Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Basfaktiengesellschaft

Hans-Ulrich Wekel

Christian Schade

Axel Sanner

Horst Westenfelder

Franz Frosch

Knut Oppenlander

Karin Sperling

Heinrich Hartmann

Knut Oppenlaender

Volker Schehlmann

Karl Stork

Robert Heinz

Karin Sperling-Vietmeier

Gabriele Dralle-Voss

Dietmar Moench

Harald Streicher

Thekla B&ouml;rs

Linda Von Dem Bussche-Hunnefeld

Brigette Wegner

The use of copolymers obtainable by the radically initiated polymerization of A) 50 to 99.9 wt % of an olefinically unsaturated C3 to C5 monocarboxylic acid, an olefinically unsaturated C4 to C8 dicarboxylic acid or its anhydride, or a mixture of such carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid anhydrides with B) 0.1 to 50 wt % of one or more long-chained compounds with isolated multiple C&#x2014;C bonds from the group (1) mono or polyunsaturated C8 to C30 monocarboxylic acids which may have additional hydroxyl groups and their alkaline metal and earth alkaline metal salts, alkyl esters, amides, sorbitane esters, glycerin esters and polyglycerin esters, (2) mono or polyunsaturated aliphatic Ca to C30 amines, (3) mono or polyunsaturated C8 to C30 alcohols and esters thereof with saturated Cl to C4 monocarboxylic acids, (4) to (C8 to C30 alkyl) vinyl ether which may incorporate up to 25 alkylene oxide units, and (5) final and medium-position Ci3 to C30 alkenes; C) 0 to 49.9 wt % of other copolymerizable monomers, and D) 0 to 10 wt % of one or more compounds with at least two olefinically unsaturated groups in the molecule as cross-linking agents, as thickening or dispersing agents, especially in cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations.

Use of copolymers of carboxylic acids and long-chain compounds with isolated C-C multiple bonds as thickeners or dispersants

Granular materials are obtainable by pressing mixtures of at least one pulverulent, rheology-modifying, carboxyl-containing polymer as main component and at least one oil-soluble component.

Granulates for cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations

Use of crosslinked copolymers of monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids as stabilizer in oil-in-water emulsions

Copolymers of carboxylic acids and quaternary ammonium compounds and the use thereof as thickeners of dispersants

Ascorbyl sorbates of the formula I, ##STR1## where the variables independently of one another have the following meanings:

Ascorbyl sorbates

A cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition which comprises at least one polymer or copolymer which is obtainable by free-radical emulsion or suspension polymerization in the presence of at least one chain-transfer reagent, has a glass transition temperature above -35.degree. C. and a content of organic volatile constituents .ltoreq.0.5% by weight, and is at least 20% by weight composed of a (meth)acrylic ester.

Cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions for use on the skin

Copolymers of carboxylic acids and multiply olefinically unsaturated

Alk(en)yldicarboxylic acid bisesters, their use, and processes for their

Aqueous preparations comprising an alkyl polyglycoside and a polyethylene glycol ether derivative of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl having 8-22 carbon atoms,

Aqueous preparations, comprising alkyl polyglyosides and a polymer

Water-in-oil emulsions of water-soluble or water-swellable polymers, in which the oil phase of the emulsion consists of not less than 50% by weight of an oil of vegetable or animal origin, contain, as water-in-oil emulsifiers, compounds which are obtainable by

Water-in-oil polymer emulsions

Mixtures of polyglycerol fatty esters obtainable by partial esterification of a polyglycerol mixture consisting of

Use of mixtures of polyglycerol fatty esters as emulsifiers in cosmetic

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