L'oreal

Ming Li

Pierre Potier

Daniel Guenard

Thierry Sevenet

Eric Pilleux

Hubert Schaller

Hamid Abdul Hadi

Jean-Pierre Cosson

A depigmenting cosmetic or dermatological composition containing, as active ingredient, at least one di- or tri-caffeoylquinic acid corresponding to general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 represent a hydrogen atom or the CAF radical corresponding to the formula: ##STR2## provided that at least two, and at most three, of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 radicals represent the CAF radical, but excluding R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 as representing the CAF radical and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 as representing a hydrogen atom, or a mixture of said caffeoylquinic acids.

Depigmenting cosmetic and/or dermatological composition containing a di-

A depigmenting cosmetic or dermatological composition containing, as active ingredient, at least one di- or tri-caffeoylquinic acid corresponding to general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 represent a hydrogen atom or the CAF radical corresponding to the formula: ##STR2## provided that at least two, and at most three, of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 radicals represent the CAF radical, but excluding R.sub.1 and R.sub.4 as representing the CAF radical and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 as representing a hydrogen atom, or a mixture of said caffeoylquinic acids.

A cosmetic or dermatological composition contains as an active ingredient at least one arbutoside derivative with the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein: R represents an unsaturated aliphatic or aromatic hydroxylated residue having 4 to 16 carbon atoms, and R' represents a hydrogen atom or the ##STR2## radical. Ar represents a phenyl radical that may be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups. Applications of the composition include the bleaching of skin and the treatment of pigmented spots.

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