invention comprises a system of surfactants comprising a mixture of nonionic and anionic surfactants. Preferably, such surfactant system will comprise a weight ratio of nonionic surfactant to anionic surfactant of at least 1: 10. As will be described below, the preferred nonionic surfactants are selected from polyethylene oxide condensates of alkylphenols, polyhydroxy fatty acid amide and / or mixtures thereof and the preferred anionic surfactants are selected from linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, alkyl sulfate ethoxylates. , alkylsulphates, branched anionic surfactants in the middle region of their chain and / or mixtures thereof. The surfactant systems of the detergent compositions for laundry and fabric care of the present invention will preferably also comprise a cationic surfactant. Suitable cationic surfactants are cationic compounds that provide fabric cleaning benefits, and cationic softening compounds that provide softness to fabrics. For the purposes of the invention the preferred cationic surfactants are the "detergent" cationic surfactants. With cationic surfactants: cos "detergents" is meant a cationic surfactant having detersive properties. Preferred cationic detergent surfactants are selected from: coconut trimethyl ammonium chloride or bromide, preferably coconut methyl dihydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide, more preferred decyl dimethyl hydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide, and / or mixtures thereof. The detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention preferably comprise said cationic surfactants at levels of not more than 5%, preferably from 1% to 2% by weight of the composition.

Nonionic Surfactants The nonionic surfactants suitable for the surfactant system of the present invention are the condensates of polyethylene oxide, polypropylene and polybutylene of alkylphenols, with the polyethylene oxide condensates being more preferred. These compounds include the condensation products of alkylphenols having an alkyl group containing from about 6 to about 14 carbon atoms, preferably from about 8 to about 14 carbon atoms, either in a straight chain or branched chain configuration with the alkylene oxide. In a preferred embodiment, the ethylene oxide is present in an amount equal to between about 2 to about 25 moles, more preferably about 3 to about 15 moles, of ethylene oxide per mole of alkylphenol. Commercially available nonionic surfactants of this type include Igepal ™ CO-630, marketed by GAF Corporation; and Triton ™ X-45, X-114, X-100 and X-102, all sold by Rohm & Haas Company. These surfactants are commonly known as alkylphenol alkoxylates (alkylphenol ethoxylates). The condensation products of the primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene oxide are suitable for use as the nonionic surfactant of the nonionic surfactant system of the present invention. The alkyl chain of the aliphatic alcohol may be either straight or branched, primary or secondary, and generally contains from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms. The condensation products of alcohols having an alkyl group containing from about 8 to about 20 carbon atoms, more preferably from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms, with from about 2 to about 10 moles of ethylene oxide are preferred. mol of alcohol. Approximately 2 to about 7 moles of ethylene oxide, and more preferably 2 to 5 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol are present in said condensation products. Examples of commercially available nonionic surfactants of this type include Tergitol ™ 15-S-9 (the linear alcohol condensation product of Cj 1-C15 with 9 moles of ethylene oxide), Tergitol ™ 24-L-6 NMW (the primary alcohol condensation product of C-12- C14 with 6 moles of ethylene oxide with a narrow molecular weight distribution), both marketed by Union Carbide Corporation; Neodol ™ 45-9 (the linear alcohol condensation product of C14-C15 with 9 moles of ethylene oxide), Neodol ™ 23-3 (the linear alcohol condensation product of C-12-C13 with 3.0 moles of ethylene oxide), Neodol ™ 45-7 (the linear alcohol condensation product of C-14-C15 with 7 moles of ethylene oxide), Neodol ™ 45-5 (the linear alcohol condensation product of C14-C -15 with 5 moles of ethylene oxide) marketed by Shell Chemical Company, Kyro ™ EOB (the condensation product of C13-C-15 alcohol with 9 moles of ethylene oxide), marketed by The Procter & Gamble Company, and Genapol LA O3O or O5O (the condensation product of C-12-C14 alcohol with 3 or 5 moles of ethylene oxide) marketed by Hoechst. The preferred range of HLB in these products is 8-11 and more preferred is 8-10. Also useful as the nonionic surfactant of the surfactant systems of the present invention are the alkyl polysaccharides described in US Pat. No. 4,565,647, Filling, issued January 21, 1986, having a hydrophobic group containing from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms, preferably from about 10 to about 16 carbon atoms, and a polysaccharide, for example, a polyglucoside, a hydrophilic group containing from about 1.3 to about 10, preferably from about 1.3 to about 3, more preferred from about 1.3 to about 2.7 units of saccharide. Any reducing saccharide containing 5 or 6 carbon atoms can be used, for example, the glucose, galactose and galactosyl portions can be substituted for the glucosyl portions (optionally the hydrophobic group is attached in the 2-, 3-, 4- positions). -, etc., thus giving a glucose or galactose unlike a glucoside or galactoside). The linkages between saccharides can be, for example, between position one of the additional saccharide units and positions 2-, 3-, 4- and / or 6- of the preceding saccharide units.

The alkyl polyglucosides that are preferred have the formula R2? (CnH2nO) t (glucosyl) x wherein R ^ is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkylphenyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkylphenyl groups and mixtures thereof, in which the alkyl groups contain from about 10 to about 18, preferably from about 12 to about 14 carbon atoms, carbon; n is 2 or 3, preferably 2; t is from 0 to approximately 10, preferably 0; and x is from about 1.3 to about 10, preferably from about 1.3 to about 3, more preferred from about 1.3 to about 2.7. The glucosyl is preferably derived from glucose. To prepare these compounds, the alkylpolyethoxylated alcohol or alcohol is first formed, and then reacted with glucose or a glucose source to form the glucoside (linkage at position 1). The additional glucosyl units can then be linked between their position 1 and the 2-, 3-, 4- and / or 6- position in the preceding glucosyl units, preferably and predominantly in position 2. The condensation products of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol are also suitable for use as the additional nonionic surfactant system of the present invention. The hydrophobic portion of these compounds will preferably have a molecular weight of from about 1500 to about 1800, and will exhibit insolubility in water. The addition of polyoxethylene portions to this hydrophobic portion tends to increase the water solubility of the molecule as a whole, and the liquid character of the product is retained to the point where the polyoxyethylene content is about 50% of the total weight of the condensation product, which corresponds to the condensation with up to about 40 moles of ethylene oxide. Examples of compounds of this type include some of the commercially available Plurafact ™ LF404 and Pluronic ™ surfactants sold by BASF. Also suitable for use as the nonionic surfactant of the nonionic surfactant system of the present invention are the condensation products of ethylene oxide with the product resulting from the reaction of propylene oxide and ethylene diamine. The hydrophobic portion of these products consists of the reaction product of ethylenediamine and excess propylene oxide, and generally has a molecular weight of about 2500 to about 3000. This hydrophobic portion is condensed with ethylene oxide to the extent that the product of The condensation contains from about 40% to about 80% by weight of polyoxyethylene and has a molecular weight of from about 5,000 to about 11,000. Examples of this type of nonionic surfactant include some of the commercially available compounds Tetronic ™, marketed by BASF. Preferred for use as the nonionic surfactant of the surfactant systems of the present invention are the polyethylene oxide condensates of alkylphenols, the condensation products of primary and secondary aliphatic alcohols with from about 1 to about 25 moles of ethylene, alkyl polysaccharides and mixtures thereof. The most preferred are the C8-C14 alkylphenol ethoxylates having from 3 to 15 ethoxy groups and the alcohol ethoxylates of Cs-C-is (preferably of average C ^ Q) that have from 2 to 10 ethoxy groups, and mixtures thereof. The highly preferred nonionic surfactants are the polyhydroxy fatty acid amide surfactants of the formula R2-C-N-Z II I OR R, wherein R1 is H, or R1 is C1-C4 hydrocarbyl, 2-hydroxyethyl, 2-hydroxy propyl or a mixture thereof, R2 is C5-31 hydrocarbyl and Z is a polyhydroxyhydrocarbyl having a linear hydrocarbyl chain with at least 3 hydroxyls directly connected to the chain, or a derivative alkoxylated thereof. Preferably, R ^ is methyl, R2 is an alkyl chain of C- | -J-C-J S or straight C-jg-C-is alkyl or alkenyl such as coconut alkyl or mixtures thereof, and Z is derived from a reducing sugar such as glucose, fructose, maltose and lactose, in an amination reaction reductive Suitable anionic surfactants to be used are the alkyl benzene sulphonate, lneneal, ester sulfonate surfactants of alkyl including linear esters of carboxylic acids of C8-C20 (os say, fatty acids) that are suifonated with gaseous SO3 according to "The Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society", 52 (1975), pp. 323-329. Suitable starting materials could include natural fatty substances such as those derived from tallow, palm oil, etc. The preferred alkyl ester sulfonate surfactant, especially for laundry applications, comprises alkyl ester sulfonate surfactants of the structural formula: OR R3- CU- C- OR4 SO3M wherein R3 is a hydrocarbyl of Cs-C20 > preferably an alkyl or combination thereof, R4 is a hydrocarbyl of C < \ -CQ, preferably a alkyl or a combination thereof, and M is a cation that forms a water soluble salt with the alkyl ester sulfonate. Suitable salt-forming cations include metals such as sodium, potassium and lithium, and substituted or unsubstituted ammonium cations such as monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and triethanolamine. Preferably, R3 is C-10-C16 alkyl, R4 is methyl, ethyl or isopropyl. Methyl ester sulfonates are especially preferred in wherein R3 is C- | o-Ci6 alkyl- Other suitable anionic surfactants include the alkyl sulfate surfactants which are salts or water-soluble acids of the formula ROSO3M, wherein R is preferably a hydrocarbyl of C-10-C24, preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl having a C10-C20 alkyl component. more preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl of C- | 2-C < | 8 > and M is H or a cation, for example, an alkali metal cation (eg, sodium, potassium, lithium), or ammonium or substituted ammonium (eg, methyl-, dimethyl-, and trimethylammonium cations and ammonium cations quaternary such as tetramethylammonium and dimethylpiperidinium cations and quaternary ammonium cations derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine and mtizclas thereof, and the like). Typically, the C12-C16 alkyl chains are preferred for lower wash temperatures (e.g., below about 50 ° C) and the C- | ß_- | 3 alkyl chains are preferred for higher wash temperatures (e.g. , above approximately 50 ° C). Other anionic surfactants useful for the detersive purposes may also be included in the laundry and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention. These may include salts (including, for example, sodium, potassium, ammonium and substituted ammonium salts such as mono-, di- and triethanolamine salts) of soap, C8-C22 primary or secondary alkanesulfonates. C8-C24 olefinsulfonates, suifonated polycarboxylic acids prepared by the sulfonation of the pyrolyzed product of alkaline earth metal citrates, for example, as described in the description of British Patent No. 1, 082, 1979, C8-C24 alkyl polyglycol ether sulfates (which contain up to 10 moles of ethylene oxide); alkylglycerol sulfonates, acylglycerol fatty sulphonates, oleylglycerol fatty sulphates, alkylphenol ethylene oxide sulphates, paraffin sulfonates, alkyl phosphates, setionates, such as acyl isethionates, N-acyl taurates, alkyl succinamates and sulfosuccinates, monoesters of sulfosuccinates (especially saturated and unsaturated C-12-C18 monoesters) and diesters of sulfosuccinates (especially unsaturated saturated C5-C-12 diesters), acyl sarcosinates, alkylpolyacharide sulfates such as alkyl polyglycoside sulfates ( the non-sulphonated non-ionic compounds being described below), branched primary alkyl sulphates and alkyl polyethoxycarboxylates such as those of the formula RO (CH2CH2?) | -CH2COO-M + wherein R is a C8-C22 alkyl. k is an integer from 1 to 10 and M is a soluble salt forming cation. Resin acids and hydrogenated resin acids are also suitable, such as rosin, hydrogenated rosin and rosin acids, as well as hydrogenated rosin acids present in or derived from wood oil. Additional examples are described in "Surface Active Agents and Detergents" (Vol. I and II by Schwartz, Perry and Berch). A variety of such surfactants are generally also described in the U.S.A. No. 3,929,678, issued December 30, 1975 to Laughiin, and others, in Column 23, line 58 to Column 29, line 23 (incorporated herein by reference). When included therein, the laundry and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention typically comprise from about 1% to about 40%, preferably from about 3% to about 20% by weight of said surfactants anionic Highly preferred anionic surfactants include the alkoxylated alkyl sulfate surfactants which are water soluble salts or acids of the formula RO (A) mSO3M wherein R is an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group of C10-C24 r. substituted having a C10-C24 alkyl component, preferably an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl of C-12-C20. more preferred is C12-C18 alkyl or hydroxyalkyl. A is an ethoxy or propoxy unit, m is greater than zero, typically between about 0.5 and about 6, more preferred between about 0.5 and about 3, and M is H or a cation which may be, for example, a metal cation ( for example, sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.) or an ammonium or substituted ammonium cation. The ethoxylated alkyl sulfates as well as the propoxylated alkyl sulphates are also contemplated in the present invention. Specific examples of substituted ammonium cations include methyl-, dimethyl-, and trimethylammonium cations and quaternary ammonium cations such as tetramethylammonium and dimethylpiperidinium cations and those derived from alkylamines such as ethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, mixtures thereof and the like. Exemplary surfactants are polyethoxylated alkyl sulfate of C-12-C-18 (1.0) (C- | 2-C- | 8E (1.0) M), polyethoxylated alkyl sulfate of C-12-C18 (2.25) (C-) 2- C- | 8E (2.25) M), polyethoxylated alkylsulfate of C-12-C-I8 (3 °) (C-i2-C- | 8E (3.0) M), and polyethoxylated alkyl sulfate of C12-C-18 (4.0 ) (C- | 2-Ci8E (4.0) M), in which M is conveniently selected from sodium and potassium. The rather preferred additional anionic surfactants are the anionic surface-branched anionic surfactants described in the co-pending EUA applications with serial numbers US97 / 06485, U397 / 06474, US97 / 06339, US97 / 06476 and US97 / 06338 and US Pat. in WO97 / 33091. These medium-chain, longer alkyl chain branched surfactant compounds are of the formula: Ab-XB in which (I) A is a branched alkyl portion in the middle region of the chain, hydrophobic, having a total of 9 to 22 carbons in the portion, preferably from about 12 to about 18, having: (1) a longer linear carbon chain attached to the -XB portion on the 8 to 21 scale carbon atoms; (2) one or more alkyl portions of d-C3 branching from this longer linear carbon chain; (3) at least one of the branching alkyl portions is directly attached to a carbon of the longest linear carbon chain at a position within the carbon 2 position scale, counting from the carbon 1 (# 1) position it binds to the -XB portion, to the position of the terminal carbon minus 2 carbons (carbon (? -2)); and (4) when more than one such compound is present, the total average number of carbon atoms in the Ab-X portion in the above formula is within the range of more than 14.5 to about 18, preferably 15 to approximately 17; (II) B is a hydrophilic portion selected from sulfates, sulphonates, amine oxides, polyoxyalkylene, preferably polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene, alkoxylated sulfates, polyhydroxy portions, phosphate esters, glycerol sulfonates, polygluccinates, polyphosphate esters, phosphonates, sulfosuccinates, sulfosuccinates , polyalkoxylated carboxylates, glucamides, taurinates, sarcosinates, glycinates, isethionates dialkanolamides, monoalkanolamides, monoalkanolamide sulphates, diglycolamides, diglycolamide sulfates, glycerol esters, glycerol ester sulfates, glycerol ethers, glycerol ether sulphates, polyglycerol ethers, polyglycerol ether sulphates, sorbitan esters, esters of polyalkoxylated sorbitan, ammonioalkanosulfonates, amidopropylbetaines, alkylated quaternary compounds, alkylated / polyhydroxyalkylated quaternary compounds, alkylated quaternary compounds, alkylated oxypropyl quaternary compounds / poly hydroxylates, imidazolines, 2-yl-succinates, suifonated alkyl esters and suifonated fatty acids; and (III) X is selected from -CH2- and -C (O) -.

