Shiseido Company, Limited

Kenichi Umishio

Koji Kobayashi

Satoshi Amano

Hirotada Fukunishi

Keiichi Uehara

Masahiro Tajima

Shinji Inomata

Shunsuke Iriyama

Makoto Tsunenaga

Tomomi Okazaki

Masashi Yoshida

Tomiyuki Nanba

Ohji Ifuku

Takuya Hiruma

Eijiro Adachi

Akihiro Ishino

Hirofumi Aoki

Ken Kusakari

Yukiko Matsunaga

Naomi Ota

Keiko Mori

The present invention relates to a method for producing artificial skin, comprising: adding a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor and a heparanase inhibitor to an artificial skin formation culture medium comprising human epidermal keratinocytes and human dermal fibroblasts, culturing the cells in the artificial skin formation culture medium, and forming artificial skin.

Artificial skin

An endermic liniment which characteristically contains an extract from a plant of the Solanaceae family (Solanaceae), genus Withania (Withania). A whitening endermic liniment with a superior whitening effect can be provided.

External preparations for skin whitening

A benzimidazole derivative or a salt thereof expressed by the following Formula (I):

Benzimidazole derivative, hair growth promoter and external composition for skin using the same

A 1,2-di-substituted benzene-carboxamide derivative or a salt thereof expressed by the following Formula (I); ##STR1## wherein each of A and B is R.sup.1 or --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, wherein when A is R.sup.1, B is --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 and when A is --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, B is R.sup.1 ; Z is --O--, --OCO--, --OCONR.sup.6 -- or --NR.sup.6 --; R.sup.1 is a hydrocarbon group of C.sub.10-30 ; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 individually represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group or a benzyl group, or together represent a heterocyclic ring having 3-7 members; when A is --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, R.sup.2 may be a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group or a benzyl group, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 together may represent a heterocyclic ring of 6 or 7 members including two nitrogen atoms; when --Z--B is --OCONR.sup.6 --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 or --NR.sup.6 --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, R.sup.2 may be a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group or a benzyl group, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.6 together may represent a heterocyclic ring of 6 or 7 members including two nitrogen atoms; R.sup.4 is selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower acyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, a lower alkylamino group, a lower acylamino group, a lower alkoxy group and a lower acyloxy group; R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower acyl group or a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, or when A is --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, R.sup.5 and R.sup.3 together may represent a heterocyclic ring of 6 or 7 members including two nitrogen atoms; R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower acyl group or a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, or when --Z--B is --OCONR.sup.6 --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 or --NR.sup.6 --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3, R.sup.6 and R.sup.3 together may represent a heterocyclic ring of 6 or 7 members including two nitrogen atoms; l is an integer of 0-2; and n is an integer of 0-5. The 1,2-di-substituted benzene-carboxamide derivative or the salt thereof has excellent hair growth and regrowth promoting effects, which are useful for care, improvement or prevention of hair loss in mammals and, in particular, in humans.

1,2-di-substituted benzene-carboxamide derivative, hair growth promoter

A 1,2-di-substituted piperidine derivative or a salt thereof expressed by the following Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein one of A and B is a hydrocarbon group of C.sub.1-30 expressed by R.sup.1 and the other is --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 ; Y is --CO--, --CONR.sup.5 -- or --COO--; Z is --O--, --OCO--, --OCONR.sup.6 -- or --NR.sup.6 --; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 individually represent a hydrogen a lower alkyl, a phenyl or a benzyl group, or together represent a heterocycle having 3-7 members; --NR.sup.5 --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 and --NR.sup.6 --(CH.sub.2)n-NR.sup.2 R.sup.3 of --(Y).sub.1 --A and --Z--B may be the following Group W: ##STR2## wherein ring E is a heterocycle of 6 or 7 members including two nitrogen atoms and R.sup.2 is a hydrogen, a lower alkyl, a phenyl or a benzyl group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen, a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower acyl, a nitro, a cyano, a lower alkoxycarbonyl, a carbamoyl, a lower alkylcarbamoyl, a lower alkylamino, a lower acylamino, a lower alkoxy or a lower acyloxy group; each of R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is a hydrogen, a lower alkyl, a lower acyl, a lower alkylcarbamoyl group, or a part of said ring E; l is 0 or 1; m is an integer of 2-5; and n is an integer of 0-5. The 1,2-di-substituted piperidine derivative or the salt thereof has excellent hair growth and regrowth promoting effects, which are useful for care, improvement or prevention of hair loss in mammals and, in particular, in human.

1,2-DI-substituted piperidine derivative, hair growth promoter and

A silicone type cinnamic acid derivative which is a siloxane having at least one unit represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## and having the other units which may exist in the siloxane being represented by the formula:

Silicone type cinnamic acid derivative, preparation method thereof,

Alkyl-aryl 1,3-propanedione silicone derivative characterized in that said derivative is siloxane having at least one unit expressed by the general formula 1 as shown below and other unit which can exist in said siloxane is expressed by a general formula of O.sub.4-r/2 SiR.sup.5.sub.r, and an external preparation for skin with said derivative compounded therein. ##STR1## Herein; R.sup.1 : A hydroxyl group, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms

Alkyl-aryl 1,3-propanedione silicone derivative and an external

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