WO2008101558A1 - Washing or cleaning composition comprising plant extract - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a washing or cleaning composition comprising an anionic surfactant, further customary ingredients of washing or cleaning compositions and less than 0.00005% by weight of a plant extract. This plant extract comprises preferably plant oils, essential oils, extracts from camomile, aloe vera or echinacea, and mixtures thereof. Additionally described is a process for producing such a washing or cleaning composition and the use thereof.

Description

 Washing or cleaning agent with plant extract

The invention relates to a washing or cleaning agent containing an anionic surfactant, other conventional ingredients of detergents or cleaners and a plant extract. The invention also relates to the use of the washing or cleaning agent and a process for its preparation.

Detergents or cleaning agents with plant extracts are known in the art. In WO 03/064583 A1, for example, solid detergents are described which contain plant extracts which are known for their skin friendliness. From US 6,494,920, for example, detergent compositions are known which contain ester quat and aloe.

Often only very small amounts of these plant extracts are used. Thus, the agents described in WO 03/064582 A1, for example, 0.00005 to 0.01 wt .-% of aloe vera (based on 100 wt .-% dry matter). Aloe vera is added to the composition in the form of a solid additive.

With such small amounts of plant extract, exact dosage and homogeneous distribution in the detergent or cleaning agent is often problematic. Also agents with smaller amounts of plant extract are not described.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a washing or cleaning composition which contains a plant extract in very small amounts.

This object is achieved by a washing or cleaning agent containing an anionic surfactant, other customary ingredients of detergents or cleaners and less than 0.00005 wt .-% of a plant extract.

It is preferred that the plant extract has been introduced into the washing or cleaning agent via a non-solid ingredient of the washing or cleaning agent.

It has now surprisingly been found that small amounts of plant extract can be prepared in a simple and above all exact manner by a previous mixing with a non-solid content. fabric of a detergent or cleaning agent and the joint introduction of the resulting mixture into the detergent or cleaning agent can be introduced.

It is preferred that the non-solid ingredient is a perfume, a nonionic surfactant, a defoamer, an organic solvent, a polymer, an enzyme liquid formulation, or a dye.

These ingredients are either liquid or are added in the preparation of the washing or cleaning agent in a liquid form, for example as a solution or dispersion. Furthermore, these liquid ingredients are common ingredients of detergents or cleaners. The introduction of the optionally diluted plant extract on these conventional ingredients and their usual Dosierrouten allows an accurate and easy introduction of small amounts of plant extract with existing weighing and / or dosing techniques.

It is most preferred that the non-solid ingredient is a perfume and the agent is 0.05 to 3 wt.%, Preferably 0.08 to 2 wt.% And most preferably 0.1 to 1.5 wt % Perfume containing a diluted plant extract, preferably an extract of aloe vera.

Furthermore, it is advantageous that the amount of plant extract is 0.0000001 to 0.000045 wt .-%.

It is preferred that the plant extract is selected from the group comprising vegetable oils, essential oils, extracts of chamomile, aloe vera and / or echinacea and mixtures thereof.

The invention furthermore relates to the use of the washing or cleaning agent according to the invention for cleaning and / or conditioning textile fabrics.

The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of a washing or cleaning agent containing anionic surfactant, other common ingredients of detergents or cleaners and less than 0.00005 wt .-% of a plant extract, wherein the plant extract with a non-solid ingredient of the washing - Or detergent mixed and is introduced via this in the detergent or cleaning agent. The washing or cleaning agents according to the invention are described in detail below, inter alia, by way of examples.

The washing or cleaning agent necessarily contains an anionic surfactant. As anionic surfactants, for example, those of the sulfonate type and sulfates are used. The surfactants of the sulfonate type are preferably C ₉ . _13- Alkylbenzolsulfonate, olefinsulfonates, ie mixtures of alkene and hydroxyalkanesulfonates and disulfonates, as obtained for example from C ₁₂ -i ₈ monoolefins with terminal or internal double bond by sulfonation with gaseous sulfur trioxide and subsequent alkaline or acid hydrolysis of the sulfonation , considering. Also suitable are alkanesulfonates, which are obtained from C _{12-i 8} alkanes, for example by sulfochlorination or sulfoxidation and subsequent hydrolysis or neutralization. Likewise suitable are the esters of .alpha.-sulfo fatty acids (ester sulfonates), for example the .alpha.-sulfonated methyl esters of hydrogenated coconut, palm kernel or tallow fatty acids.

Further suitable anionic surfactants are sulfated fatty acid glycerol esters. Fatty acid glycerol esters are to be understood as meaning the mono-, di- and triesters and mixtures thereof, as in the preparation by esterification of a monoglycerol with 1 to 3 mol of fatty acid or in the transesterification of triglycerides with 0.3 to 2 mol Glycerol can be obtained. Preferred sulfated fatty acid glycerol esters are the sulfonation products of saturated fatty acids containing 6 to 22 carbon atoms, for example caproic acid, caprylic acid, capric acid, myristic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid or behenic acid.

mit im Durchschnitt 3,5 Mol Ethylenoxid (EO) oder C₁₂-i₈-Fettalkohole mit 1 bis 4 EO, sind geeignet. Sie werden in Reinigungsmitteln aufgrund ihres hohen Schaumverhaltens nur in relativ geringen Mengen, beispielsweise in Mengen von 1 bis 5 Gew.-%, eingesetzt.The alkali and especially the sodium salts of the Schwefelsäurehalbester _C12 alk (en) yl sulfates ₁₈ fatty alcohols, for example coconut fatty alcohol, tallow fatty alcohol, lauryl, myristyl, cetyl or stearyl alcohol, or C ₁₀ -C ₂ o Oxo alcohols and those half-esters of secondary alcohols of these chain lengths are preferred. Also preferred are alk (en) ylsulfates of said chain length, which contain a synthetic, produced on a petrochemical basis straight-chain alkyl radical, which have an analogous degradation behavior as the adequate compounds based on oleochemical raw materials. Of washing technology interest, the C ₁₂ -C ₁₆ alkyl sulfates and C ₁₂ -C ₁₅ alkyl sulfates and C ₁₄ -C ₁₅ alkyl sulfates are preferred. Also, 2,3-alkyl sulfates, which can be obtained as commercial products of the Shell OiI Company under the name DAN®, are suitable anionic surfactants. Also, the sulfuric acid monoesters of straight-chain or branched C ₇ ethoxylated with 1 to 6 moles of ethylene oxide. ₂ alcohols, such as 2-methyl-branched

with on average 3.5 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) or C ₁₂ -i ₈ -fatty alcohols with 1 to 4 EO, are suitable. Due to their high foaming behavior, they are only used in detergents in relatively small amounts, for example in amounts of from 1 to 5% by weight.