Preferred surfactant systems herein comprise branched, middle chain, longer alkyl chain surfactant compounds of the above formula in which the Ab portion is a branched primary alkyl moiety having the formula : R R1 R2 CH3CH2 (CH2) wCH (CH2)? CH (CH2) and CH (CH2) r In which the number of carbon atoms in the branched primary alkyl portion of this formula (including the branches R, R1 and R2) is from 13 to 19; R, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen and C1-C3 alkyl (preferably methyl), with the proviso that R, R1 and R2 are not all hydrogen and, when z is 0, at least R or R1 is not it is hydrohene; w is an integer from 0 to 13; x is an integer from 0 to 13; and is an integer from 0 to 13; z is an integer from 0 to 13; and w + x + y + z is from 7 to 13. In general, for the branched surfactant compounds in the middle part of their chain of the surfactant system, certain branching points (eg, localization along the the chain of the portions R, R1 and / or R2 in the above formula) are preferred over other branch points along the base structure of the surfactant. The formula below illustrates the branching scale in the middle region of the chain (ie, where the branching points are present), the branching scale in the middle region of the chain that is preferred, and the branching scale in the middle region of the chain that it prefers especially for branched mono-methyl alkyl portions A13 useful in accordance with the present invention. in the middle of the chain It should be noted that for substituted mono-methyl surfactants these scales exclude the two terminal carbon atoms of the chain and the carbon atom immediately adjacent to the -X-B group. The formula below illustrates the branching scale in the middle region of the chain, the branching scale in the middle region of the chain that is preferred and the branching scale in the middle region of the chain that is especially preferred for Ab portions. substituted alkyl dimethyl moieties useful in accordance with the present invention.

CHCH2CHCHCH2CH2 (CH2)? CHCHCH2CHCH- most preferred scale - preferred scale - branching scale - halfway down the chain Preferred are surfactant compounds in the which in the above formula the Ab portion does not have carbon atoms substituted by quaternaries (ie, 4 carbon atoms adhered directly to a carbon atom). The most preferred middle chain branched surfactant compounds for use in the detergent compositions herein are middle chain branched, primary, alkyl sulfonate surfactants and, most preferably, sulfate. Preferred are primary alkyl sulfate surfactants branched in the middle region of your chain that have the formula R R1 R2 I I I CH3CH2 (CH2) CH (CH2) CH (CH2) CH (CH2) zOS03M These surfactants have a linear primary alkyl sulfate chain base structure (ie, the longest linear carbon chain that includes the sulfated carbon atom) preferably comprising from 12 to 19 carbon atoms and their branched primary alkyl moieties. preferably comprise at least a total of 14 and preferably not more than 20, carbon atoms. In the surfactant system comprising more than one such sulfate surfactant, the average total number of carbon atoms for the branched primary alkyl portions is preferably within the range of more than 14.5 to about 17.5. In this manner, the surfactant system preferably comprises at least one primary branched alkyl sulfate surfactant compound having a longer linear carbon chain of not less than 12 carbon atoms or not more than 19 carbon atoms, and the total number of carbon atoms including the branch must be at least 14, and furthermore the total average number of carbon atoms for the branched primary alkyl portion is within the range of more than 14.5 to about 17.5. R, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from hydrogen and a C1-C3 alkyl group (preferably hydrogen or C1-C2, more preferably hydrogen or methyl, and more preferably methyl), with the proviso that R, R ^ and R2 are not all hydrogen. Also, when z is 1, at least R or R1 is not hydrogen.

M is hydrogen or a salt-forming cation depending on the synthesis method. Examples of salt-forming cations are lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, quaternary alkylamines having the formula: R3 R6- N-R4 wherein R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, alkylene C-1-C22. C4-C22 branched alkylene, C-i-Cg alkanol, alkenylene of C1-C22, branched C4-C22 alkenylene and mixtures thereof. The Preferred cations are ammonium (R3, R4, R5 and R6 are equal to hydrogen), sodium, potassium, mono-, di- and trialkanolamor.io, and mixtures thereof. The monoalkanolammonium compounds of the present invention they have R3 equal to C- CQ alkanol, R4, R5 and R6 ¡gUa | to hydrogen; the dialkanolammonium compounds of the present invention have R3 and R4 equally alkanol of C - \ - Cß, R $ and Rβ equal to hydrogen; the compounds of trialkanolammonium of the present invention have R3, R4 and R ^ equal to alkanol of C- | -C6, ß equal to hydrogen. The alkanolammonium salts of the present invention which are preferred are the mono-, di- and triamonium quaternary compounds having the formulas: H 3 N + CH 2 CH 2 OH, H 2 N + (CH 2 CH 2 OH) 2, HN + (CH 2 CH 2 OH) 3 The M that is preferred is sodium, potassium and alkanolammonium salts of C2 listed above; more preferred is sodium.

With respect to the previous formula, w is an integer from 0 to 13; x is an integer from 0 to 13; and is an integer from 0 to 13; z is an integer of at least 1; and w + x + y + z is an integer from 8 to 14. Another preferred surfactant system of the present invention has one or more branched primary alkyl sulphates having the formula: R1 R2 I I CH3CH2 (CH2)? CH (CH2) and CH (CH2) zOS03M wherein the total number of carbon atoms, including branching, is from 15 to 18, and when more than one of those sulphates is present, the total average number of carbon atoms in the primary branched alkyl portions having the formula previous is within the scale from more than 14.5 to about 17.5; R1 and R are each independently hydrogen or CrC3 alkyl; M is a cation soluble in water; x is from 0 to 11; and is from 0 to 11; z is at least 2; and x + y + z is 9 to 13; with the proviso that R1 and R2 are not both hydrogen. Preferably, the surfactant system comprises at least 20% by weight of the system, more preferably at least 60% by weight, even more preferably at least 90% by weight of the system, of branched primary alkyl sulphates in the middle region of its chain preferably having R ^ and R2 independently hydrogen or methyl, with the proviso that R1 and R are not both hydrogen; x + y are equal to 8, 9 or 10 and z is at least 2, whereby the average total number of carbon atoms in these sulfate surfactants is preferably 14 to 18, more preferably 15 to 17, yet more preferably from 16 to 17. Additionally, the preferred surfactant systems are those comprising at least about 20%, more preferably at least 60%, even more preferably at least 90% by weight of the system, of one or more alkyl sulfates branched in the middle region of its chain that have the formula: or mixtures thereof; in which M represents one or more cations, a, b, d and e are integers, a + b is from 10 to 16, d + e is from 8 to 14 and in which also when a + b = 10, a is a integer from 2 to 9 and b is an integer from 1 to 8; when a + b = 11, a is an integer from 2 to 10 and b is an integer from 1 to 9; when a + b = 12, a is an integer from 2 to 11 and b is an integer from 1 to 10; when a + b = 13, a is an integer from 2 to 12 and b is an integer from 1 to 11; when a + b = 14, a is an integer from 2 to 13 and b is an integer from 1 to 12; when a + b = 15, a is an integer from 2 to 14 and b is an integer from 1 to 13; when a + b = 16, a is an integer from 2 to 15 and b is an integer from 1 to 14; when d + e = 8, d is an integer from 2 to 7 and e is an integer from 1 to 6; when d + e = 9, d is an integer from 2 to 8 and e is an integer from 1 to 7; when d + e = 10, d is an integer from 2 to 9 and e is an integer from 1 to 8; when d + e = 11, d is an integer from 2 to 10 and e is an integer from 1 to 9; when d + e = 12, d is an integer from 2 to 11 and e is an integer from 1 to 10; when d + e = 13, d is an integer from 2 to 12 and e is an integer from 1 to 11; when d + e = 14, d is an integer from 2 to 13 and e is an integer from 1 to 12; whereby, when more than one of those sulfate surfactants is present in the surfactant system, the total average number of carbon atoms in the primary branched alkyl portions having the above formulas is within the range of more than 14.5 to approximately 17.5. The preferred branched mono-methyl primary alkyl sulphates are selected from the group consisting of: 3-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 4-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 5-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 6-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 7-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 8-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 9-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 10-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 11- metilpentadecanolsulfato, 12-metilpentadecanolsulfato, 13-metilpentadecanolsulfato, 3-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 4-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 5-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 6-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 7-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 8-metilhexadecanolsulfato, metilhexadecanolsulfato 9-, 10-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 11 metilhexadecanolsulfato, 12-metilhexadecanolsulfato, 13-methylhexadecanolsulfate, 14-methylhexadecanolsulfate and mixtures thereof. Preferred branched di-methyl primary alkyl sulphates are selected from the group consisting of: 2,3-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,4-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,5-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,6-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,7-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2, 8-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,9-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,10-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,11-methyltetradecanolsulfate, 2,12-methyltetradecanolsuHoto, 2,3-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,4-methylpentadecsnolsulfate, 2,5-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,6- methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,7-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,8-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,9-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,10-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,11-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,12-methylpentadecanolsulfate, 2,13-methylpentadecanolsulfate, and mixtures thereof. The following branched primary alkyl sulphates comprising 16 carbon atoms and having a branching unit are examples of branched surfactants useful in the compositions of the present invention: 5-methylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 6-methylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 7-methylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 8-methylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 9-methylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: -methylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: wherein M is preferably sodium.

