PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antiviral agent having excellent safety and easily applicable to the production of products to use the agent.SOLUTION: The antiviral agent contains, as an active component, an anionic surfactant selected from a group consisting of a metal salt of a higher fatty acid of formula R1CH2COOH (R1 is a 7-20C aliphatic hydrocarbon group), its sulfonic acid ester or sulfuric acid ester a metal salt of a sulfuric acid ester of a higher fatty acid ester of formula R2COOR3 (R2 and R3 are each a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group and the total carbon atoms of R2 and R3 is 8-21) a metal salt of a sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid ester of a partial ester of a polyhydric alcohol fatty acid of formula R4COOCH2CH(OH)(CH2OH) (R4 is an 8-21C aliphatic hydrocarbon group) a metal salt of a sulfonic acid of a higher fatty acid ester of formula R5COOCH2SO3H (R5 is an 8-21C aliphatic hydrocarbon group) and a metal salt of a compound of formula R6OCOCH(R7OCOCH2)SO3H (R6 and R7 are each an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and the total carbon atoms of R6 and R7 is 8-21).COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】安全性に優れており、且つ、それを利用する製品の製造に容易に適用可能な抗ウイルス剤を提供する。【解決手段】前記抗ウイルス剤は、R1CH2COOH(R1:炭素数7~20の脂肪族炭化水素基)の高級脂肪酸、そのスルホン酸又は硫酸エステルの金属塩;R2COOR3(R2及びR3:置換又は非置換の脂肪族炭化水素基、R2及びR3の合計炭素数は8~21)の高級脂肪酸エステルの硫酸エステルの金属塩;R4COOCH2CH(OH)(CH2OH)(R4:炭素数8~21の脂肪族炭化水素基)の多価アルコール脂肪酸の部分エステルの硫酸又は燐酸エステルの金属塩;R5COOCH2SO3H(R5:炭素数8~21の脂肪族炭化水素基)の高級脂肪酸エステルのスルホン酸の金属塩;及びR6OCOCH(R7OCOCH2)SO3H(R6及びR7:脂肪族炭化水素基、R6及びR7の合計炭素数は8~21)の化合物の金属塩からなる群から選んだ陰イオン界面活性剤を有効成分として含有する。【選択図】なし