Further suitable anionic surfactants are also the salts of alkylsulfosuccinic acid, which are also referred to as sulfosuccinates or as sulfosuccinic acid esters, and the monoesters and / or diesters of sulfosuccinic acid with alcohols, preferably fatty alcohols and in particular ethoxylated fatty alcohols. Preferred sulfosuccinates contain C ₈ . _18- fatty alcohol residues or mixtures of these. Particularly preferred sulfosuccinates contain a fatty alcohol residue derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols, which in themselves constitute nonionic surfactants (see description below). Sulfosuccinates, whose fatty alcohol residues are derived from ethoxylated fatty alcohols with a narrow homolog distribution, are again particularly preferred. Likewise, it is also possible to use alk (en) ylsuccinic acid having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms in the alk (en) yl chain or salts thereof.

Particularly preferred anionic surfactants are soaps. Suitable are saturated and unsaturated fatty acid soaps, such as the salts of lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, (hydrogenated) erucic acid and behenic acid and, in particular, soap mixtures derived from natural fatty acids, for example coconut, palm kernel, olive oil or tallow fatty acids.

The anionic surfactants, including the soaps, may be in the form of their sodium, potassium or ammonium salts and as soluble salts of organic bases, such as mono-, di- or triethanolamine. The anionic surfactants are preferably present in the form of their sodium or potassium salts, in particular in the form of the sodium salts.

The content of preferred detergents or cleaning agents to anionic surfactants is 2 to 30 wt .-%, preferably 4 to 25 wt .-% and in particular 5 to 22 wt .-%, each based on the total washing or cleaning agent.

In addition to the anionic surfactant, the washing or cleaning agent contains a plant extract. This plant extract is for example a vegetable oil, an essential oil, an extract of chamomile, aloe vera and / or echinacea or a mixture thereof. Suitable vegetable oils that can be used include, for example, avocado oil, olive oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, rapeseed oil, linseed oil, soybean oil, peanut oil, coriander oil, castor oil, poppy seed oil, cocoa oil, coconut oil, pumpkin seed oil, wheat germ oil, sesame oil, sunflower oil, almond oil, macadamia nut oil, apricot kernel oil, Hazelnut oil, jojoba oil and / or canola oil. Preferred vegetable oils include almond oil and / or jojoba oil and / or avocado oil, but especially almond oil.

For example, essential oils are extracted from flowers, spices, herbs, woods or fibers and are complex mixtures of various organic molecules such as terpenes, ethers, coumarins, esters, aldehydes, phenyl esters, monoterpenols, phenols, monoterpenes, oxides, sesquiterpene ketones, sesquiterpenes and Sesquiterpenolen. Due to their small molecular structure, essential oils pass through the skin and / or the mucous membrane into the bloodstream and tissue. In this way they can influence the entire organism.

A variety of essential oils can be used in the washing or cleaning agents according to the invention. Suitable essential oils include, for example, oils of Abies Sibirica, Amyris balsamifera, anise (Illicium verum), lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), basil (Ocimum basilicum), pimenta acre, bee balm (Monarda didyma), bergamot (citrus aurantium bergamia), birch (betula Aba), Bitter Orange (Citrus Aurantium Amara), Hibiscus, Hundred Rose (Rosa Centifolia), Calendula Officinalis, Californian Nusseibe (Torreya Californica), Camellia Sinensis, Capsicum Frutescers Oleoresin, Carum Carvi, Cardamom (Elettaria Cardamomum), Cedar ( Cedrus Atlantica), Chamaecyparis obtusa, Chamomile (Anthemis nobilis), Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia), Lemongrass (Cymbopogon nardus), Clary sage (Salvia sclarea), Clove (Eugenia caryophyllus), Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), Coriander seeds, Cyperus esculentus, Cypress ( Cupressus Sempervirens), Eucalyptus Citriodora, Eucalyptus Globulus, Fennel (Foeniculum vulgaris), Gardenia Florida, Geranium Maculatum, Ginger (Zingiber Officinalis), camelina (Camelina sativa), grape fruit (citrus grandis), hops (Humulus lupulus), hypericum perforatum, hyptis suaveolens, indigo shrub (Dalea spinosa), jasmine (jasmine officinale), juniperus communis, juniperus virginiana, labdanum (Cistus Labdaniferus), Laurel (Laurus Nobilis), Lavandin (Lavandula hybrida), Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia), Lemon (Citrus medica limonum), Lemongrass (Cymbopogon schoenanthus), Leptospermum Scoparium, Lime (Citrus aurantifolia), Lime (Tilia cordata), Litsea Cubeba, Lovage (Levisticum officinale), Citrus Nobilis, Massoy bark, Chamomilla Recutita, Moroccan chamomile, Musk rose (Rosa moschata), Myrrh (Commiphora myrrha), Myrtle (Myrtus communis), Picea Excelsa, Muscat (Myristica fragrans), Olax Dissitiflora, Olibanum, Opoponax, Orange (Citrus aurantium dulcis), Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini), Parsley seeds (Carum petroselinum), Passiflora ( Passiflora Incarnata), patchouli (Pogcstemon Cablin), pelargonium graveolens, pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium), peppermint (Mentha piperita), pine (Pinus palustris), pinus pinea, pinus pumiho, pinus sylvestris, rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), rose, rosewood ( Aniba Rosseodora), Rue (Ruta Graveolens), Sage (Salvia officinalis), Sambucus nigra, Sandalwood (Santalum album), Sandarak (Callitris quadrivalvis), Sassafras officinale, Sisymbrium ino, Spearmint (Mentha viridis), Marjoram (Origanum majorana), March violet (Viola odorata), Wood tar, Thuja Occidentalis, Thyme (Thymus vulgaris), Vetiveria zizanoides, Wild mint (Mentha arvensis), Ximenia americana, Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), Ylang ylang (Cananga odorata) and Mi from it.

A very particularly preferred plant extract is an extract of aloe vera. Aloe vera, also referred to as "true aloe", is a species of the genus Aloe (aloe) in the family of the adults (Asphodelaceae) Aloe vera is generally referred to as "10: 1" aloe vera (for example, from the Aloe Corporation in the US), which corresponds to a 10-fold dilution of the pure juice extracted from the plants. The pure juice itself still contains water and the content of dry matter of aloe vera in the pure juice is about 50 wt .-%. Thus, the dry matter content of aloe vera in the 10: 1 material is about 5% by weight. To avoid ambiguity, the amount of aloe vera is given on the basis of 100 wt .-% dry matter in the context of this invention. For example, a detergent or cleaning agent having 0.00012 wt% of 10: 1 aloe vera material would accordingly contain 0.000006 wt% aloe vera.