The following branched primary alkyl sulphates comprising 17 carbon atoms and having two branching units are examples of preferred branched surfactants according to the present invention: 2,5-dimethylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 2,6-dimethylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 2,7-dimethylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 2,8-dimethylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 2,9-dimethylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: 2,10-dimethylpentadecylsulfate having the formula: wherein M is preferably sodium.

Cationic Surfactant The cationic detersive surfactants suitable for use in the laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention are those having a long chain hydrocarbyl group. Examples of such cationic surfactants include ammonium surfactants such as alkyltrimethylammonium halides and those surfactants having the formula: [R2 (OR3) and] [R (OR3) and] 2R5N + X- wherein R2 is an alkyl or alkylbenzyl group having from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, each R3 is selected from the group consisting of -CH2CH2-, -CH2CH (CH3) -, -CH2CH (CH2? H) -, -CH2CH2CH2-, and mixtures thereof; each R 4 is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 4 alkyl, C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl ring structures formed by joining the two groups R4 -CH2CHOH-CHOHCOR6CHOHCH2OH, in which R6 is any hexose or hexose polymer having a molecular weight of less than about 1000, and hydrogen when and not being 0; R ^ is the same as R4 or is an alkyl chain in which the total number of carbon atoms of R2 plus R5 is not greater than about 18; each y is from 0 to approximately 10 and the sum of the values ranges from 0 to approximately 15; and X is any compatible anion. The quaternary ammonium surfactant suitable for the present invention has the formula (I): Formula I wherein R 1 is a short chain alkyl (C 6 -C 10) or alkylamidoalkyl of the formula (II): Formula II and is 2-4, preferably 3, wherein R2 is H or a C1-C3 alkyl, whereby x is 0-4, preferably 0-2, more preferred 0, whereby R3, R4 and R5 are either the same or different, and can be either a short chain alkyl (C1-C3) or alkoxylated alkyl of the formula (III), whereby X "is a counter ion, preferably a haiogenide, for example chloride or methylisulfate.

Formula III R6 is C- | -C4 and z is 1 or 2. Preferred quaternary ammonium surfactants are those as defined in formula I in which R1 is Cs, C-io or mixtures thereof, x = or, R3, R4 = CH3 and R5 = CH2CH2OH. The highly preferred cationic surfactants are the water-soluble quaternary ammonium compounds useful in the present composition, having the formula: Rl R2R3R4N + x "(') in which Rj is CQ-C alkyl <Q, each of R2, R3 and R4 is independently C-1-C4 alkyl, C-1-C4 hydroxyalkyl, benzyl Y - (C2H4o) x ^, in which x has a value of 2 to 5 and X is an anion. No more than one of R2, R3 or R4 must be benzyl. The preferred length of the alkyl chain for R- | is C-12-C-15, particularly when the alkyl group is a mixture of chain lengths derived from palm or coconut seed fat or synthetically derived by olefin accumulation or the synthesis of alcohols OXO Preferred groups for R2, R3 and R4 are methyl and hydroxyethyl groups, and the anion X can be selected from ions of haiogenide, methosulfate, acetate and phosphate. Examples of quaternary ammonium compounds of the formula (i) for use in the present invention are: coconut trimethyl ammonium chloride or bromide; coconut methyl dihydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide; decyl triethyl ammonium chloride; decyl dimethyl hydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide; C-12-C15 dimethyl hydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide; coconut dimethyl hydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide; Methyl Trimethyl Ammonium Methyl Sulfate; chloride or bromide of lauryl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride or bromide of lauryl dimethyl (ethenoxy) 4 ammonium; Hill esters (compounds of the formula (i) in which R-j is C12 alkyl 14 and R2R3R4 are methyl). di-alkyl imidazolines [compounds of the formula (i)]. Other cationic surfactants useful in the present invention are also described in the U.S. patent. No. 4,228, 044, Cambre, issued October 14, 1980, and in the European patent application EP 000,224. Typical cationic softening components of fabrics include the water-insoluble quaternary ammonium fabric softening actives or their corresponding amine precursor, the most commonly used being the long di-alkyl chain ammonium chloride or methylisulfate. Preferred cationic softeners include the following: 1) ditallowdimethylammonium chloride (DTDMAC); 2) dichlorhydrogenation-dimethylammonium chloride; 3) dihydrogenated dimethylammonium methylisulfate; 4) distearyldimethylammonium chloride; 5) dioleyldimethylammonium chloride; 6) dipalmitylhydroxyethylmethyl ammonium chloride; 7) stearylbenzyldimethylammonium chloride; 8) sebotrimethylammonium chloride; 9) sebohydrogenated trimethylammonium chloride; 10) alkylhydroxyethyldimethylammonium chloride of C < 2-14- 11) alkyldihydroxyethyldimethylammonium chloride of C- | 2-18; 12) di (stearoyloxyethyl) dimethylammonium chloride (DSOEDMAC); 13) di (tallowoxyethyl) dimethylammonium chloride; 14) diseboimidazolinium methylisulfate; 15) 1- (2-tallowylamidoethyl) -2-tallowylimidazolinium methylisulfate. The biodegradable quaternary ammonium compounds have been presented as alternatives for the traditionally used long di-alkyl chain ammonium chlorides and methanesulfates. Such quaternary ammonium compounds contain long chain alkyl (en) yl groups interrupted by functional groups such as carboxyl groups. Such materials and fabric softening compositions containing them are described in numerous publications such as EP-A-0,040,562 and EP-A-0,239,910. The quaternary ammonium compounds and amine precursors of the present invention have the formula (I) or (II), below: (0 (ll) in which Q is selected from -OC (O) -, -C (O) -O-, -OC (O) -O-, NR4-C (O) -, -C (O) -NR4-; R is (CH2) nQ-T2 or T3; R2 is (CH2) m-Q-T4 or T5 or R3; R3 is C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl or H; R 4 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl or C 1 -C 4 hydroxyalkyl; T "l, T, T3, T4 and T5 are independently C11-C22 alkyl or alkenyl, n and m are integers from 1 to 4, and X" is an anion compatible with softener. Non-limiting examples of anions compatible with softener include chloride or methylisulfate. The chain T1, T2, T3, T4 and T ^ of the alkyl or alkenyl must contain at least 11 carbon atoms, preferably at least 16 carbon atoms. The chain can be straight or branched. Sebum is a convenient and inexpensive source of long chain alkyl and alkenyl material. Particularly preferred are compounds in which T1, T2, T3, T4 and T ^ represent the mixture of long chain materials typical for tallow. Specific examples of quaternary ammonium compounds suitable for use in the aqueous fabric softening compositions of the present invention include: 1) N, N-di (tallowyloxyethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride; 2) N, N-di (tallowyloxyethyl) -N-methyl, N- (2-hydroxyethyl) -ammonium methylisulfate; 3) N, N-di (2-tallowyl-oxy-2-oxo-ethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride; 4) N, N-di (2-tallowyl-oxy-ethylcarbonyl-oxy-ethyl) -N, N-dimethylammonium chloride 5) N- (2-tallowyloxy-2-ethyl) -N- (2-seboyl) -oxi-2-oxo-ethyl) -N, N-dimethyl-ammonium; 6) N, N, N-tri (tallowyloxyethyl) -N-methylammonium chloride; 7) N- (2-tallowyl-oxy-2-oxo-ethyl) -N- (tallowyl-N, N-dimethyl-ylammonium chloride and 8) 1,2-disodium-oxy-3-trimethylammoniopropane chloride and mixtures of any of the above materials. The surfactant is preferably formulated to be compatible with the enzymatic components present in the composition. In liquid or gel compositions, the surfactant is formulated, more preferably, in a manner that promotes, or at least does not degrade, the stability of any enzyme in these compositions. The ampholytic surfactants are also suitable for use in the detergent compositions of the present invention.

These surfactants can be broadly described as aliphatic derivatives of secondary or tertiary amines, or as aliphatic derivatives of heterocyclic secondary or tertiary amines in which the aliphatic radical can be a straight or branched chain. One of the aliphatic substituents contains at least about 8 carbon atoms, typically from about 8 to about 18 carbon atoms, and at least one contains an anionic group soluble in water, e.g., carboxy, sulfate, sulfonate. See the patent of E.U.A. No. 3,929,678 to Laughiin et al., Issued December 30, 1975, column 19, lines 18-35, for examples of ampholytic surfactants. When they are included in these, the detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention typically comprise from about 0.2% to about 15%, preferably from about 1% to about 10% by weight of said ampholytic surfactants. Zwitterionic surfactants are also suitable for use in detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care. These surfactants can be broadly described as derivatives of secondary and tertiary amines, derivatives of heterocyclic secondary and tertiary amines or quaternary ammonium derivatives, quaternary phosphonium or tertiary sulfonium compounds. See the US patent. No. 3,929,678 to Laughiin et al., Issued December 30, 1975, in column 19, line 38 to column 22, line 48, for examples of zwitterionic surfactants. When included therein, the laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions of the present invention typically comprise from 0.2% to about 15%, preferably from about 1% to about 10% by weight of said zwitterionic surfactants . Semi-polar nonionic surfactants are a special category of nonionic surfactants that include water-soluble amine oxides containing an alkyl portion of about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and 2 portions selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and groups hydroxyalkyl containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; water-soluble phosphine oxides containing an alkyl portion of about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and two portions selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups and hydroxyalkyl groups containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and water soluble sulfoxides containing an alkyl portion of from about 10 to about 18 carbon atoms and a portion selected from the group consisting of alkyl and hydroxyalkyl portions of about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms. The semipolar nonionic detergent surfactants include the amine oxide surfactants having the formula: 0 t R3 (OR4) x (R5) 2 in which R3 is an alkyl, hydroxyalkyl or alkylphenyl group or mixtures thereof, containing from about 8 to about 22 carbon atoms; R 4 is an alkylene or hydroxyalkylene group containing from about 2 to about 3 carbon atoms, or mixtures thereof; x is from 0 to about 3; and each R 5 is an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group containing from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms, or a polyethylene oxide group containing from about 1 to about 3 ethylene oxide groups. The R ^ groups may be linked to each other, eg, through an oxygen or nitrogen atom to form a ring structure. These amine oxide surfactants include, in particular, alkyl dimethylamine oxides of C < | rj-C- | 8 and C8-C- | 2- alkoxyethyldihydroxyethylamine oxides When included therein, the compositions of the present invention typically comprise from about 0.2% to about 15%, preferably from about 1% to about 10% by weight of said semi-polar nonionic surfactants. Primary amines suitable for use in the present invention include amines according to the formula R 1 NH 2, wherein R-j is a C 6 -C 12 alkyl chain. preferably Cg-C-io. or R4X (CH2) n, X is -O-, -C (O) NH- or -NH-, R4 is an alkyl chain of Ce-C < | 2. n is between 1 and 5, preferably 3. The alkyl chains of R-j may be straight or branched and may be interrupted with up to 12, preferably less than 5, portions of ethylene oxide. Preferred amines according to the above formula are the n-alkylamines. Suitable amines for use in the present invention can be selected from 1-hexylamine, 1-octylamine, 1-decylamine and laurylamine. Other preferred primary amines include C8-C- | rj oxypropylamine. octyloxypropylamine, 2-ethylhexyl-oxypropylamine, lauryl amido propylamine and amido propylamine. Tertiary amines suitable for use in the present invention include "tertiary amines having the formula R1R2R3N, wherein R- | and R2 are C ^ -CQ alkyl chains or R3 is an alkyl chain of C6-C12. preferably C6-C- | or > or R3 is R4X (CH2) n. wherein X is -O-, -C (O) NH- or -NH-, R4 is a C4-C12. n is between 1 to 5, preferably 2-3. R5 is H or C1-C2 alkyl and x is between 1 and 6. R3 and R4 can be linear or branched; the alkyl chains of R3 can be interrupted with up to 12, preferably less than 5, portions of ethylene oxide.

The preferred tertiary amines are R-1 R2R3N, where R- | is an alkyl chain of C5-C12, R2 and R3. they are C1-C3 alkyl or wherein R5 is H or CH3 and x = 1-2. Amidoamines of the formula are also preferred: OR II R1- C- NH- (CH2) n- N- (R2) 2 in which R- | is C6-C12 alkyl; n is 2-4, preferably n is 3; R2 and R3 is C1-C4.

