Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a Division of Conopco, Inc.

Unilever Plc

Unilever, N.v.

Unilever IP Holdings B.v.

Unilever Global IP Limited

Ian Peter Stott

Kevin Ronald Franklin

Bijan Harichian

Megan Anne Diehl

Katherine Mary Thompson

Richard Livesey Evans

Rupak Mitra

Kenneth Metcalfe

Thomas Richard Pointon

Stuart Campbell-Lee

Sreenivasa Thimmaiah

Ganesh Chandramowli

Mark Anthony Carus

Vinitha Kadamkode

Rahila Bhat

Jennifer Robertson

Douglas Bovell

Stephen Golding

Emily Grace Smith

Joanne Clare O'KEEFFE

Robert Joseph Cornmell

Carol Lynn Truslow

John Robert Harp

Clive Roderick Harding

A preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. an aromatic alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethylvanillin, eugenol, thymol, P-hydroxybenzaldehyde, 4n butyl phenol, P-hydroxyacetophenone, vanillin, salicylic acid or salt thereof, o-cymen-5-ol, carvacrol and mixtures thereof.

Preservation compositions

An antimicrobial preservation system comprising: i. itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii. benzoic acid or salt thereof.

A preservation system comprising: i) itaconic acid or salt thereof and ii) a secondary preservation chemical selected from the list consisting of terpineol, geraniol, perillyl alcohol, menthol, terpinene, linalool, citronellol and mixtures thereof.

Disclosed is use of a compound of the formula (I) to increase the amount of melanin in melanocytes, where: R1 is formula (AA) in which, X is H, CH, (CH)&#x2014;CHor a substituted alkyl group, Y is H, CH, (CH)&#x2014;CHor a substituted alkyl group and Z is H or OH; and R2 is H, OH, NHor &#x2014;O&#x2014;(OH)&#x3b2; where, n=1 to 3 and &#x3b2; is phenyl, naphthyl or alkyl group further optionally substituted with halogen, aryl or NHgroup, where compound of formula 1 is not a compound in which X is H, Y is CHand Z is OH. 

Peptides for increasing melanin in melanocytes

The invention relates to a composition and a method of darkening human skin. The composition comprises select alkyl or alkyloxy benzoic acids.

Skin darkening composition

Cosmetic compositions

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Wirral, United Kingdom

Ian Peter Stott