The amount of plant extract in the washing or cleaning agent is less than 0.00005 wt .-%, and preferably from 0.0000001 to 0.000045 wt .-%. Particularly preferably, the washing or cleaning agent contains 0.0000001 to 0.000045 wt .-% aloe vera (on a basis of 100 wt .-% dry matter).

The plant extract is first mixed with a non-solid ingredient of the washing or cleaning agent and then introduced in mixture with this in the detergent or cleaning agent. However, it may be preferred that the plant extract is taken up in a suitable solvent prior to mixing with a non-solid ingredient of the detergent or cleaning agent and thereby diluted. Suitable non-solid ingredients include, for example, a perfume, a nonionic surfactant, a defoamer, an organic solvent, a polymer, an enzyme liquid formulation or a dye.

The plant extract can be introduced into the washing or cleaning agent via one or more of these ingredients. However, incorporation via an ingredient is preferred.

A description of the suitable non-solid ingredients through which a plant extract can be incorporated can be found in the detailed description of the detergent or cleanser. Of course, a washing or cleaning agent may contain one or more of said non-solid ingredients such as a perfume, a nonionic surfactant, a defoamer, an organic solvent, a polymer, an enzyme liquid formulation, or a dye, without the above the plant extract was introduced.

As already mentioned, "non-solid ingredient" in the context of this invention means that the ingredient in question is either liquid or is added in the preparation of the washing or cleaning agent in a liquid form, for example as a solution or dispersion House of "liquid ingredients are, for example, perfumes, non-ionic surfactants or organic solvents. On the other hand, polymers or dyes are examples of ingredients which are used in the form of (aqueous) solutions or dispersion in the production process of the washing or cleaning agent.

Suitable polymer-containing solutions or dispersions, via which the plant extract can be introduced, include, for example, correspondingly modified solutions or dispersions of polymeric thickeners, soil release polymers, dye transfer inhibitors, graying inhibitors, silicones, etc.

In addition to the anionic surfactant and the plant extract, the detergents or cleaning agents may contain further ingredients which further improve the performance and / or aesthetic properties of the washing or cleaning agent. In the context of the present invention, preferred washing or cleaning agents additionally comprise one or more substances from the group of nonionic surfactants, builders, bleaching agents, bleach activators, enzymes, electrolytes, nonaqueous solvents, pH adjusters, perfumes, perfume carriers, fluorescent dyes. agents, dyes, hydrotopes, foam inhibitors, silicone oils, anti redeposition agents, optical brighteners, grayness inhibitors, shrinkage inhibitors, anti-crease agents, dye transfer inhibitors, antimicrobial agents, germicides, fungicides, antioxidants, preservatives, corrosion inhibitors, antistatic agents, bittering agents, ironing aids, repellents and impregnating agents, swelling agents and slip-resistant, neutral filler salts and UV absorbers. The washing or cleaning agents may contain a perfume, a non-ionic surfactant, a defoamer, an organic solvent, a polymer-containing solution, an enzyme liquid formulation and / or a dye, without these ingredients previously a plant extract is added.

The nonionic surfactants used are preferably alkoxylated, advantageously ethoxylated, in particular primary, alcohols having preferably 8 to 18 carbon atoms and on average 1 to 12 moles of ethylene oxide (EO) per mole of alcohol, in which the alcohol radical is linear or preferably methyl-branched in the 2-position may be or contain linear and methyl-branched radicals in the mixture, as they are usually present in Oxoalkoholresten. In particular, however, alcohol ethoxylates with linear radicals of alcohols of native origin having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, for example of coconut, palm, tallow or oleyl alcohol, and on average 2 to 8 EO per mole of alcohol are preferred. Preferred ethoxylated alcohols include, for example, C ₁₂ _ ₁₄ - alcohols containing 3 EO, 7 EO or 4 EO, C. _{9 ir} alcohol containing 7 EO, C. _{13 15} alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO, 7 EO or 8 EO, C ₁₂ -i ₈ -alcohols with 3 EO, 5 EO or 7 EO and mixtures of these, such as mixtures of C ₁₂ -i ₄ -alcohol with 3 EO and C ₁₂ . _18- alcohol with 7 EO. The degrees of ethoxylation given represent statistical means which, for a particular product, may be an integer or a fractional number. Preferred alcohol ethoxylates have a narrow homolog distribution (narrow rank ethoxylates, NRE). In addition to these nonionic surfactants, fatty alcohols containing more than 12 EO can also be used. Examples of these are tallow fatty alcohol with 14 EO, 25 EO, 30 EO or 40 EO. Nonionic surfactants which contain EO and PO groups together in the molecule can also be used according to the invention. Here, block copolymers with EO-PO block units or PO-EO block units can be used, but also EO-PO-EO copolymers or PO-EO-PO copolymers. Of course, it is also possible to use mixed alkoxylated nonionic surfactants in which EO and PO units are not distributed in blocks, but randomly. Such products are available by the simultaneous action of ethylene and propylene oxide on fatty alcohols.

In addition, other nonionic surfactants which can also be used are alkyl glycosides of the general formula RO (G) _x in which R is a primary straight-chain or methyl-branched, in particular especially in the 2-position methyl-branched aliphatic radical having 8 to 22, preferably 12 to 18 carbon atoms and G is the symbol which represents a glycose unit having 5 or 6 C-atoms, preferably glucose. The degree of oligomerization x, which indicates the distribution of monoglycosides and oligoglycosides, is any number between 1 and 10; preferably x is 1, 2 to 1, 4. Alkyl glycosides are known, mild and skin-friendly surfactants.

Another class of preferred nonionic surfactants used either as the sole nonionic surfactant or in combination with other nonionic surfactants are alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or ethoxylated and propoxylated fatty acid alkyl esters, preferably having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain, in particular fatty acid methyl ester.

Nonionic surfactants of the amine oxide type, for example N-cocoalkyl-N, N-dimethylamine oxide and N-tallowalkyl-N, N-dihydroxyethylamine oxide, and the fatty acid alkanolamides may also be suitable. The amount of these nonionic surfactants is preferably not more than that of the ethoxylated fatty alcohols, especially not more than half thereof.