More preferred amines of the present invention include 1-octylamine, 1-hexylamine, 1-decylamine, 1-dodecylamine, Cs-oxypropylamine C-iQ, N coco 1-3-diaminopropane, cocoalkyldimethylamine, lauryldimethylamine, lauryl bis (hydroxyethyl) amine, coco bis (hydroxyethyl) amine, lauryl amine propoxylated with 2 moles, octyl amine propoxylated with 2 moles, lauryl amidopropyldimethylamine, amidopropyldimethylamine of CS-C-I Q and Amidopropyldimethylamine of C10. The most preferred amines to be used in the compositions of the present invention are 1-hexylamine, 1-octylamine, 1-decylamine, 1-dodecylamine. Especially desirable are n-dodecyldimethylamine and bishydroxyethylcocoalkylamine and 7-fold ethoxylated oleylamine, lauryl amido propylamine and cocoamidopropylamine.

The protease The third essential element of the detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention is a proteolytic enzyme. It has been surprisingly discovered that laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease achieve superior and improved fabric cleaning and / or care performance. Without wishing to limit itself to the theory, it is believed that the union. The chemical ntidad to the fabric disturbs the fibers of the fabric leading to the detachment of the stains and dirt. This results in the protease having an incrusted accessibility to the stains and soils of the laundry and the fabric which allows the protease to efficiently remove such stains and soils. This also results in the surfactant and the chemical entity having an increased accessibility to the stains and soils of the laundry and to the fabric increasing their yields. Suitable proteases are the subtilisins that are obtained from particular strains of B.subtilis and B.licheniformis (subtilisin BPN and BPN '). An appropriate protease is obtained from a Bacillus strain, having a maximum activity through the pH range of 8 to 12, developed and sold as ESPERASE by Novo Industries A / S of Denmark, hereinafter "Novo". The preparation of this enzyme and analogous enzymes is described in GB 1, 243,784, by Novo. Other suitable proteases include ALCALASE® DURAZYM® and SAVINASE® from Novo and MAXATASE®, MAXACAL®, PROPERASE® and MAXAPEM® (Maxacal manipulated with proteins) from Gist-Brocades. Also suitable for the present invention are the proteases described in Is patent applications EP 251 446 and WO 91/06637, the BLAT® protease is disclosed in WO91 / 02792 and its variants described in WO95 / 23221. See also a high pH protease from Bacillus spp. NCIMB 40338 described in WO 93/18140 A for Novo. Enzymatic detergents comprising protease, one or more other enzymes and a reversible protease inhibitor are described in WO 92/03529 A for Novo. Cu <If desired, a protease having reduced adsorption and increased hydrolysis as described in WO 95/07791 for Procter & Gamble. A recombinant trypsin-like protease for detergents which is suitable in the present invention is described in WO 94/25583 for Novo. Other suitable proteases are described in EP 516 200 for Unilever Proteolytic enzymes also encompass modified bacterial serine proteases, such as those described in European Patent Application No. 87303761.8, filed on April 28, 1987 (particularly pages 17, 24). and 98) and which is called in the present invention "Protease B", and in the European patent application EP 199 404, Venegas, published on October 29, 1986, which refers to a modified bacterial serine protease which is called in the present invention "Protease A". More preferred in the present invention is the protease called "Protease C", which is a variant of a Bacillus alkaline serine protease in which lysine replaces arginine in position 27, tyrosine replaces valine in position 104, serine replaces asparagine in position 123 and alanine replaces threonine in position 274. Protease C is described in WO 91/06637. Also included in the present invention are the genetically modified variants, particularly of protease C. A preferred protease referred to as "protease D", is a variant of carbonyl hydrolase having an amino acid sequence that is not found in nature, which is derives from a precursor carbonyl hydrolase by substituting a different amino acid for a plurality of amino acid residues in said carbonyl hydrolase equivalent to the +76 position, preferably also in combination with one or more amino acid residue positions equivalent to those selected from the group consisting of of +99, +101, +103, +104, +107, +123, +27, +105, +109, +126, +128, +135, +156, +166, +195, +197, + 204, +206, +210, +216, +217, +218, +222, +260, +265, and / or +274 according to the numeration of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens sustilysin as described in WO 95 / 10591 and in WO 95/10592. The "D" protease variants preferably have the amino acid substitution set 76/103/104, most preferably the set of N76D / S103A / V104I substitutions. Also suitable is a carbonylhydrolase variant of the protease described in WO95 / 10591, which has an amino acid sequence derived by replacing a plurality of amino acid residues replaced in the precursor enzyme corresponding to the +210 position in combination with one or more of the following residues: +33, +62, +67, +76, +100, +101, +103, +104, +107, +128, +129, +130, +132, +135, +156, +158, +164, +166, +167, +170, +209, +215, +217, +218 and +222, where the numbered position corresponds to the subtilisin of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens that occurs in the nature or equivalent amino acid residues in other carbonylhydrolases or subtilisins, such as Bacillus lentus subtilisin (co-pending WO 98/55634). Proteases that are also preferred are the multiple substituted variants. These pcctease variants comprise a substitution of an amino acid residue with another amino acid residue that occurs in nature at an amino acid residue position corresponding to position 103 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin in combination with a substitution of a position. of amino acid residue corresponding to positions 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 33, 37, 38, 42 , 48, 55, 57, 58, 61, 62, 68, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 86, 87, 89, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 104, 106, 107, 109 , 111, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 126, 128, 130, 131, 133, 134, 137, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 158, 159, 160, 166, 167, 170 , 173, 174, 177, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 188, 192, 194, 198, 203, 204, 205, 206, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217 , 218, 222, 224, 227, 228, 230, 232, 236, 237, 238, 240, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256 , 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263 , 265, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274 and 275 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin; wherein when said protease variant includes a substitution of amino acid residues at the positions corresponding to positions 103 and 76, there is also a substitution of an amino acid residue at one or more amino acid residue positions that are not the amino acid residue positions. amino acid residue corresponding to positions 27, 99, 101, 104, 107, 109, 123, 128, 166, 204, 206, 210, 216, 217, 218, 222, 260, 265 or 274 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin and / or multiple-substituted protease variants comprising a substitution of an amino acid residue with another naturally occurring amino acid residue at one or more amino acid residue positions corresponding to positions 62, 212, 230, 232, 252 and 257 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subtilisin as described in PCT applications Nos. PCT / US98 / 22588, PCT / US98 / 22482 and PCT / US98 / 22486, all filed on October 23, 1998 by The Procter & Gamble Company. Variants of proteases with preferred multiple substitutions have the amino acid substitution set 101/103/104/159/232/236/245/248/252, more preferably 101 G / 103A / 1041 / 159D / 232V / 236H / 245R / 248D / 252K in accordance with the numeration of the subtilisin of Bacillus amyloliquiefaciens.

For the purposes of the present invention, the most preferred proteases are selected from: "Protease B" as described above; "Protease C" as described above; "Protease D" as described before having the set of substitutions 76/103/104, more preferably the set of substitutions N76D / S103A / V104I in accordance with the numeration of the subtilisin of Bacillus amyloliquiefaciens; variant of proteases with multiple substitutions comprising the set of amino acid substitutions 101/103/104/159/232/236/245/248/252, more preferably 101 G / 103A / 1041 / 159D / 232V / 236H / 245R / 248D / 252K in accordance with the numeration of Bacillus amyloliquiefaciens subtilisin as described above and / or mixtures thereof. The proteolytic enzymes are incorporated in the detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention at a level of 0.0001% up to 2%, preferably from 0.001% up to 0.2%, more preferred from 0.005% up to 0.1% of pure enzyme by weight of the total composition.

Detergent components for laundry and fabric care The detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the invention may contain detergent and / or care components for additional fabrics. The precise nature of these additional components, and the levels of incorporation thereof, will depend on the physical form of the composition, and on the nature of the cleaning operation for which it will be used. As mentioned above, all benefit agents that could be linked to a deposition aid and / or a binding region in accordance with the present invention, can also be incorporated into laundry detergent and / or care compositions. fabrics of the present invention in their conventional unmodified form. The compositions of the invention can for example be formulated as laundry detergent compositions by hand and machine, including additive laundry compositions and compositions suitable for use in soaking and / or pretreatment of soiled fabrics, and fabric softening compositions. added during rinsing. The previous or subsequent treatment of fabrics includes compositions for the care of gel, spray and liquid tolas. A rinse cycle with or without the presence of softening agents is also contemplated. The compositions of the invention can also be used as detergent additive products in solid or liquid form. Such additive products are designed to complement or boost the performance of conventional detergent compositions and can be added at any stage of the washing process. The detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care according to the invention may be in liquid form, paste, gels, sticks, tablets, spray, foam, powder or granules. The granulated compositions may also be in "compact" form, the liquid compositions may also be in a "concentrated" form. If necessary, the density of the laundry detergent compositions of the present invention ranges from 400 to 1200 g / liter, preferably from 500 to 950 g / liter of the composition, measured at 20 ° C. The "compact" form of the compositions of the present invention is best reflected by the density and, in terms of composition, by the amount of inorganic filler salt; the inorganic filler salts are conventional ingredients of the detergent compositions in pclvo; in conventional detergent compositions, the filler salts are present in substantial amounts, typically 17-35% by weight of the total composition. In compact compositions, the filler salt is present in amounts not exceeding 15% of the total composition, preferably not greater than 10%, and more preferred not greater than 5% by weight of the composition. Inorganic filler salts such as those indicated in the present compositions are selected from alkali metal and alkali metal salts of sulfates and chlorides. A preferred filler salt is sodium sulfate. The liquid detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care according to the present invention can also be in "concentrated form", in which case, liquid detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care in accordance with the present invention will contain a smaller amount of water, as compared to conventional liquid detergents. Typically, the water content of the concentrated liquid detergent is preferably less than 40%, more preferred less than 30% and more preferred still less than 20% by weight of the detergent composition.

