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In conventional alkyd polymer 40-50% Phthalic anhydride is utilized in short oil compositions. We are interested in developing polymer based mainly on vegetable resources rather than the petroleum products like phthalic anhydride. In view of the above, a novel alkyd polymer containing vegetable plant based linseed oil and rosin has been prepared and used as partial replacement of linear alkyl benzene sulphonate in detergent.The idea of present work is to develop a new polymer based mainly on vegetable sources and use it as an active ingredient in detergent composition. The study involves the combination of SLS, SLES and Dolomite. It has been observed in our experiments that use of high grade dolomite can increase whiteness and brightness to the cloth. Efforts were made to select the optimize proportion of dolomite to get excellent detergency. Various analytical parameters like surface tension, foaming properties and detergency on solied cloths were studied and were found to be at par or sometimes better than commercial samples. Thus above prepared novel alkyd polymer based surfactant that is free from phosphates and other harmful ingredients may be technically superior, economically attractive and ecofriendly substitutes for conventional detergents based on petroleum products.