Further suitable surfactants are polyhydroxy fatty acid amides of the formula (VII)

R ¹

I

R-CO-N- [Z] (VII)

wherein RCO is an aliphatic acyl group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms, R ^{1 is} hydrogen, an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and [Z] is a linear or branched polyhydroxyalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms and 3 to 10 hydroxyl groups. The polyhydroxy fatty acid amides are known substances which can usually be obtained by reductive amination of a reducing sugar with ammonia, an alkylamine or an alkanolamine and subsequent acylation with a fatty acid, a fatty acid alkyl ester or a fatty acid chloride. The group of polyhydroxy fatty acid amides also includes compounds of the formula (VIII)

R ¹ -OR ²

I

R-CO-N- [Z] (VIII)

in the R is a linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl radical having 7 to 12 carbon atoms, R ^{1 is} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R ^{2 is} a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl radical or an aryl radical or an oxyalkyl radical having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, where C | _4- alkyl or phenyl radicals are preferred and [Z] is a linear polyhydroxyalkyl radical whose alkyl chain is substituted by at least two hydroxyl groups, or alkoxylated, preferably ethoxylated or propoxylated derivatives of this radical.

[Z] is preferably obtained by reductive amination of a sugar, for example glucose, fructose, maltose, lactose, galactose, mannose or xylose. The N-alkoxy- or N-aryloxy-substituted compounds can then be converted into the desired polyhydroxy fatty acid amides by reaction with fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of an alkoxide as catalyst.

The content of nonionic surfactants in a liquid washing or cleaning agent is preferably 5 to 30 wt .-%, preferably 7 to 20 wt .-% and in particular 9 to 15 wt .-%, each based on the total washing or Cleaning supplies.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via a nonionic surfactant, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the nonionic surfactant and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition apparatuses during production.

The total surfactant content of a washing or cleaning agent is preferably below 55 wt .-%, preferably below 40 wt .-% and particularly preferably below 35 wt .-%, based on the total washing or cleaning agent. Suitable builders which may be present in the detergents or cleaners are in particular silicates, aluminum silicates (in particular zeolites), carbonates, salts of organic di- and polycarboxylic acids and mixtures of these substances.

Suitable crystalline layered sodium silicates have the general formula NaMSi _x O _{2x + I} • H ₂ O, where M is sodium or hydrogen, x is a number from 1.9 to 4 and y is a number from 0 to 20 and preferred values for x 2, 3 or 4 are. Preferred crystalline layered silicates of the formula given are those in which M is sodium and x assumes the values 2 or 3. In particular, both β- and δ-sodium disilicates Na ₂ Si ₂ O ₅ .yH ₂ O are preferred.

It is also possible to use amorphous sodium silicates with a Na ₂ O: SiO ₂ modulus of from 1: 2 to 1: 3.3, preferably from 1: 2 to 1: 2.8 and in particular from 1: 2 to 1: 2.6, which Delayed and have secondary washing properties. The dissolution delay compared with conventional amorphous sodium silicates may have been caused in various ways, for example by surface treatment, compounding, compaction / densification or by overdrying. In the context of this invention, the term "amorphous" is also understood to mean "X-ray amorphous". This means that the silicates do not yield sharp X-ray reflections typical of crystalline substances in X-ray diffraction experiments, but at most one or more maxima of the scattered X-rays which have a width of several degrees of diffraction angle. However, it may well even lead to particularly good builder properties if the silicate particles provide blurred or even sharp diffraction maxima in electron diffraction experiments. This is to be interpreted as meaning that the products have microcrystalline regions of size 10 to a few hundred nm, with values of up to a maximum of 50 nm and in particular up to a maximum of 20 nm being preferred. Particularly preferred are compacted / compacted amorphous silicates, compounded amorphous silicates and overdried X-ray amorphous silicates.

The finely crystalline, synthetic and bound water-containing zeolite used is preferably zeolite A and / or P. As zeolite P, zeolite MAP® (commercial product from Crosfield) is particularly preferred. Also suitable, however, are zeolite X and mixtures of A, X and / or P. Commercially available and preferably usable in the context of the present invention is, for example, a cocrystal of zeolite X and zeolite A (about 80% by weight of zeolite X) ) marketed by the company SASOL under the brand name VEGOBOND AX® and by the formula nNa ₂ O. (1-n) K ₂ 0. Al ₂ O ₃ . (2 - 2.5) SiO ₂ . (3.5-5.5) H ₂ O n = 0.90-1.0

can be described. The zeolite can be used as a spray-dried powder or else as an undried, stabilized suspension which is still moist from its production. In the event that the zeolite is used as a suspension, it may contain minor additions of nonionic surfactants as stabilizers, for example 1 to 3 wt .-%, based on zeolite, of ethoxylated C ₁₂ -C ₁₈ fatty alcohols having 2 to 5 ethylene oxide groups , C ₁₂ -C ₁₄ -FeK- alcohols having 4 to 5 ethylene oxide groups or ethoxylated isotridecanols. Suitable zeolites have an average particle size of less than 10 μm (volume distribution, measuring method: Coulter Counter) and preferably contain 18 to 22% by weight, in particular 20 to 22% by weight, of bound water.

Of course, a use of the well-known phosphates as builders is possible, unless such use should not be avoided for environmental reasons. Particularly suitable are the sodium salts of orthophosphates, pyrophosphates and in particular tripolyphosphates.

Organic builders which may be present in the detergent or cleaning agent include polycarboxylate polymers such as polyacrylates and acrylic acid / maleic acid copolymers, poly-aspartates and monomeric polycarboxylates such as citrates, gluconates, succinates or malonates, which are preferably used as sodium salts.

Among the compounds serving as bleaches, which yield H ₂ O ₂ in water, sodium perborate tetrahydrate and sodium perborate monohydrate are of particular importance. Further usable bleaching agents are, for example, sodium percarbonate, peroxypyrophosphates, citrate perhydrates and H ₂ O ₂ -producing peracidic salts or organic peracids, such as perbenzoates, peroxophthalates, diperazelaic acid, diperdodecanedioic acid, 4-phthalimidoperoxobutanoic acid, 5-phthalimidoperoxopentanoic acid, 6-phthalimidoperoxohexanoic acid, 7-phthalimidoperoxoheptanoic acid , N, N'-terephthaloyl-di-6-aminoperoxohexanoic acid and mixtures thereof. Preferred peracids include the phthalimidoperoxoalkanoic acids, especially 6-phthalimidoperoxohexanoic acid (PAP). It may be preferred that the bleaching agent has an envelope which dissolves only in the actual washing process and then releases the bleaching agent. The amount of bleaching agent is preferably between 0.5 and 25 wt .-% based on the total washing or cleaning agent.