Conventional detergent enzymes The conventional detergent enzymes to be used in the detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention include the enzymes selected from cellulose, hemicellulose, peroxidases, glucoamylases, amylases, xylanases, lipases, phosphlipases, esterases. , cutinases, pectinases, keratanases, reductases, oxidases, phenoloxidases, lipoxygenases, ligninases, pullulanases, tanases, pentosanas, ß-glucanases, arabinosidases, hyaluronidase, chondroitinase, acasa or mixtures thereof. Amylases (a and / or ß) can be included to eliminate carbohydrate-based stains. WO94 / 02597, Novo Nordisk A / S, published on February 3, 1994, describes cleaning compositions incorporating mutant amylases. See also WO / 95/10603, Novo Nordisk A / S, published on April 20, 1995. Other amylases known to be used in cleaning compositions include α and β-amylases. A-amylases are known in the art and include those described in the U.S.A. No. 5,003,257; EP 252,666; WO / 91/00353; RF 2,676,456; EP 285,123; EP 525,610; EP 368,341; and in the description of British Patent No. 1, 296,839 (Novo). Other suitable amylases are the amylases of improved stability described in WO94 / 18314, published August 18, 1994 and WO 96/05295, Genencor, published February 22, 1996, and the amylase variants having further modification in the progenitor. immediate, available from Novo Nordisk A / S and described in WO95 / 10603, published April 1995. Also suitable are the amylases described in EP 277 216, WO 95/26397 and WO 96/23873 (all by Novo Nordisk). Examples of commercial α-amylases products are Purafect Ox Am®, from Genencor and Termamyl®, Ban®, Fungamyl® and Duramyl®, all available from Novo Nordisk A / S Denmark. W095 / 26397 describes other suitable amylases: α-amylases characterized by having a specific activity at least 25% higher than the specific activity of Termamyl® in a temperature range of 25 ° C to 55 ° C and at a pH value in the range of 8 to 10, measured by the test for α-amylase activity ® Phadebas. The variants of the above enzymes, described in WO96 / 23873 (Novo Nordisk), are suitable. Other amylolytic enzymes with improved properties with respect to the level of activity and the combination of thermostability and higher activity level are described in WO95 / 35382. The amylolytic enzymes are incorporated in the detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention at a level of 0.0001% to 2%, preferably 0.00018% to 0.06%, more preferably 0.00024% to 0.048% of pure enzyme by weight of the composition. The cellulases that can be used in the present invention include both bacterial and fungal cellulases. Preferably, they will have an optimum pH between 5 and 12 and a specific activity above 50 CEVU / mg (cellulose viscosity unit). Suitable cellulases are described in the US patent. No. 4,435,307, Barbesgoard et al, and in J61078384 and WO96 / 02653, which describes a fungal cellulase produced respectively from Humicola insolens, Trichoderma, Thielavia and Sporotrichum. EP 739 982 describes cellulases isolated from novel species of Bacillus. Suitable cellulae are also described in GB-A-2,075,028; GB-A-2,095,275; DE-OS-2,247,832 and WO 95/26398. Examples of said cellulases are the cellulases produced by a strain of Humicola insolens (Humicola grísea var. Thermoidea.), Particularly the DSM 1800 strain of Humicola.Other appropriate cellulases are the cellulases originated from Humicola insolens having a molecular weight of about 50. KDa, an isoelectric point of 5.5, and containing 415 amino acids, and a "43kD endoglucanase derived from Humicola insolens, DSM 1800, which exhibits cellulase activity; a preferred endoglucanase component has the amino acid sequence described in PCT patent application No. WO 91/17243. Also suitable cellulases are the EGIII cellulases of Trichoderma longibrachiatum described in WO 94/21801, Genencor, published September 29, 1994. Particularly suitable cellulases are cellulases which have color care benefits. Examples of said cellulases are the cellulases described in the European patent application No. 91202879.2, filed on November 6, 1991 (Novo). Carezyme and Celluzyme (Novo Nordisk A / S) are especially useful. See also WO 91/17244 and WO 91/21801. Other cellulases suitable for fabric care and / or cleaning properties are described in WO 96/34092, WO96 / 17994 and WO 95/24471. Said cellulases are normally incorporated in the detergent composition for laundry and / or for the care of fabrics at levels of 0.0001% up to 2% of pure enzyme by weight of the composition. The peroxidase enzymes are used in combination with oxygen sources, for example, percarbonate, perborate, persulfate, hydrogen peroxide, etc., and with a substrate, phenolic as a bleach improving molecule. These are used for "bleaching in solution", that is, to avoid the transfer of dyes or pigments removed from substrates during washing operations, to other substrates in the washing solution. Peroxidase enzymes are known in the art and include, for example, horseradish peroxidase, ligninase, and halogenoperoxidase such as chloro- and bromoperoxidase. Peroxidase-containing detergent compositions are described, for example, in the PCT International Application WO89 / 099813, WO 89/09813 and European Patent Application No. 91202882.6, filed on November 6, 1991 and EP No. 96870013.8, filed on February 20, 1996. Also suitable is the laccase enzyme. The improvers are generally comprised at a level of 0.1% to 5% by weight of the total composition. Preferred builders are fentiazine and phenoxasine, 10-phenothiazinepropionic acid (PPT), 10-ethylphenothiazine-4-carboxylic acid (EPC), 10-phenoxazinpropionic acid (POP) and 10-methylphenoxazine (described in WO 94/12621) and substituted syringes (substituted C3-C5 alkylsalicylates) and phenols. Percarbonate or sodium perborate are preferred sources of hydrogen peroxide. Said peroxidases are normally incorporated in the detergent composition for laundry and / or fabric care at levels of 0.0001% up to 2% of active enzyme by weight of the composition. Other preferred enzymes that can be included in laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention include lipases. Suitable lipase enzymes for detergent use include those produced by microorganisms of the Pseudomonas group, such as Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 19.154, such as those described in British Patent 1, 372, 034. Suitable lipases include those that show a positive immunological cross-reaction with the lipase antibody, produced by the microorganism Pseudomonas fluorescent IAM 1057. This lipase is available from Amano Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan, under the tradename Lipase P "Amano", hereinafter referred to as "Amano-P". Other suitable commercial lipases include Amano-CES, lipases ex Chromobacter viscosum, for example Chromobacter viscosum var. lipoliticum NRRLB 3673, from Toyo Jozo Co., Tagata, Japan; Chromobacter viscosum lipases from U.S. Biochemical Corp, E.U.A. and Disoynth Co., Holland and lipases ex Pseudomonas gladioli. ® Lipases especially suitable are lipases such as M1 Lipase and ® ® ® Lipomax (Gist-Brocades) and Lipolase and Lipolase Ultra (Novo), which have been found to be very effective when used in combination with the compositions of the present invention. Also suitable are the lipolytic enzymes described in EP 258 068, WO 92/05249 and WO 95/22615 by Novo Nordisk, and in WO 94/03578, WO 95/35381 and WO 96/00292 by Unilever. Also suitable are cutinases [EC 3.1.1.50] that can be considered as a special type of lipase, namely lipases that do not require interfacial activation. The addition of cutinases to detergent compositions has been described, for example, in documents WO-A-88/09367 (Genencor); WO 90/09446 (Plant Genetic System), and WO 94/14963 and WO 94/14964 (Unilever). The lipases and / or cutinases are normally incorporated in the detergent composition for laundry and / or fabric care at levels of 0.0001% to 2% active enzyme by weight of the composition. The aforementioned enzymes may have any appropriate origin, such as plant, animal, bacterial, fungal and yeast origin. The origin can also be mesophilic or extremophilic (psychrophilic, psychrotrophic, thermophilic, barophilic, alkalophilic, acidic, halophilic, etc.). The purified or non-purified forms of these enzymes can be used. In these days it is a common practice to modify wild-type enzymes by means of genetic manipulation or protein techniques to optimize their efficiency of performance in the cleaning compositions of the invention. For example, the variants can be designed in such a way that the compatibility of the enzyme with the ingredients of said commonly found compositions is increased. Alternatively, the variant can be designed such that the optimum pH, bleach or chelator stability, catalytic activity and the like of the enzyme variant are adjusted to suit the particular cleaning application. In particular, the attention must be focused on the amino acids sensitive to oxidation in the case of bleach stability and on surface loads with respect to compatibility with the surfactant. The isoelectric point of said enzymes can be modified by substituting some charged amino acids, for example, an increase in the isoelectric point could help improve compatibility with anionic surfactants. The stability of the enzymes can be further increased by the creation of additional salt bridges for example, and by reinforcing the calcium binding sites to increase the stability to the chelator. Particular attention should be paid to cellulases, since most cellulases have separate binding domains (CBD). The properties of these enzymes can be altered by modifying these domains. Said enzymes are normally incorporated in the detergent composition for laundry and / or for the care of fabrics at levels of 0.0001% to 2% of active enzyme by weight of the composition. Enzymes can be added as separate individual ingredients (pellets, granulates, stabilized liquids, etc. that contain an enzyme) or as mixtures of two or more enzymes (eg, cogranulates). Other suitable detergent ingredients that may be added are the enzymatic oxidation scavengers which are described in copending European patent application 92970018.6, filed on January 31, 1992. Examples of said enzymatic oxidation scavengers are the ethoxylated tetraethylene polyamines. A range of enzyme materials and means for their incorporation into synthetic detergent compositions are also disclosed in WO 9307263A and WO 9307260A for Genencor International, WO 8908694 A for Novo, and E.U.A. 3,553,139, January 5, 1971 for McCarty and others. Enzymes are also described in the patent E.U.A. No. 4,101, 457, Place et al., July 18, 1978 and in the patent E.U.A. No. 4,507,219, Hughes, March 26, 1985. Enzyme materials useful for liquid detergent formulations and their incorporation into such formulations are described in US Pat. No. 4,261, 868, Hora et al., April 14, 1981. Enzymes that are used in detergents can be stabilized by various techniques. Enzyme stabilization techniques are described and exemplified in U.S. Pat. No. 3,600,319, August 17, 1971, Gedge et al., In EP 199,405 and EP 200,586, October 29, 1986, Venegas. Enzyme stabilization systems are also described, for example, in US Pat. No. 3,519,570. A Bacillus sp. AC13 useful and which gives proteases, xylanases and cellulases, is described in WO 9401532 A for Novo.

Detergency metering system Laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions according to the present invention may further comprise a builder system. Any conventional builder system is suitable for use herein, including aluminosilicate materials, silicates, polycarboxylates and fatty acids, such materials as ethylenediamine tetraacetate, diothylenetriamine pentamethylene acetate, metal ion sequestrants such as aminopolyphosphonates, particularly ethylenediaminetetra-methylene phosphonic acid. and diethylenetriamine pentamethylene phosphonic acid. Phosphate builders can also be used herein. Suitable builders can be an inorganic ion exchange material, commonly an inorganic hydrated aluminosilicate material, most particularly a hydrated synthetic zeolite such as hydrated zeolite A, X, B, HS or MAP.

Another suitable inorganic builder material is the layered silicate, for example, SKS-6 (Hoechst). SKS-6 is a crystalline layered silicate consisting of sodium silicate (Na 2 Si 2? 5). Suitable polycarboxylates contain a carboxy group and include lactic acid, glycolic acid and ether derivatives thereof, such as those described in Belgian patents Nos. 831, 368, 821, 369 and 821, 370. Polycarboxylates containing two carboxy groups include the water soluble salts of succinic acid, malonic acid (ethylenedioxy) diacetic acid, maleic acid, diglycolic acid, tartaric acid, tartronic acid and fumaric acid, as well as the ether carboxylates described in German Patent 2,446,686. and 2,446,687 and in the U.S. patent No. 3,935,257, and Ls sulfinyl carboxylates described in Belgian Patent No. 840,623. Polycarboxylates containing three carboxy groups include, in particular, the water-soluble citrates, aconitrates and citraconates, as well as the succinate derivatives such as the carboxymethyloxysuccinates described in British Patent No. 1, 379,241, the lactoxysuccinates described in the application. Dutch 7205873, and oxypolycarboxylate materials such as 2-oxa-1, 1-3-propane tricarboxylates described in British Patent No. 1, 387,447. Polycarboxylates containing four carboxy groups include the oxydisuccinates described in British Patent No. 1, 261,829, 1, 1, 2,2-ethane tetracarboxylates, 1, 1, 3,3-propane tetracarboxylates and 1, 1, 2,3 -propane tetracarboxylates. Polycarboxylates containing sulfo substituents include the sulfosuccinate derivatives described in British Patent Nos. 1, 398,421 and 1, 398,422, and in the US patent. No. 3,936,448, as well as the suphonated pyrolysed citrates described in British Patent No. 1, 082,179, while polycarboxylates containing phosphone substituents are described in British Patent No. 1, 439,000. The alicyclic and heterocyclic polycarboxylates include cyclopentan-cis.cis.cis-tetracarboxylates, cyclopentadienide pentacarboxylates, 2, 3, 4, 5-tetrahydrofuran, cis, cis-tetracarboxylates, 2,5-tetrahydrofuran-cis- dicarboxylates, 2,2,5,5-tetrahydrofuran-tetracarboxylates, 1, 2,3,4,5,6-hexan-hexane carboxylates and carboxymethyl derivatives of polyhydric alcohols such as sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol. Aromatic polycarboxylates include mellitic acid, pyromellitic acid and the phthalic acid derivatives described in British Patent No. 1, 425, 433. Of the above, the preferred polycarboxylates are the hydroxycarboxylates containing up to three carboxy groups per molecule, most particularly the curates. Preferred builder systems for use in the present compositions include a mixture of an insoluble aluminosilicate builder. water such as zeolite A, or a layered silicate (SKS-6) and a water-soluble carboxylate chelating agent such as citric acid. Preferred builder systems include a mixture of a water insoluble aluminosilicate builder such as zeolite A and a water soluble carboxylate chelating agent such as citric acid. The builder systems that are preferred to be used in the liquid detergent compositions of the present invention are soaps and polycarboxylates. Other detergency builders that may form part of the builder system for use in granular compositions include inorganic materials such as carbonates, bicarbonates, alkali metal silicates and organic materials such as organic phosphonates, amino polyalkylene phosphonates and amino polycarboxylates. Other suitable water-soluble organic salts are homo- or copolymeric acids or their salts, in which the polycarboxylic acid comprises at least two carboxyl radicals separated from each other by not more than two carbon atoms. Polymers of this type are described in GB-A-1, 596,756. Examples of such salts are the polyacrylates of MW 2000-5000 and their copolymers with maleic anhydride, said copolymers have a molecular weight of from 20,000 to 70,000, especially about 40,000. Builder salts are usually included in amounts of about 5% to 80% by weight of the composition, preferably 10% to 70% and most commonly 30% to 60% by weight.

Guelaator Agents Detergent laundry and / or fabric care compositions may optionally contain one or more iron and / or manganese chelating agents. Such chelating agents can be selected from the group consisting of aminocarboxylates, aminophosphates, polyfunctionally substituted aromatic chelating agents and mixtures thereof, all as defined below. Without intending to be limited by theory, it is believed that the benefit of these materials is due in part to their exceptional ability to remove iron and manganese ions from the washing solutions through the formation of soluble chelates. Aminocarboxylates useful as optional chelating agents include ethylenediaminetetracetates, N-hydroxyethylenediamine triacetates, nitrilotriacetates, ethylenediamonotetraproprionates, triethylenetetra-aminohexacetates, diethylenetriaminepentaacetates and ethanololdiglicines, alkali metal, ammonium and ammonium salts substituted herein and mixtures herein. The aminophosphonates are also useful for use as chelating agents in the compositions of the invention when at least low levels of total phosphorus are permitted in the laundry detergent granular detergent compositions containing bleach and include ethylene diamine tetrakis (methylene phosphonates) as DEQUEST. Preferably, these aminophosphonates do not contain alkyl or alkenyl groups with more than about 6 carbon atoms. Polyfunctionally substituted aromatic chelating agents are also useful in the compositions herein. See the US patent. 3,812,044 issued May 21, 1974 to Connor et al. Preferred compounds of this type in acid form are dihydroxydisulfobenzenes such as 1,2-dihydroxy-3,5-disulfobenzene. A biodegradable chelator that is preferred to be used herein is ethylene diamine disuccinate ("EDDS"), especially the [S, S] isomer as described in the U.S. patent. 4,704,233, November 3, 1987 to Hartman and Perkins. The compositions herein may also contain water-soluble salts of methyl glycine diacetic acid (MGDA) (or acid form) as a useful chelator or co-builder with, for example, insoluble builders such as zeolites, layered silicates and the like. . If used, these chelating agents should generally comprise from about 0.1% to about 15% by weight of the detergent compositions herein. Most preferably, if used, the chelating agents should comprise from about 0.1% to about 3.0% by weight of said compositions.

