EP0375388A2
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Cosmetic composition
Assignee: Unilever PLC
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Filing: 1989-12-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-12-20
Abstract
Abstract A preserved composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin or hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth comprises, as a hair growth promoter, a hexosaccharic acid and/or a salt or ester thereof, in an amount sufficient to increase hair growth in the rat, when the composition is applied topically thereto over a period of no more than 3 months, by at least 10% more than that obtainable using a control composition from which the promoter has been omitted, in accordance with the Rat Hair Growth Test.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael Arthur Frank Davis
- 👤 Walter Thomas Gibson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 15:30
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61K; A61K8/00; A61K8/18; A61K8/30; A61K8/60; A61K8/33; A61K8/36; A61K8/365; A61K8/49; A61K8/494; A61K8/4953; A61K8/4973; A61K8/498; A61P; A61P17/00; A61Q; A61Q7/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A preserved composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin or hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth which comprises, as a hair growth promoter, a hexosaccharic acid and/or a salt or ester thereof; the total amount of hexosaccharic acid or salt or ester thereof present in the composition being sufficient to increase hair growth in the rat, when the composition is applied topically thereto over a period of no more than 3 months, by at least 10% more than that obtainable using a control composition from which the promoter has been omitted, in accordance with the Rat Hair Growth Test.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A preserved composition suitable for topical application to mammalian skin or hair for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth which comprises, as a hair growth promoter, a hexosaccharic acid and/or a salt or ester thereof; the total amount of hexosaccharic acid or salt or ester thereof present in the composition being sufficient to increase hair growth in the rat, when the composition is applied topically thereto over a period of no more than 3 months, by at least 10% more than that obtainable using a control composition from which the promoter has been omitted, in accordance with the Rat Hair Growth Test.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1, in which the hexosaccharic acid and/or a salt or ester thereof has the structure (1): where X 1 is chosen from H, alkali metal, ammonium and substituted ammonium counterions; X 2 is chosen from an alkyl or hydroxyalkyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; Y 1 , Y 2 , Y 3 and Y 4 are each chosen from H, an alkyl group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and an acyl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; I is an integer of from 1 to 3; m and n are each 0 or the integer 1 or 2; and m + n is 1 or 2.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1 or 2, in which the hexosaccharic acid is chosen from Allosaccharic acid Altrosaccharic acid Glucosaccharic acid Mannosaccharic acid Gulosaccharic acid Idosaccharic acid Galactosaccharic acid, and Talosaccharic acid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 1, 2 or 3 in which the salt of the hexosaccharic acid is a monovalent alkali metal salt, the counterion being chosen from sodium and potassium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 4, in which the salt of the hexosaccharic acid is the disodium salt of glucosaccharic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A composition according to claim 1, 2 or 3, in which the salt of the hexosaccharic acid is a substituted ammonium salt, the counterion being chosen from diethanolammonium and triethanolammonium.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
A composition according to claim 1, 2 or 3, in which the ester of the hexosaccharic acid is chosen from alkyl and hydroxyalkyl esters in which the ester group has from 1 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 2 to 7, in which one or more of the Y 1 , Y 2 , y3 and Y 4 groups in structure (1) are chosen from alkyl groups having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any of claims 2 to 7, in which one or more of the Y 1 , Y 2 , Y 3 and Y * groups in structure (1) are chosen from acyl groups having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any preceding claim, in which the sufficient amount of the hair growth promotor present in the composition is from 0.0001 to 99% by weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, in which the sufficient amount of the hair growth promoter present in the composition is from 1 to 50% by weight.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A composition according to any preceding claim, in which the amount of the hair growth promoter present in the composition is sufficient to increase hair growth in the rat by at least 20%.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any preceding claim, in which further comprises'from 1 to 99.99% by weight of a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any preceding claim, which further comprises from 0.01 to 10% by weight of a perfume.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to any preceding claim, which further comprises an activity enhancer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 15, in which the activity enhancer is a hair growth stimulant.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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A composition according to claim 16, in which the hair growth stimulant is minoxidil.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
37 words
A method for converting vellus hair to growth as terminal hair which comprises the step of applying to the scalp in the region of vellus hair an effective amount of the composition according to any preceding claim.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
39 words
A method for increasing the rate of terminal hair growth, which comprises the step of applying to the scalp in the region of terminal hair an effective amount of the composition according to any of claims 1 to 17.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
26 words
The use of the composition according to any of claims 1 to 17 for inducing, maintaining or increasing hair growth following topical application to the skin.
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