In order to achieve when washing at temperatures of 6O ⁰ C and below, an improved bleaching effect, bleach activators may be incorporated in the detergents and cleaning agents. As bleach activators, it is possible to use compounds which, under perhydrolysis conditions, give aliphatic peroxycarboxylic acids having preferably 1 to 10 C atoms, in particular 2 to 4 C atoms, and / or optionally substituted perbenzoic acid. Suitable substances are those which carry O- and / or N-acyl groups of the stated C atom number and / or optionally substituted benzoyl groups. Preference is given to polyacylated alkylenediamines, in particular tetraacetylethylenediamine (TAED), acylated triazine derivatives, in particular 1,5-diacetyl-2,4-dioxo-hexahydro-1,3,5-triazine (DADHT), acylated glycolurils, in particular tetraacetylglycoluril (TAGU), N-acylimides, in particular N-nonanoylsuccinimide (NOSI), acylated phenolsulfonates, in particular n-nonanoyl or isononanoyloxybenzenesulfonate (n- or iso-NOBS), carboxylic anhydrides, in particular phthalic anhydride, acylated polyhydric alcohols, in particular triacetin, ethylene glycol diacetate and 2, 5-diacetoxy-2,5-dihydrofuran.

In addition to the conventional bleach activators or in their place also so-called bleach catalysts can be incorporated into the detergents or cleaning agents. These substances are bleach-enhancing transition metal salts or transition metal complexes such as Mn, Fe, Co, Ru or Mo saline complexes or carbonyl complexes. Mn, Fe, Co, Ru, Mo, Ti, V and Cu complexes with nitrogen-containing tripod ligands and Co, Fe, Cu and Ru ammine complexes can also be used as bleach catalysts.

A liquid detergent or cleanser may contain a thickener. The thickener may include, for example, a polyacrylate thickener, xanthan gum, gellan gum, guar gum, alginate, carrageenan, carboxymethyl cellulose, bentonites, wellan gum, locust bean gum, agar, tragacanth, gum arabic, pectins, polyoses, starch, dextrins, gelatin and casein include. However, modified natural substances such as modified starches and celluloses, examples which may be mentioned here include carboxymethylcellulose and other cellulose ethers, hydroxyethyl and -propylcellulose and core flour ethers, can be used as thickeners. Examples of polyacrylic and polymethacrylic thickeners include the high molecular weight homopolymers of acrylic acid crosslinked with a polyalkenyl polyether, in particular an allyl ether of sucrose, pentaerythritol or propylene (INCI name according to the International Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients of The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association (CTFA) ": carbomer), also referred to as carboxyvinyl polymers. Such polyacrylic acids are available, inter alia, from the company 3V Sigma under the trade name Polygel®, for example Polygel DA, and from Noveon under the trade name Carbopol®, eg Carbopol 940 (molecular weight about 4,000,000), Carbopol 941 ( Molecular weight about 1,250,000) or Carbopol 934 (molecular weight about 3,000,000). Furthermore, the following acrylic acid copolymers are included: (i) Copolymers of two or more monomers from the group of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and their simple, preferably with C-ι_ ₄ -alkanols formed ester (INCI acrylates copolymer), to which about the copolymers of methacrylic acid, butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate (CAS designation according to Chemical Abstracts Service: 25035-69-2) or of butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate (CAS 25852-37-3) and the example of Rohm & Haas under the trade name Aculyn® and Acusol®, as well as from Degussa (Goldschmidt) under the trade name Tego® Polymer, for example the anionic non-associative polymers Aculyn 22, Aculyn 28, Aculyn 33 (cross-linked), Acusol 810, Acusol 820, Acusol 823 and Acusol 830 (CAS 25852-37-3); (ii) crosslinked high molecular weight acrylic acid copolymers, such as those crosslinked with an allyl ether of sucrose or pentaerythritol copolymers of C ₁₀ - ₃₀ alkyl acrylates with one or more monomers from the group of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and their simple, preferably C- ι_ ₄ alkanols formed esters (INCI acrylates / C 10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer) include and are available, for example, from the company. Noveon under the trade name Carbopol®, for example, the hydrophobic Carbopol ETD 2623 and Carbopol 1382 (INCI Acrylates / C _1O - ₃ o alkyl acrylate crosspolymer) and Carbopol Aqua 30 (formerly Carbopol EX 473).

Another preferred polymeric thickening agent is xanthan gum, a microbial anionic heteropolysaccharide produced by Xanthomonas campestris and some other species under aerobic conditions and having a molecular weight of from 2 to 15 million daltons. Xanthan is formed from a chain of β-1,4-linked glucose (cellulose) with side chains. The structure of the subgroups consists of glucose, mannose, glucuronic acid, acetate and pyruvate, the number of pyruvate units determining the viscosity of the xanthan gum. In particular, a fatty alcohol is also suitable as thickener. Fatty alcohols may be branched or unbranched, of native origin or of petrochemical origin. Preferred fatty alcohols have a C chain length of 10 to 20 C atoms, preferably 12 to 18. Preference is given to using mixtures of different C chain lengths, such as tallow fatty alcohol or coconut fatty alcohol. Examples are Lorol® Spezial (C12-14-ROH) or Lorol® Technical (C12-18-ROH) (both ex Cognis).

Preferred liquid detergents or cleaners contain from 0.01 to 3 wt .-% and preferably 0.1 to 1 wt .-% thickening agent based on the total detergent or cleaning agent. The amount of thickener used depends on the type of thickener and the desired degree of thickening.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via the solution / dispersion of a polymeric thickener, then an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the thickener solution and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition devices during production.

The washing or cleaning agent may contain enzymes in encapsulated form and / or directly in the washing or cleaning agent. Suitable enzymes include in particular those from the classes of hydrolases such as proteases, esterases, lipases or lipolytic enzymes, amylases, cellulases or other glycosyl hydrolases, hemicellulases, mannanases, cutinases, β-glucanases, oxidases, peroxidases, perhydrolases and / or laccases and mixtures of said enzymes in question. All of these hydrolases in the laundry contribute to the removal of blemishes such as proteinaceous, greasy or starchy stains and graying. In addition, cellulases and other glycosyl hydrolases can contribute to color retention and to enhancing the softness of the fabric by removing pilling and microfibrils. Oxireductases can also be used for bleaching or inhibiting color transfer. Particularly suitable are bacterial strains or fungi such as Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis, Streptomyceus griseus and Humicola insolens derived enzymatic agents. Preferably, subtilisin-type proteases and in particular proteases derived from Bacillus lentus are used. In this case, enzyme mixtures, for example from protease and amylase or protease and lipase or lipolytic enzymes or protease and cellulase or from cellulase and lipase or lipolytic enzymes or from protease, amylase and lipase or lipolytic enzymes or protease, lipase or lipolytic acting enzymes and cellulase, but in particular protease and / or lipase-containing mixtures or mixtures with lipolytic enzymes of particular interest. Examples of such lipolytic enzymes are the known cutinases. Peroxidases or oxidases have also proved suitable in some cases. Suitable amylases include in particular α-amylases, iso-amylases, pullulanases and pectinases. Cellulases used are preferably cellobiohydrolases, endoglucanases and .beta.-glucosidases, which are also called celiotrises, or mixtures thereof. Since different cellulase types differ by their CMCase and avicelase activities, the desired activities can be set by means of targeted mixtures of the cellulases.