Foam suppressor Another optional ingredient is a foam suppressor exemplified by silicones and silica-silicone blends. The silicones can generally be represented by the alkylated polysiloxane materials while the silicas are normally used in finely divided forms exemplified by silica aerogels and xerogels and hydrophobic silicas of various types. These materials can be incorporated as particles in which the foam suppressor is releasably and advantageously incorporated in a detergent impermeable vehicle substantially non-active in surfaces, dispersible or soluble in water. Alternatively, the foam suppressant can be dissolved or dispersed in a liquid vehicle and applied by spraying on one or more of the other components. A preferred silicone foam control agent is described in Bartollota et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,933,672. Other particularly useful foam suppressors are the self-emulsifiable silicone foam suppressors described in the German patent application DTOS 2 646 126, published on April 28, 1977. An example of said compound is DC-544, commercially available from Dow Corning, which is a siloxane-glujol copolymer. Especially preferred foam control agents sorr the foam suppressor system comprising a mixture of silicone oils and 2-alkyl alkanols. The 2-alkyl-alkane is suitable are 2-bitayl-octanol which are commercially available under the trade name Isofol 12 R. Said foam suppressor systems are described in co-pending European patent application No. 92870174.7, filed November 10, 1992. Particularly preferred silicone foam control agents are described in copending European patent application No. 92201649. 8. Said compositions may comprise a silica / silicone mixture in combination with non-porous fumed silica such as Aerosil.RTM. The foam suppressors described above are typically employed at levels of from about 0.001% to 2% by weight of the composition, preferably from 0.01% to 1% by weight.

Dispersants The detergent composition for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention may also contain dispersants. Suitable organic water-soluble salts are the homo- or copolymeric acids or their salts, in which the polycarboxylic acid comprises at least two carboxyl radicals separated from one another by not more than two carbon atoms. Polymers of that type are described in GB-A-1, 596,756. Examples of such salts are polysaccharides of MW 2000-5000 and their copolymers with maleic anhydride, said copolymers have a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000. Especially, the acrylate-methacrylate copolymer such as 480N having a molecular weight of 4000, at a level of 0.5-20% by weight in the composition, can be added to the detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care. of the present invention. The compositions of the invention may contain a lime soap peptizer compound, which preferably has a lime soap dispersion power (LSDP), as defined hereinafter in the present invention, of not more than 8, preferably no more than 7, more preferred no more than 6. The lime soap peptizer compound is preferably present at a level of 0% to 20% by weight. A numerical measure of the effectiveness of a lime soap peptizer is given by the lime soap dispersion power (LSDP), which is determined using the lime soap dispersant test as described in an article by H.C. Borghetty and C.A. Bergman, J. Am. Oil. Chem. Soo, volume 27, pgs. 88-90, (1950). This lime soap dispersion test method is widely used by practitioners in this technique to which reference is made, for example, in the following articles; W.N. Linfield, Surfactant science Series, Volume 7, p. 3, W.N. Linfield, Tenside surf. det., volume 27, pgs. 159-163, (1990); and M.K. Nagarajan, W.F. Masler, Cosmetics and Toiletries, volume 104, p. 71-73, (1989). The LSDP is the ratio of the percentage by weight of dispersing agent to sodium oleate required to disperse the lime soap deposits formed by 0.025 g of sodium oleate in 30 ml of water with an equivalent hardness of 333 ppm CaC3 (Ca : Mg = 3: 2). Surfactants having an appropriate lime soap peptising capacity will include certain amine oxides, betaines, sulfobetaines, alkyl ethoxylates and ethoxylated alcohols. Exemplary surfactants having an LSDP of not more than 8 to be used in accordance with the present invention include dimethylamine oxide of C- \ Q-Ci8 > C-j2-C-) alkyl ethoxylates with an average degree of ethoxylation of 1-5, particularly in C-12-C-15 alkylcytoisulfate surfactant with an ethoxylation degree of approximately 3 (LSDP = 4) and ethoxylated alcohols of C-14-C-15 with an average degree of ethoxylation of 12 (LSDP = 6) or 30, sold under the trade names Lutensol A012 and Litensol A030 respectively, by BASF GmbH. Suitable polymeric lime soap peptizers for use in the present invention are described in an article by M.K. Nagarajan, W.F. Masler, which is in Cosmetics and Toiletries, volume 104, pgs. 71-73, (1989). Also, hydrophobic whiteners such as 4- [N-octanoyl-6-aminohexanoifjbenzenesulfonate, 4- [N-nonanoyl-6-aminohexanoyl] benzenesulfonate, 4- [N-decanoyl-6-] can be used as lime soap peptizer compounds. aminohexanoyl] benzenesulfonate and mixtures thereof; and nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate together with hydrophilic / hydrophobic bleach formulations.

Colorant Transfer Inhibitors (DTI) The laundry and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention can also include compounds to inhibit the transfer of dyes from one fabric to another, from solubilized and suspended dyes found during fabric washing operations including dyed fabrics. Said polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agents are usually incorporated into laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions to inhibit the transfer of dyes from the dyed fabrics to fabrics washed therewith. These polymers have the ability to complex or adsorb washed fugitive dyes from dyed fabrics before the dyes have the opportunity to bind to other articles in the wash. Polymeric N-oxide polymers, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole, polymers of polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyloxazolidones, polyvinylimidazoles and mixtures thereof are particularly suitable dye transfer inhibiting polymeric agents. The addition of said polymers also increases the yield of the enzymes according to the invention. (a) Polyamine N-oxide polymers Polyamine N-oxide polymers suitable for use contain units having the following structural formula: (I) Ax R wherein P is a polymerizable unit, to which the group R-N-O may be attached or in which the group R-N-O forms part of the polymerizable unit, or a combination of both.

O O O II II II A is NC, CO, C, - 0- J S -, - N -; Xes O or R are aliphatic, aliphatic, ethoxylated, aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups or any combination thereof to which the nitrogen of the N-O group may be attached or in which the nitrogen of the N-O group is part of these groups. The N-O group can be represented by the following general structures: O (R1)? - N i- (R2) y =? N- (R1) X (R3) z wherein R1, R2, and R3 are aliphatic, aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic groups or combinations thereof, X and / or "y" or / and "z" is 0 or 1 and in which the nitrogen of the NO group it can be attached to, or in which the nitrogen of the NO group forms part of these groups. The N-O group can be part of the polymerizable unit (P) or it can be attached to the polymeric base structure or a combination of both of them. Suitable N-oxide polyamines in which the N-O group forms part of the polymerizable unit comprise the polyamine N-oxides in which R is selected from aliphatic, aromatic, alicyclic or heterocyclic groups. A class of said polyamine N-oxides comprises the group of polyamine N-oxides in which the nitrogen of the group NO is part of the group R. The preferred N-oxides of polyamine are those in which R is a heterocyclic group such such as pyridine, pyrrole, imidazole, pyrrolidine, piperidine, quinoline, acridine and derivatives thereof. Another class of said polyamine N-oxides comprises the group of polyamine N-oxides in which the nitrogen of the NO group is attached to the R group. Other appropriate N-oxides of polyamine are the polyamine oxides to which the NO group it is attached to the polymerizable unit. Preferred classes of these polyamine N-oxides are the polyamine N-oxides having the general formula (I) in which R is an aromatic, heterocyclic or alicyclic group in which the nitrogen of the functional group is NOT part of said Group R. Examples of these classes are polyamine oxides in which R is a heterocyclic compound such as pyrridine, pyrrole, imidazole and derivatives thereof. Another preferred class of polyamine N-oxides are polyamine oxides having the general formula (I) in which R is a heterocyclic or alicyclic aromatic group in which the nitrogen of the functional group is NOT bound to said R groups. these classes are the polyamine oxides in which the R groups can be aromatic, such as phenyl. Any polymer base structure can be used, so long as the amine oxide polymer formed is soluble in water and has dye transfer inhibiting properties. Examples of suitable polymeric base structures are polyvinyls, polyalkylenes, polyesters, polyethers, polyamines, polyamides, polyacrylates and mixtures thereof. The amine N-oxide polymers of the present invention typically have an amine to N-amine amide ratio of 10: 1 to 1: 1000000. However, the amount of amine oxide groups present in the polyamine oxide polymer can vary by appropriate copolymerization or by an appropriate degree of N-oxidation. Preferably, the ratio of amine to amine N-oxide is from 2: 3 to 1: 1000000, more preferred from 1: 4 to 1: 1000000, and even more preferred from 1: 7 to 1: 1000000. The polymers of the present invention actually comprise random or block copolymers in which one type of monomer is an N-oxide of amine and the other type of monomer is or is not an N-oxide of amine. The amine oxide unit of the polyamine N-oxides has a Pka <; 10, preferably Pka < 7, more preferred Pka < 6. Polyamine oxides can be obtained in almost any degree of polymerization. The degree of polymerization is not critical, as long as the material has the water solubility and the suspending power of dyes desired.

Typically, the average molecular weight is within the range of 500 to 1,000,000; preferably from 1,000 to 50,000, more preferred from 2,000 to 30,000 and even more preferred from 3,000 to 20,000. (b) Copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylimidazole The polymers of N-vinylimidazole and N-vinylpyrrolidone used in the present invention have an average molecular weight in the range of 5,000-1,000,000, preferably 5,000-200,000. Highly preferred polymers for use in detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care in accordance with the present invention comprise a polymer selected from copolymers of N-vinylimidazole and N-vinylpyrrolidone wherein said polymer has a weight average molecular in the range of 5,000 to 50, CüO, more preferred from 8,000 to 30,000, more preferred even from 10,000 to 20,000. The average molecular weight range was determined by light scattering as described in Barth H.G. and Mays J.W. Chemical Analysis Vol 113, "Modern Methods of Polymer Characterization". The highly preferred N-vinylimidazole and N-vinylpyrrolidone copolymers have an average molecular weight range of 5,000 to 50,000; most preferred from 8,000 to 30,000; even more preferred from 10,000 to 20,000. The copolymers of N-vinylimidazole and N-vinylpyrrolidone characterized by having said average molecular weight range provide excellent dye transfer inhibiting properties and do not adversely affect the cleaning performance of laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions. formulated with them. The copolymer of N-vinylimidazole and N-vinylpyrrolidone of the present invention has a molar ratio of N-vinylimidazole to N-vinylpyrrolidone from 1 to 0.2, more preferred from 0.8 to 0.3 and more preferred still from 0.6 to 0.4. c) Polyvinylpyrrolidone Laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions of the present invention may also use polyvinylpyrrolidone ("PVP") having an average molecular weight of from about 2500 to about 400,000, preferably from about 5,000 to about 200,000 , more preferred from about 5,000 to about 50,000 and even more preferred from about 5,000 to about 15,000. Suitable polyvinyl pyrrolidones are commercially available from ISP Corporation, New York, NY and Montreal, Canada, under the product names PVP K-15 (molecular weight in viscosity of 10,000), PVP K-30 (average molecular weight of 40,000), PVP K-60 (average molecular weight of 160,000) and PVP K-90 (average molecular weight of 360,000). Other suitable polyvinyl pyrrolidones which are commercially available from BASF Cooperation include Sokalan HP 165 and Sokalan HP 12; the polyvinylpyrrolidones known to those skilled in the detergent field (see, for example, EP-A-262,897 and EP-A-256,696). d) Polyvinyloxazolidone Laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions of the present invention can also use polyvinyloxazolidone as a polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agent. Said polyvinyloxazolidones have an average molecular weight of from about 2,500 to about 400,000, preferably from about 5,000 to about 200,000, more preferred from about 5,000 to about 50,000 and even more preferred from about 5,000 to about 15,000. e) Polyvinylimidazole The detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care of the present invention can also use polyvinylimidazole as a polymeric dye transfer inhibiting agent. Said polyvinylimidazoles have an average molecular weight of from 2,500 to about 400,000, preferably from about 5,000 to about 200,000, more preferred from about 5,000 to about 50,000 and more preferably from about 5,000 to about 15,000. f) Interlaced polymers Interlaced polymers are polymers whose base structures are connected to each other to a certain degree; these links can be of a chemical or physical nature, possibly with active groups in the base structure or on the ramifications; the entangled polymers have been described in the Journal of Polymer Science, volume 22, pages 1035-1039. In one embodiment, the entangled polymers are made in such a way that they form a rigid three-dimensional structure that can trap dyes in the pores formed by the three-dimensional structure. In another embodiment, the entangled polymers trap dyes by expansion. Said entangled polymers are described in co-pending patent application 94870213.9 Benefits of color care and fabric care Technologies that provide a type of color care benefit can also be included. Examples of these technologies are metallocatalysts for color maintenance. Said metallocatalysts are described in copending European patent application No. 92870181.2. Dye fixing agents, polyolefin dispersion for anti-wrinkle and improved water, perfume and aminofunctional polymer absorbency for the treatment of color care and perfume substantivity are further examples of fabric care / color care technologies and are described in co-pending patent application No. 96870140.9, filed November 7, 1996. Fabric softening agents may also be incorporated into laundry detergent and / or fabric care detergent compositions in accordance with the present invention. These agents may be of inorganic or organic type. Inorganic softening agents are exemplified by the smectite clays described in GB-A-1 400 898 and in the US patent. No. 5,019,292. Organic fabric softening agents include water-insoluble tertiary amines such as those described in GB-A1 514 276 and EP-BO 011 340 and their combination with C12-C14 monoquaternary ammonium salts are described in EP-documents. B-0 026 527 and EP-B-0-026 528 and the long chain diamides as described in EP-B-0 242 919. Other useful organic ingredients of fabric softening systems include the oxide materials of high molecular weight polyethylene such as those described in EP-A-0 299 575 and 0 313 146. Smectite clay levels are usually in the range of 2% to 20%, most preferred 5% to 15% by weight , adding the material as a dry mixed component to the rest of the formulation. Organic fabric softening agents such as tertiary amines not soluble in water or long chain diamide materials are incorporated at levels of 0.5% to 5% by weight, normally from 1% to 3% by weight, while the materials of high molecular weight polyethylene oxide and water soluble cationic materials are added at levels of 0.1% to 2%, usually from 0.15% to 1.5% by weight. These materials are normally added to the spray-dried portion of the composition, although in some cases it may be more convenient to add them as a dry-mixed particulate material, or sprinkle them as a melted liquid over the other solid components of the composition.

