Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.

Sumitaka Kose

Tsutomu Mabuchi

Hiroyasu Koga

Takashi Ohtsuka

Masahiro Kanayama

Yasutaka Orita

Herbicidal compositions containing as the active ingredients (one or more compounds selected from among light-induced herbicidal compounds and one or more compounds selected from among organoposphorus herbicidal compounds, characterized by containing ethylenediamine alkoxylates and alcohol alkoxylates as surfactants. These herbicidal compositions have an excellent rapid action and exert a remarkable herbicidal effect in a small dose.

Herbicidal compositions and method of using the same

Disclosed is a skin-food cosmetic composition containing, as the active ingredient, at least one compound of the formula (I): ##STR1## R.sup.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, or a cycloalkyl cycloalkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms; and X represents --O-- or --NH--. This is useful for preventing the skin from being roughened, chapped or cracked, or from being aged.

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Osaka, Japan

Sumitaka Kose