The enzymes may be adsorbed to carriers to protect against premature degradation. The proportion of the enzymes, the enzyme liquid formulation (s) or the enzyme granules directly in the washing or cleaning agent may be for example about 0.01 to 5 wt .-%, preferably 0.12 to about 2.5 wt .-%.

It may, for example, in special detergents or cleaners for consumers with allergies, but also be preferred that the detergent or cleaning agent contains no enzymes.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via an enzyme liquid formulation, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the enzyme liquid formulation and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition devices during production.

As electrolyte ^ from the group of inorganic salts, a wide number of different salts can be used. Preferred cations are the alkali and alkaline earth metals, preferred anions are the halides and sulfates. From a manufacturing point of view, the use of NaCl or MgCl 2 in the washing or cleaning agents is preferred. The proportion of electrolytes in the washing or cleaning agent is usually 0.1 to 5 wt .-%.

Non-aqueous solvents which can be used in liquid detergents or cleaners, for example, from the group of monohydric or polyhydric alcohols, alkanolamines or glycol ethers, provided they are miscible with water in the specified concentration range. The solvents are preferably selected from ethanol, n- or i-propanol, butanols, glycol, propane- or butanediol, glycerol, diglycol, propyl- or butyldiglycol, hexylene- glycol, ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol propyl ether, ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether, diethylene glycol methyl ether, diethylene glycol ethyl ether, propylene glycol methyl, ethyl or propyl ether, dipropylene glycol monomethyl or ethyl ether, di-isopropylene glycol monomethyl or ethyl ether, methoxy, ethoxy - Or butoxytriglycol, 1-butoxyethoxy-2-propanol, 3-methyl-3-methoxybutanol, propylene glycol t-butyl ether and mixtures of these solvents. Non-aqueous solvents can be used in the liquid detergents or cleaners in amounts of between 0.5 and 15% by weight, but preferably below 12% by weight and in particular below 9% by weight.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via an organic solvent, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the organic solvent and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition apparatuses during production.

The viscosity of the detergent or cleaning agent in the form of liquid detergents or soft sloppers can be measured using standard methods (for example Brookfield viscometer LVT-II at 20 U / min and 2O ⁰ C, spindle 3) is measured and is for liquid detergent is preferably in the Range from 50 to 5000 mPas. Preferred washing or cleaning agents in the form of liquid detergents have viscosities of 100 to 4000 mPas, with values between 100 and 3500 mPas being particularly preferred.

In order to bring the pH of a liquid detergent or cleaning agent in the desired range, the use of pH adjusters may be indicated. Can be used here are all known acids or alkalis, unless their use is not for technical application or environmental reasons or for reasons of consumer protection prohibited. Usually, the amount of these adjusting agents does not exceed 7% by weight of the total formulation.

In a preferred embodiment, the washing or cleaning agent optionally contains one or more perfumes in an amount of usually up to 10 wt .-%, preferably 0.01 to 5 wt .-%, in particular 0.05 to 3 wt .-%, especially preferably 0.1 to 2.5 wt .-% and most preferably 0.2 to 2 wt .-%. The amount of perfume used is also dependent on the type of detergent or cleaning agent. As perfume oils or fragrances, individual perfume compounds, for example the synthetic products of the ester type, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, alcohols and hydrocarbons can be used. Preferably, however, mixtures of different fragrances are used, which together produce an attractive fragrance. Such perfume oils may also contain natural fragrance mixtures as are available from plant sources.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via a perfume, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the perfume and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition devices during production.

To improve the aesthetic impression of detergents or cleaners, they can be dyed with suitable dyes. Preferred dyes, the selection of which presents no difficulty to the skilled person, have a high storage stability and insensitivity to the other ingredients of detergents or cleaning agents and to light and no pronounced substantivity to textile fibers so as not to stain them.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via the solution / dispersion of a dyestuff, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the solution / dispersion of the dyestuff and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition devices during production.

Suitable defoamers (foam inhibitors) which can be used in the detergents or cleaners are, for example, soaps, paraffins or silicone oils, which may optionally be applied to support materials.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via the defoamer, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract is mixed with the defoamer and the resulting mixture is metered in via the customary addition devices during production.

Suitable soil-release polymers, which are also referred to as "anti-redeposition agents", are, for example, nonionic cellulose ethers such as methylcellulose and methylhydroxypropylcellulose with a methoxy group content of 15 to 30% by weight and of hydroxypropyl groups of 1 to 15% by weight. , in each case based on the nonionic cellulose ethers and those from the state known polymers of phthalic acid and / or terephthalic acid or derivatives thereof, in particular polymers of ethylene terephthalates and / or polyethylene and / or polypropylene glycol terephthalates or anionic and / or non-ionic modified derivatives thereof. Suitable derivatives include the sulfonated derivatives of the phthalic and terephthalic acid polymers.

Optical brighteners (so-called "whiteners") may be added to detergents to remove graying and yellowing of the treated fabrics, which will attract the fiber and cause lightening and fake bleaching by turning invisible ultraviolet radiation into visible longer wavelength convert light, wherein the absorbed from sunlight ultraviolet light is radiated as a pale blue fluorescence and the yellow shade of the grayed or yellowed laundry to yield pure white Suitable compounds originate for example from the substance classes of 4.4. ^{'- diamino-2,2'} stilbenedisulfonic acids (flavonic), ^{4,4'-biphenylene} -Distyryl, Methylumbelliferone, coumarins, dihydroquinolinones, 1, 3-diaryl pyrazolines, naphthalimides, benzoxazole, and benzimidazole Benzisoxa- zol- systems, and pyrene derivatives substituted by heterocycles. the optical brighteners are usually e in amounts between 0% and 0.3 wt .-%, based on the finished detergent and cleaner used.

Grayness inhibitors have the task of keeping the dirt detached from the fiber suspended in the liquor and thus preventing the dirt from being rebuilt. Water-soluble colloids of mostly organic nature are suitable for this purpose, for example glue, gelatine, salts of ether sulfonic acids or cellulose or salts of acidic sulfuric acid esters of cellulose or starch. Also, water-soluble polyamides containing acidic groups are suitable for this purpose. It is also possible to use soluble starch preparations and starch products other than those mentioned above, for example degraded starch, aldehyde starches, etc. Polyvinylpyrrolidone is also useful. However, preference is given to cellulose ethers such as carboxymethylcellulose (Na salt), methylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose and mixed ethers such as methylhydroxyethylcellulose, methylhydroxypropylcellulose, methylcarboxymethylcellulose and mixtures thereof in amounts of from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the detergents or cleaners used.