Blotting agent Detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care in accordance with the present invention preferably comprise a bleaching agent. It has been surprisingly discovered that the laundry detergent and / or fabric care compositions of the present invention also comprising a bleaching agent provide improved sanitation and cleaning / bleaching benefits. The appropriate bleaching agents are hydrogen peroxide, PB1, PB4 and percarbonate, with a particle size of 400 to 800 microns. These bleaching agent components can include one or more oxygenated bleaching agents and, depending on the bleaching agent chosen, one or more bleach activators. When present, oxygenated bleaching compounds will typically be present at levels of from about 1% to about 25%. The bleaching agent component to be used in the present invention can be any of the bleaching agents useful for detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care, including oxygenated bleach, as well as other bleaching agents. known in the art. The appropriate bleaching agent in the present invention may be an activated or non-activated bleaching agent. One category of oxygenated bleaching agent that can be used encompasses percarboxylic acid bleaching agents and salts thereof. Suitable examples of this class of agents include magnesium monoperoxyphthalate hexahydrate, the magnesium salt of meta-chloro perbenzoic acid, 4-nonylamino-4-oxoperoxybutyric acid and iperoxydecanedioic acid. Said bleaching agents are described in the patent E.U.A. 4,483,781, patent application E.U.A. 740,446, European patent application 0,133,354 and patent E.U.A. 4,412,934. Highly preferred bleaching agents also include 6-nonylamino-6-oxoperoxycaproic acid, as described in US Pat. No. 4,634,551. Another category of bleaching agents that can be used encompasses halogenated bleaching agents. Examples of hypohalide bleaching agents include, for example, trichloroisocyanuric acid and the sodium and potassium dichloroisocyanurates and N-chloro and N-bromoalkanesulphonamides. Said materials are usually added from 0.5 to 10% by weight of the finished product, preferably from 1 to 5% by weight. The hydrogen peroxide release agents can be used in combination with bleach activators such as tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), nonanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (NOBS, described in US 4,412,934), 3,5-trimethylhexanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (ISONOBS, described in EP 120,591 ) or pentaacetylglucose (PAG) or N-nonanoyl-6-aminocaproic acid phenolsulfonate ester (NACA-OBS, described in WO94 / 28106), which are perhydrolyzed to form a peracid as the active bleaching species, which leads to an improved bleaching effect. Acylated citrate esters are also suitable activators as described in co-pending European patent application No. 91870207.7. Useful bleaching agents, including peroxyacids and bleaching systems comprising bleach activators and peroxy bleach compounds for use in the detergent compositions according to the invention, are described in the co-pending applications of the authors USSN 08 / 136,626 , PCT / US95 / 07823, WO95 / 27772, WO95 / 27773, WO95 / 27774 and WO95 / 27775. Hydrogen peroxide may also be present by adding an enzyme system (i.e., an enzyme and a substrate therefor) that can generate hydrogen peroxide at the start or during the washing and / or rinsing process. Said enzymatic systems are described in the patent application EP 91202655.6, filed on October 9, 1991. The metal-containing catalysts that are used in the bleaching compositions include cobalt-containing catalysts, such as cobalt pentaaminacetate salts (III). and catalysts containing manganese, such as those described in EPA 549 271; EPA 549 272; EPA 458 397; US 5,246,621; EPA 458 398; US 5,194,416 and US 5,114,611. A bleaching composition comprising a peroxy compound, a manganese-containing bleach catalyst and a chelating agent, is described in patent application No. 94870206.3. Bleaching agents other than oxygenated bleaching agents are also known in the art and can be used in the present invention. A type of non-oxygenated bleaching agent of particular interest includes photoactivated bleaching agents such as the sulfonated phthalocyanines of zinc and / or aluminum. These materials can be deposited on the substrate during the washing process. After irradiation with light, in the presence of oxygen, such as by hanging clothes to dry in daylight, sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine is activated and, as a result, the substrate is bleached. The preferred zinc phthalocyanine and a photoactivated bleaching process are described in the patent E.U.A. 4,033,718. Typically, the detergent compositions will contain from about 0.025% to about 1.25%, by weight, of sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine.

Others Other components may be used such as soil suspending agents, abrasives, stain inhibitors, and / or coloring agents. Suitable anti-redeposition and soil suspending agents in the present invention include cellulose derivatives such as methylcellulose, carboxymethylcellulose and hydroxyethylcellulose, and homo- or copolymeric polycarboxylic acids or their salts. Polymers of this type include the polyacrylates and the maleic anhydride-acrylic acid copolymers mentioned above as detergency builders, as well as copolymers of maleic anhydride with ethylene, methyl vinyl ether or methacrylic acid, constituting maleic anhydride at least 20 mol% of the copolymer. These materials are normally used at levels of 0.5% to 10% by weight, more preferred from 0.75% to 8%, most preferred still from 1% to 6% by weight of the composition. Other useful polymeric materials are polyethylene glycols, particularly those of a molecular weight of 1000-10000, very particularly 2000 to 8000 and more preferred approximately 400O. These are used at levels from 0.20% to 5%, most preferred from 0.25% to 2.5% by weight. These polymers and the aforementioned homo- or copolymeric polycarboxylate salts are valuable because they improve the maintenance of whiteness, prevent the deposition of ashes in the fabric and improve the cleaning performance on dirt of clay, proteinaceous and oxidizable in the presence of impurities of transition metal. It is well known in the art that free chlorine in the tap water rapidly deactivates the enzymes comprised in the detergent compositions. Therefore, using a chlorine scrubber such as perborate, ammonium sulfate, sodium sulfite or polyethylenimine at a level above 0.1% by weight of the total composition, in the formulas will provide improved stability through the washing of the detergent enzymes. Compositions comprising a chlorine scavenger are disclosed in European Patent Application No. 92870018.6, filed on January 31, 1992. Alkoxylated polycarboxylates such as those prepared from polyacrylates are useful in the present invention to provide additional performance of removal of fat. Such materials are described in WO 9V08281 and PCT 90/01815 on p. 4 et seq., Incorporated in the present invention by way of reference. Chemically, these materials comprise polyacrylates having an ethoxy side chain for every 7-8 acrylate units. The side chains have the formula (CH2CH2O), n (CH2) nCH where m is 2-3 and n is 6-12. The side chains are linked by ester linkage to the "base structure" of the polyacrylate to provide a "comb" type polymer structure. The molecular weight may vary, but is typically in the range of from about 2000 to about 50,000. Said alkoxylated polycarboxylates may comprise from about 0.05% to about 10% by weight, of the compositions of the present invention.

Washing Method The compositions of the invention can be used essentially in any of the methods of washing, cleaning and / or care of fabrics, including soaking methods, pretreatment methods and methods in which rinsing steps are used for which need or can be added a separate rinse aid composition and post-treatment methods. The process described in the present invention comprises contacting the fabrics with a washing solution in the usual manner and exemplified later in the present invention. A conventional washing method 1 comprises treating the laundry with an aqueous liquid that it has. dissolved or dispensed therein an effective amount of the detergent composition for laundry and / or fabric care. The process of the invention is conveniently carried out in the course of the cleaning process. The cleaning method is preferably carried out at a temperature between 5 ° C and 95 ° C, especially between 10 ° C and 60 ° C. The pH of the treatment solution is preferably from 7 to 12. The following examples are designed to exemplify compositions of the present invention, but are not necessarily designed to limit or otherwise define the scope of the invention. In detergent compositions for laundry and / or fabric care, the levels of the enzymes are expressed as pure enzyme by weight of the total composition and unless stated otherwise, the detergent ingredients are expressed by weight of the total compositions . The identifications of the abbreviated components have the following meanings: LAS: linear Sodium alkyl benzenesulfonate of Ci 1_- | 3 TAS: Sodium alkyl sulphate CxyAS: Sodium alkyl sulphate of C- | x - C- | and CxyEZ: A primary alcohol of C- | xC- | and predominantly linear condensed with an average of z moles of ethylene oxide C / EzS: Sodium alkylsulfate of C- | xC- | and condensed with an average of z moles of ethylene oxide per mole. QAS 1: R2.N + (CH3) 2 (C2H4OH) with R2 = C8-Cn CFAA: C12-C14 alkyl N-methyl glucamide TFAA: N-methyl alkyl glucamide of C- | 6-C- | 8 TPKFA : Whole-cut fatty acids supplemented with C12-C-14 Silicate: Amorphous sodium silicate (Si? 2: Na2? Ratio = 1.6-3.2) Zeolite A: Hydrated sodium aluminosilicate of the formula Na-12 (Al? 2Si? 2) i2 27H2O, having a primary particle size in the range of 1 to 10 microns (weight expressed on an anhydrous basis) NaSKS-6: Crystalline layered silicate of the formula d-Na2Si2? 5 Citrus: Anhydrous citric acid Carbonate: Anhydrous sodium carbonate with a particle size between 200 and 900 microns Sulfate: Anhydrous sodium sulfate Mg sulfate: Anhydrous magnesium sulfate STPP: Sodium tripolyphosphate TSPP: Tetrasodium pyrophosphate MA / AA: Random copolymer 4: 1 acrylate / maleate, average molecular weight of approximately 70,000-80,000 PB1: Anhydrous sodium perborate with nominal formula NaB? 2-H2? 2 PB4: Sodium perborate tetrahydrate of nominal formula NaBO2.3H2O.H2O 2 Percarbonate: Anhydrous sodium percarbonate of nominal formula 2Na2C? 3.3H2? 2 TAED: Tetraacetylethylenediamine CBD-NACA-OBS: reaction product of cellulose binding domain from cell ulasa marketed under the trademark Carezyme by Novo Nordisk A / S with polytyrosine and (6-nonamidocaproyl) oxybenzenesulfonate molecules. DTPA: diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid. HEDP: 1,1-hydroxydanediphosphonic acid.

