Febreze Fabric Refresher Pet and Antimicrobial Spray
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Febreze Fabric Refresher Pet and Antimicrobial Spray Product Page
Claim: ”Lightly scented to freshen as it eliminates odors and kills 99.9% of odor-causing bacteria.”
Google Search: Febreze effectiveness on killing odor causing bacteria
Student experiment. (Probably not usable)https://sites.google.com/site/experimentsspring2013/bacteria-growth/group-4
Claimed cyclodextrin is the active ingredient in Febreze
Blog. (Probably not usable)
http://www.chemicalsensitization.com/2011/07/80-chemical-ingredients-in-febreze.html
Chemistry @ About.com. (Probably not usable)
http://chemistry.about.com/od/cleanerchemistry/f/how-febreze-works.htm
Claimed Cyclodextirn is the active ingredient in Febreze
Google Search: Cyclodextrin
Wikipedia Page for Cyclodextrin as starting point for information on the carbohydrate. Clams that Cyclodextrin is listed on Febreze as the brand name "Clenzaire":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclodextrin
Google Scholar Search: Cyclodextrin kills odor-causing bacteria.
Study on Cyclodextrin:
http://www.google.com/patents/US5942217?dq=cyclodextrin+kills+odor+causing+bacteria
Jstor Search: cyclodextrin effectiveness in killing bacteria"--> yielded no usable results
Google Search: How does cyclodextrin work?
Cyclodextrins in delivery systems: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147107/
Chemistry in its element--Cyclodextrin:
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/CIIEcompounds/transcripts/cyclodextrin.asp