In order to effectively suppress dye release and / or dye transfer to other fabrics during washing and / or cleaning of dyed fabrics, the laundry detergent or cleaning agent may contain a color transfer inhibitor. It is preferred that the dyeing Transfer inhibitor is a polymer or copolymer of cyclic amines such as vinylpyrrolidone and / or vinylimidazole. Suitable color transfer inhibiting polymers include polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinylimidazole (PVI), copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole (PVP / PVI), polyvinylpyridine-N-oxide, poly-N-carboxymethyl-4-vinylpyridium chloride, and mixtures thereof. Particular preference is given to using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinylimidazole (PVI) or copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole (PVP / PVI) as color transfer inhibitor. The polyvinylpyrrolidones (PVP) used preferably have an average molecular weight of 2,500 to 400,000 and are commercially available from ISP Chemicals as PVP K 15, PVP K 30, PVP K 60 or PVP K 90 or from BASF as Sokalan® HP 50 or Sokalan® HP 53 available. The copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylimidazole (PVP / PVI) used preferably have a molecular weight in the range from 5,000 to 100,000. Commercially available is a PVP / PVI copolymer, for example from BASF under the name Sokalan® HP 56th

The amount of dye transfer inhibitor based on the total amount of the detergent or cleaning agent is preferably from 0.01 to 2% by weight, preferably from 0.05 to 1% by weight, and more preferably from 0.1 to 0.5% by weight. -%.

If the plant extract is introduced into a washing or cleaning agent via the solution / dispersion of a polymeric soil-release polymer, a polymeric grayness inhibitor or a polymeric dye transfer inhibitor, an appropriate amount of the optionally diluted extract with the polymer solution or polymer is added. Mixed dispersion and metered the mixture obtained via the usual addition devices in the production.

Alternatively, however, it is also possible to use enzymatic systems comprising a peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide or a substance which removes hydrogen peroxide in water as a color transfer inhibitor. The addition of a mediator compound for the peroxidase, for example an acetosyringone, a phenol derivative or a phenotiazine or phenoxazine, is preferred in this case, wherein additionally the above-mentioned polymeric Farbü can bertrag ungs inhibitors can be used.

Since textile fabrics, in particular of rayon, rayon, cotton and their mixtures, can tend to wrinkle, because the individual fibers are sensitive to bending, buckling, pressing and squeezing transverse to the fiber direction, the detergents and cleaners contain synthetic crease inhibitor. These include, for example, synthetic products based on fatty acids, fatty acid esters, fatty acid amides, alkylol esters, -alkylolamides or fatty alcohols, which are usually reacted with ethylene oxide, or products based on lecithin or modified phosphoric acid ester.

To combat microorganisms washing or cleaning agents may contain antimicrobial agents. Depending on the antimicrobial spectrum and mechanism of action, a distinction is made between bacteriostats and bactericides, fungistatics and fungicides, etc. Important substances from these groups are, for example, benzalkonium chlorides, alkylarylsulfonates, halophenols and phenolmercuric acetate, and the compounds according to the invention can be completely dispensed with in these detergents and cleaners ,

The detergents or cleaners according to the invention may contain preservatives, it being preferred to use only those which have no or only a slight skin-sensitizing potential. Examples are sorbic acid and its salts, benzoic acid and its salts, salicylic acid and its salts, phenoxyethanol, 3-iodo-2-propynyl butylcarbamate, sodium N- (hydroxymethyl) glycinate, biphenyl-2-ol and mixtures thereof.

In order to prevent undesirable changes to the washing or cleaning agents and / or the treated fabrics caused by the action of oxygen and other oxidative processes, the detergents and cleaning agents may contain antioxidants. This class of compounds includes, for example, substituted phenols, hydroquinones, pyrocatechols and aromatic amines, as well as organic sulfides, polysulfides, dithiocarbamates, phosphites, phosphonates and vitamin E.

An increased wearing comfort can result from the additional use of antistatic agents, which are additionally added to the detergents and cleaners. Antistatic agents increase the surface conductivity and thus allow an improved drainage of formed charges. External antistatic agents are generally substances with at least one hydrophilic molecule ligand and give a more or less hygroscopic film on the surfaces. These mostly surface-active antistatic agents can be subdivided into nitrogen-containing (amines, amides, quaternary ammonium compounds), phosphorus-containing (phosphoric acid esters) and sulfur-containing (alkyl sulfonates, alkyl sulfates) antistatic agents. Lauryl (or stearyl) -dimethylbenzyl Ammonium chlorides are suitable as antistatic agents for textile fabrics or as an additive to detergents or cleaners, wherein additionally a softening effect is achieved.

To improve the rewettability of the treated fabrics and to facilitate the ironing of the treated fabrics, for example, silicone derivatives can be used in the detergents or cleaners. These additionally improve the rinsing behavior of the detergents and cleaning agents by their foam-inhibiting properties. Preferred silicone derivatives are, for example, polydialkyl or alkylaryl siloxanes in which the alkyl groups have one to five carbon atoms and are completely or partially fluorinated. Preferred silicones are polydimethylsiloxanes, which may optionally be derivatized and are then amino-functional or quaternized or have Si-OH, Si-H and / or Si-Cl bonds. The viscosities of the preferred silicones at 25 ⁰ C in the range between 100 and 100,000 mPas, wherein the silicones can be added in amounts between 0.2 and 5 wt .-%, based on the total washing and cleaning agents.

Finally, the detergents or cleaners may also contain UV absorbers which are applied to the treated fabrics and improve the light fastness of the fibers. Compounds having these desired properties include, for example, the non-radiative deactivating compounds and derivatives of benzophenone having substituents in the 2- and / or 4-position. Also suitable are substituted benzotriazoles, phenyl-substituted acrylates (cinnamic acid derivatives) in the 3-position, optionally with cyano groups in the 2-position, salicylates, organic Ni complexes and natural substances such as umbelliferone and the body's own urocanic acid.

In order to avoid the catalyzed by heavy metals decomposition of certain detergent ingredients, substances that complex heavy metals can be used. Suitable heavy metal complexing agents are, for example, the alkali metal salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) or nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and alkali metal salts of anionic polyelectrolytes such as polymaleates and polysulfonates.

A preferred class of complexing agents are the phosphonates, which in preferred detergents or cleaners in amounts of from 0.01 to 2.5 wt .-%, preferably 0.02 to 2 wt .-% and in particular from 0.03 to 1, 5 wt .-% are included. These preferred compounds include in particular organophosphonates such as 1-hydroxyethane-1, 1-diphosphon- acid (HEDP), aminotri (methylenephosphonic acid) (ATMP), diethylenetriamine penta (methylenephosphonic acid) (DTPMP or DETPMP) and 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBS-AM), which are mostly in the form of their Ammonium or alkali metal salts are used.