DETPMP: diethyltriaminepenta (methylenephosphonate, marketed by Monsanto under the trademark Dequest 2060. EDDS: ethylenediamine-N, N'-disuccinic acid, isomer (S, S) in the form of its sodium salt Photoactivated bleach: encapsulated sulfonated zinc phthalocyanine in dextrin-soluble polymer Protease: proteolytic enzyme marketed under the trademark Savinase, Alcalase, Durazym by Novo Nordisk AS, Maxacal, Maxapem, marketed by Gist-Brocades, and proteases described in WO91 / 0663 '.' and / or WO95 / 10591 and / or EP 251 446. Amylase: amylolytic enzyme marketed under the trademark Purafact Ox AmR, described in WO 94/18314, WO96 / 05295, marketed by Genencor, Termamyl®, Fungamil® and Duramyl®, all available from Novo Nordisk A / S, and those described in WO95 / 26397. Lipase: lipolytic enzyme marketed under the trademark Lipolase, Lipolase Ultra by Novo Nordisk AS and Lipomax by Gist-B cellulose: cellulolytic enzyme marketed under the trademark Carezyme, Celluzyme and / or Endolase by Novo Nordisk A / S. CMC: sodium carboxymethylcellulose. PVP: polyvinyl polymer with an average molecular weight of 60,000. PVNO: Polyvinylpyridine N-oxide with an average molecular weight of 50,000. PVPVI: vinylimidazole and vinylpyrrolidone copolymer, with an average molecular weight of 20,000. Brightener 1: 4,4'-bis (2-sulfostyril) biphenyl disodium. Brightener 2:: Disodium 4,4'-bis (4-anilino-6-morpholin-1, 3,5-triazin-2-yl) stilben-2,2'-disulfonate. Silicone antifoams: controller of polydimethylsiloxane foam with siloxane-oxyalkylene copolymer as the dispersing agent, with a ratio of said foam controller: said dispersing agent, from 10: 1 to 100: 1. Foam suppressor: 12% silicone / silica, 18% stearyl alcohol, 70% starch in granulated form. SRP 1: ammonically blocked end polyesters. HMWPEO: high molecular weight polyethylene oxide. 5 PEO: polyethylene oxide with an average molecular weight of 5,000. CBD- Rotundial: reaction product of CBD Cellulozome from Clostridium cellulovorans, which is marketed under the commercial brand of cellulose binding domain by Sigma with Rotundial molecules. CBD- Damascona: CBD Cellulozome reaction product of 15 Cfostridíum cellulovorans, which is marketed under the trademark of cellulose binding domain by Sigma with polylysine and d-Damascona molecules.

EXAMPLE 1 According to the present invention, this example illustrates the coupling of a citral perfume, hygienic agent glutaraldehyde or agent for the control of citronella insects, to a CBD. Reaction to an equal number of moles occurs under moderate conditions (pH 6 to 9.5, 1 to 48 hours, see, for example, Wirth, P. et al 1991 Biorg, Chem. 19, 133, 1991 and Chamow SM et al. , Bioconjugate Chem, 4, 133 1994). Chemical components such as perfume (citral), insect control agent (citronellal) and hygienic agent (glutaraldehyde) are linked to NH2 groups of the CBD, binding region and / or polyreactive binding region by Schiff base reaction . The reaction could also be concluded in methane: anhydrous containing a drying agent such as sodium sulfate. In case the CBD possesses more than one lysine or there is a polyreactive binding region comprising more than one lysine, the reaction is identical with the appropriate number of chemical components per CBD. For example, 10 equivalents of aldehyde per mole of CBD of the III family containing more than 10 mills will be added. For example, CBD having at least one lysine has a reactive NH 2 portion that will bind to the perfume. CBD is not volatile, and does not change the character of the aldehyde.

Improved release in dry fabrics is obtained by slow hydrolysis of the perfume bond to the CBD.

Fáhrir EXAMPLE 2 The following high density laundry detergent compositions were prepared in accordance with the present invention: I II LAS 6.0 6.0 TAS - 0.1 C25AS 4.0 3.0 C28AS 1.0 2.0 C25E5 4.6 4.0 C25E7 - - C25E3S 5.0 4.5 QAS - - QAS 1 0.5 1.0 Zeolite A 20.0 20.0 Citrus - 2.5 Carbonate 10.0 13.0 Na-SKS-6 10.0 10.0 Silicate 0.5 0.3 Sulfate - 14 Mg Sulfate - 0.2 MA / AA 1.0 1.0 CMC 0.4 0.4 Percarbonate 18.0 - TAED 3.9 - SRP1 - 0.2 EDDS 0.5 0.5 HEDP 0.4 0.4 Protease 0.05 0.03 I II Amylase 0.008 0.008 Cellulase 0.0007 0.001 Lipase 0.01 0.01 Photoactivated Bleach 20 20 (ppm) PVNO / PVPVI - 0.1 Polisher 1 0.09 0.09 Perfume 0.4 0.4 Silicone antifoams 0.3 0.3 CBD-Damascone 5.0 1.0 Density in g / l 850 850 Miscellaneous components Up to 100% and minor ingredients EXAMPLE 3 The following granular laundry detergent compositions of particular utility were prepared under washing conditions in a European washing machine, in accordance with the present invention: I II LAS 7.0 6.0 TAS 1.0 1.0 C24AS / C25AS 1.0 1.0 C25E3S 0.1 0.1 C25E5 4.0 4.0 STPP - 20.0 Zeolite A 17.0 - Na-SKS-6 5.0 5.0 Sulfate 12.0 2.0 MA / AA 1.0 1.0 CMC 0.4 0.4 PB4 15.0 15.0 TAED 2.5 2.5 CBD-NACA-OBS 2.0 2.0 DETPMP 0.2 0.2 HEDP 0.3 0.3 Protease 0.02 0.02 Lipasa 0.004 0.004 Cellulase 0.0007 0.0007 Amylase 0.003 0.003 PVP 0.9 0.9 Bleach 20 20 photoactivated (ppm) Brightener 1 0.15 0.15 Clay - 10 HMWPFO - 0.2 Perfume 0.3 0.3 Silicone antifoam 2.0 2.0 Density in g / liter 650 650 Various components Up to 100%, and minor ingredients 100% EXAMPLE 4 The following liquid detergent formulations were prepared according to the present invention (the levels are given in parts by weight): HLAS 11.5 7.0 C45E2.25S 4.0 4.0 C23E7 4.0 3.0 CFAA 4.0 2.0 TPKFA 10.0 6.0 Citrus (50%) 5.0 3.0 CaCl2 0.01 0.01 Boric acid 2.0 1.0 Sodium hydroxide 0.7 1.5 Ethanol 1.75 2.0 1, 2-propanediol 9.0 8.0 Monoethanolamine 8.0 3.0 Protease 0.03 0.02 Lipase 0.002 0.001 Amylase 0.002 0.002 Cellulase 0.001 0.0005 SRP1 0.2 0.1 DTPA 0.4 0.2 PVNO 0.4 0.2 Brightener 1 0.2 0.1 Silicone antifoam 0.04 0.1 CBD-damascone 2.0 1.0 Miscellaneous components and water Up to 100% EXAMPLE 5 The following bar detergent compositions were prepared according to the present invention: I LAS 15.0 C28AS Sodium Laurato C45E7 2.0 Zeolite A Carbonate 13.0 Calcium carbonate 30.0 Sulphate 3.0 TSPP STPP 10.0 Bentonite Clay DETPMP 0.6 CMC 1.0 Talcum 8.0 Silicate 4.0 PVNO MA / AA SRP1 0.3 Amylase 0.01 Protease 0.003 Lipase Cellulase 0.0002 PEO Perfume 0.3 Magnesium sulfate 3.0 CBD-damascone 1.0 CBD-rotundial 5.0 Brightener 2 0.15 Photoactivated bleach 15.0 (ppm) EXAMPLE 6 The following rinse detergent compositions for fabrics that provide "softness by washing" capability were prepared in accordance with the present invention: I II C45AS - 10.0 LAS 7.6 - C68AS 1.3 - C45E7 4.0 - C25E3 - 5.0 Chloride of 1.4 1.0 cocoalkyldimethylhydroxyethylammonium Citrate 5.0 3.0 Na-SKS-6 - 11.0 Zeolite A 15.0 15.0 MA / AA 4.0 4.0 DETPMP 0.4 0.4 PB 1 15.0 - Percarbonate - 15.0 TAED 5.0 5.0 Smectite clay 10.0 10.0 HMWPEO - 0.1 CBD-damascone 0.5 2.0 Protease 0.02 0.01 Lipase 0.02 0.01 Amylase 0.03 0.005 Cellulase 0.001 - Silicate 3.0 5.0 Carbonate 10.0 10.0 Foam suppressor 1.0 4.0 CMC 0.2 0.1 Water / minor components Up to 100%

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NOVELTY OF THE INVENTION CLAIMS

1. - A detergent composition for laundry and / or fabric care comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease; further characterized in that the chemical entity comprises a deposition aid having a high affinity for cellulose and a benefit agent.

2. A detergent composition for laundry and / or fabric care according to claim 1, further characterized in that said deposition aid is selected from an enzyme preferably an enzyme binding domain, more preferred an amino acid sequence which comprises a cellulose binding domain

3. A composition according to claim 2, further characterized in that said amino acid sequence comprising a cellulose binding domain is selected from CBHII CBDs of Trichoderma reesei, CBDs CenC, CenA and Cex from Cellulomonas fimi, CBD CBHI from Trichoderma reesei, CBD Cellulose from Clostridium cellulovorans, CBD E3 from Thermonospora fusca, CBD-dimer from Clostridium stecorari? m (NCIMB11754) XynA, CBD from Bacillus agaradherens (NCIMB40482) and / or CBD family 45 of Humicola insolens. and mixtures thereof.

4. A composition according to claims 1-3, further characterized in that said benefit agent is selected from perfumes, hygiene agents, insect control agents, fabric softening agents, soil release agents, bleaching agents, dye fixing agents, brighteners, latexes, resins and / or mixtures thereof, preferably perfumes, hygiene agents, insect control agents and / or mixtures thereof.

5. A composition according to claims 1-4, further characterized in that said chemical component is linked to said deposition aid through a binding region ..

6. A composition according to claim 5, further characterized because said binding region is an amino acid binding region.

7. A composition according to claim 5, further characterized in that said binding region is a non-amino acid linker region, preferably a polymer selected from the polymers PEG (NPC) 2, (NH2) 2-PEG, t-BOC -NH-PEG-NH2, MAL-PEG-NHS and / or VS-PEG-NHS.

8. A composition according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that said chemical component is linked to said deposition assistant or to said binding region through a weak link.

9. A composition according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that said chemical entity is comprised at a level of 0.00001% up to 50%, preferably from 0.001% up to 20%, more preferred from 0.1% up to 10% in weight of the total composition.

10. A composition according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that said surfactant is selected from nonionic and anionic surfactants, preferably at a weight ratio of nonionic to anionic at least 1:10.

11. A composition according to claim 10, further characterized in that said nonionic surfactants are selected from polyethylene oxide condensates of alkylphenols, polyhydroxy fatty acid amide and / or mixtures thereof.

12. A composition according to claim 10, further characterized in that said anionic surfactants are selected from linear alkylbenzenesulfonate, alkyl sulfate ethoxylates, alkyl sulphates, branched anionic surfactants in the middle region of the chain and / or mixtures thereof. .

13. A composition according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that the system of surfactants also comprises a cationic surfactant, preferably a cationic detergent surfactant.

14. A composition according to claim 13, further characterized in that said cationic detergent surfactant is selected from coconut trimethyl ammonium chloride or bromide, preferably coconut methyl dihydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide, more preferred decyl dimethyl hydroxyethyl ammonium chloride or bromide, and / or mixtures thereof. same.

15. A composition according to claims 13-15, further characterized in that the cationic surfactant is comprised at a level of not more than 5%, preferably from 1% to 2% by weight of the composition.

16. A composition according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that said protease is selected from: Protease B, Protease C, a variant of Protease D having the set of substitutions 76/103/104, in accordance with the Numeration of Bacillus amyloliquiefaciens subtilisin; a variant of protease with multiple substitutions comprising the set of amino acid substitutions 101/103/104/159/232/236/245/248/252, in accordance with the numeration of the subtilisin of Bacillus amyloliquiefaciens and / or mixtures of the

17. A composition according to any of the preceding claims, further characterized in that it comprises an amylase.

18. A method for treating a fabric with a composition comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease according to claims 1-17, to provide sanitation and / or insect control.

19. A method for treating a fabric with a composition comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease according to claims 1-17, to provide cleaning to fabrics including the removal of stains and dirt, fabric cleaning percudidas and / or maintenance of whiteness.

20. A method for treating a fabric with a composition comprising a chemical entity, a surfactant and a protease according to claims 1-17, to provide care to the fabrics including anti-wrinkling, anti-spoiling and anti-aging properties. - shrink and / or softness to the fabric.