Botanical Disinfection Composition with Reduced Ethanol
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing botanical disinfectants face issues with high ethanol content, leading to poor practical use value, long action times, and ineffective sterilization, along with complex and costly preparation methods that cause environmental pollution.
Innovation Solution
A botanical disinfection composition comprising tea tree essential oil, niaouli essential oil, palmarosa essential oil, lemon mint essential oil, and lemon myrtle or litsea cubeba essential oil, with azelaic acid, combined with Tween 80, ethanol, 1,2-propanediol, and EDTA disodium salt, to create a stable and effective disinfectant with reduced ethanol usage and simplified preparation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If high ethanol content is used as diluent in botanical disinfectants, then the composition can be prepared simply, but the practical use value decreases and toxic side effects increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the concentration parameter of ethanol from high (90% or above in prior art) to low (1-10% in this invention), transforming it from the main diluent to a minor component. This parameter change reduces toxicity while maintaining preparation simplicity through direct mixing of essential oils with water and auxiliary agents.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and removes ethanol from its traditional role as the primary diluent in botanical disinfectants. By taking out ethanol's dominant position and replacing it with water as the main solvent, the invention eliminates the harmful high ethanol content while keeping the formulation simple.
2Stability of the object's composition
If high ethanol content is used in botanical disinfectants, then the composition can be stabilized, but the action time becomes excessively long and sterilization effectiveness decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the ethanol concentration parameter from high to low (1-10%), which fundamentally alters the disinfection kinetics. This parameter change enables the essential oil active ingredients to act more rapidly and effectively without the stabilizing but retarding effect of high ethanol content, achieving both stability and rapid action.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite disinfectant system combining multiple essential oils (tea tree, niaouli, palmarosa, lemon mint, lemon myrtle or litsea cubeba) with water and auxiliary agents. This composite formulation achieves composition stability through synergistic interactions while enabling rapid disinfection action, overcoming the limitations of ethanol-based single-component systems.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional botanical disinfectant formulations are used, then the preparation method is simple, but the cost is high and environmental pollution occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the solvent system parameter from ethanol-dominated to water-dominated, with ethanol reduced to a minor component (1-10%). This parameter change makes the preparation equally simple while eliminating environmental pollution associated with high ethanol content, as water is the primary solvent.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces expensive and environmentally problematic high-ethanol formulations with a cheaper, environmentally friendly water-based system. The use of water as the main solvent reduces cost and eliminates pollution, while the essential oils provide sufficient disinfection efficacy without requiring large amounts of ethanol.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If essential oils are used as the main active ingredient, then the disinfectant is environmentally friendly and safe, but the sterilization effectiveness is insufficient without high ethanol content
Solution Approach 1:
The patent formulates a composite disinfectant containing five essential oils (tea tree, niaouli, palmarosa, lemon mint, and lemon myrtle or litsea cubeba) that work synergistically. This composite essential oil system provides reliable sterilization effectiveness while maintaining environmental friendliness and safety, without requiring high ethanol content as a carrier.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the ethanol concentration parameter from high to low (1-10%), which paradoxically improves sterilization effectiveness. The low ethanol content allows the essential oil active ingredients to act more directly and rapidly on microorganisms, enhancing reliability while preserving safety and environmental benefits.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition achieves rapid and effective sterilization with reduced toxicity and side effects, short action time, and a stable emulsible system with a long shelf life, while being environmentally friendly and cost-effective.
Implementation Method 1
combined with Tween 80, ethanol, 1,2-propanediol, and EDTA disodium salt, to create a stable and effective disinfectant with reduced ethanol usage and simplified preparation
Implementation Method 2
Tween 80
Implementation Method 3
Materials used for botanical disinfection products are mainly substances having antimicrobial activities of organic compounds contained in secondary metabolites, such as terpenoids, alkaloids and phenolic compounds
Implementation Method 4
A botanical disinfection composition comprising tea tree essential oil, niaouli essential oil, palmarosa essential oil, lemon mint essential oil, and lemon myrtle or litsea cubeba essential oil, with azelaic acid
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to the field of disinfectants, in particular to a botanical disinfection composition. The botanical disinfection composition comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 0.5-1.0 part of tea tree essential oil, 0.5-1.0 part of niaouli essential oil, 0.5-1.0 part of palmarosa essential oil, 0.5-1.0 part of lemon mint essential oil, and 0.3-0.8 part of lemon myrtle essential oil and/or litsea cubeba essential oil. The invention further provides a method for preparing the botanical disinfection composition, comprising uniformly mixing tea tree essential oil, niaouli essential oil, palmarosa essential oil, lemon mint essential oil, and lemon myrtle essential oil and/or litsea cubeba essential oil according to predetermined parts by weight. The botanical disinfection composition provided by the invention is low in usage amount of ethanol, small in toxic and side effects, good in sterilization effect and short in action time.