| abstract |
A non-therapeutic method for obtaining an antimicrobial, preservative and / or adhesion inhibitor effect of microorganisms for protection within an article and / or material or on the surface of an article and / or material, a method comprising the application of a compound of the formula I ** Formula ** wherein one of A and A 'is a residue of the formula I' -NH-CO-R1 (I ') while the other is hydrogen; R1 is C1-C22 alkyl, C3-C12 cycloalkyl, C3-C12 cycloalkyl interrupted by O and / or NR5, C4-C12 aryl, C5-C18 arylalkyl; R2 is OR3 or NHR4; R3 and R4 are selected from H, C1-C22 alkyl, C3-C12 cycloalkyl, C3-C12 cycloalkyl interrupted by O and / or NR5, C4-C12 aryl, C5-C18 arylalkyl; R5 is H or C1-C8 alkyl; wherein each aryl structural unit is unsubstituted or substituted by C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 acyl, C1-C4 acyloxy, C1-C4 acylamino, CF3, OH, amino; or an adduct or salt thereof; for said article and / or material. |