Stabilized lipolytic enzyme-containing liquid detergent composition

Claim 1

An isotropic enzymatic liquid detergent composition comprising, in an aqueous liquid medium, from 0.005-100LU per milligramme of the final composition of a lipolytic enzyme selected from Humicola lanuginosa and Thermomyces lanuginosus and bacterial lipases which show a positive immunological cross-reaction with the antibody of the lipase, produced by Chromobacter viscosum var. lipolyticum NRRL B-3673, from 5-35% by weight of a detergent-active compound, and from 0.1-10% by weight of an ethylene glycol containing polymer with an average molecular weight of 3,000 to 1,000,000 having the following structure ##STR11## where R' is a saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic hydrocarbon of 2-18 carbon atoms, R" is selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, butylene glycol, fatty amine ethoxylate, polyethylene glycol ether of glycerol esters and fatty ethanolamides, Q and L are independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) hydrogen, alkyl, alkylaryl, alkoxy, alkylamine groups containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and (ii) a vinyl acetate graft; where m has a value of at least one and n and p are any integer including zero, except n cannot be 0 when L is hydrogen, said polymer being soluble in said isotropic detergent composition.