#$%^&*AU2015249159B120151224.pdf#####ABSTRACT The pre se t invention provides an absorbent article that efficiently exhi b ts the deodorant function of 5 cyclodextrin and the active component sustained release function of a cyclodextrin complex, to allow them to be adequat.ely exhibited. The absorbent article (1)of the present. invention includes a liquid-permeable layer (2) , a iiquid-impermeable layer (3) , an absorbing layer (SA) 10 situated between both of these layers, and a vclodextrin-containing layer situated between the absorbing lavr (SA) and the liquid---impermeable layer (3)