Solid washing or cleaning agents may additionally contain fillers such as sodium sulfate or sodium bicarbonate.

The washing or cleaning agents according to the invention can be used for cleaning and / or conditioning textile fabrics.

The preparation of a liquid washing or cleaning agent by means of conventional methods and methods in which, for example, the components are simply mixed in stirred tanks, water, non-aqueous solvents and surfactants, are conveniently presented. Subsequently, if present, the saponification of the fatty acid moiety at 50 to 60 ⁰ C. Then the other ingredients are added in portions.

The preparation of a solid washing or cleaning agent is also carried out by known processes, which may comprise, for example, drying steps, mixing steps, densification steps, shaping steps and / or the subsequent addition of heat-sensitive ingredients ("post-addition").

For introducing a plant extract into a washing or cleaning agent, a plant extract is preferably first of all taken up / diluted in a suitable solvent and then mixed with the non-solid ingredient, for example a perfume, a nonionic surfactant, a defoamer, an organic solvent, a dye solution, an enzyme liquid formulation or a polymer-containing solution or dispersion. Subsequently, the non-solid ingredient is introduced by means of its usual Dosierroute in the detergent or cleaning agent. The amount of plant extract used, solvent (if present) and non-solid ingredient is chosen so that in the final detergent or cleaning agent, the amount of plant extract is less than 0.00005 wt .-%.

When using a perfume as a non-solid ingredient, the plant extract-containing perfume is dosed in the case of a liquid detergent or cleaning agent in the preparation of the basic mass. Common agitators are sufficient to a homogeneous distribution of the perfume and thus the To achieve plant extract. In the case of a solid detergent or cleaning agent, the vegetable extract-containing perfume is sprayed after mixing the solid components. Common dosing and spraying devices are sufficient to achieve a homogeneous distribution of the perfume and thus of the plant extract. The amount of perfume used in liquid detergents or cleaners is preferably between 0.3 and 1.5% by weight, and in the case of solid detergents or cleaners between 0.1 and 1.2% by weight.

Embodiments E1-E3

To prepare a washing or cleaning agent according to the invention, initially 1 g of an extract of aloe vera with a content of 5% by weight (based on 100% by weight dry matter) was taken up in 100 g dipropylene glycol. 1 g of this dipropylene glycol-aloe mixture was mixed with 100 g of a perfume. Subsequently, the aloe-containing perfume was introduced into various detergents or cleaners.

Table 1 shows washing or cleaning agents E1 to E3 according to the invention in which aloe vera has been introduced via the perfume. (In% by weight).

Table 1 :

E1 E2 E3

C ₁₂ -i ₄ fatty alcohol with 7 EO 5 4 10

C ₉ . _13- alkylbenzenesulfonate, Na-SaIz 10 10 10

Sodium lauryl ether sulphate with 2 EO - - 8

Polyacrylate Thickener - - 1

Sodium percarbonate 15 18 -

TAED 3 3 -

C ₁₂ -i ₈ fatty acid, Na salt 1 1, 5 7.5

PVA / maleic acid copolymer 4.5 2 -

Citric acid, Na salt 2.5-2

Phosphonic acid, Na salt 0.5 0.5 1

Sodium carbonate 10 20 -

Propanediol - - 6.5

Zeolite A 25 25 -

Boric acid, Na salt - - 1, 2

Silicone Defoamer 2.5 1, 3 0.1

Enzymes (amylase, protease, cellulase) + + +

Dye + + +

Perfume with aloe vera 0,5 0,2 0,8

Water - - Ad 100

Sodium sulfate - Ad 100 -

Sodium bicarbonate Ad 100 - -

The washing or cleaning agent E1 contained 0.0000025 wt .-% aloe vera (based on 100 wt .-% dry matter), the washing or cleaning agent E2 contained 0.000001 wt .-% Aloe vera (on a basis of 100 wt .-% dry matter) and the washing or cleaning agent E3 contained 0.000004 wt .-% aloe vera (based on 100 wt .-% dry matter).

The aloe vera was evenly distributed and the small quantities could be introduced in a simple manner by means of existing weighing and dosing techniques in the detergents or cleaning agents.

Claims

claims 1. washing or cleaning agent containing an anionic surfactant, other common ingredients of detergents or cleaning agents and less than 0.00005 wt .-% of a plant extract. 2. washing or cleaning agent according to claim 1, characterized in that the plant extract has been introduced via a non-solid ingredient of the washing or cleaning agent in the washing or cleaning agent. 3. washing or cleaning agent according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains a perfume and the plant extract has been at least partially introduced via the perfume in the washing or cleaning agent. 4. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains a non-ionic surfactant and the plant extract has been at least partially introduced via the non-ionic surfactant in the washing or cleaning agent. 5. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains a defoamer and the plant extract has been introduced at least partially via the defoamer in the washing or cleaning agent. 6. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains an organic solvent and the plant extract has been introduced at least partially via the organic solvent in the washing or cleaning agent. 7. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains a polymer-containing solution or dispersion and the plant extract has been at least partially introduced together with the polymer in the washing or cleaning agent. 8. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains an enzyme liquid formulation and the plant extract has been introduced at least partially via the enzyme liquid formulation in the washing or cleaning agent. 9. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the washing or cleaning agent contains a dye and the plant extract has been introduced at least partially via a dye solution in the washing or cleaning agent. 10. Washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the amount of plant extract 0.0000001 to 0.000045 wt .-% is. 11. Washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the plant extract is selected from the group comprising vegetable oils, essential oils, extracts of chamomile, aloe vera or Echinacea and mixtures thereof. 12. Washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the agent 0.05 to 3 wt .-%, preferably 0.08 to 2 wt .-% and particularly preferably 0.1 to 1, 5 % By weight of perfume containing a diluted plant extract, preferably an extract of aloe vera. 13. washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the agent is solid, in particular powdery or granular or in the form of a shaped body, preferably in the form of a tablet is present. 14. Washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the agent is present in non-solid, preferably in liquid, pasty or gelatinous form. 15. Use of the washing or cleaning agent according to one of claims 1 to 14 for cleaning and / or conditioning of textile fabrics. 16. A process for the preparation of a washing or cleaning agent containing anionic surfactant and less than 0.00005 wt .-% of a plant extract, in which the plant extract with a mixed non-solid ingredient of the detergent or cleaning agent and is introduced via this in the detergent or cleaning agent.