Cognis IP Management Gmbh

Basf Beauty Care Solutions France S.a.s.

Cognis France S.a.s.

Véronique Gillon

Philippe Moussou

Jean-Luc Contet-Audonneau

Louis Danoux

Olga Freis

Gilles Pauly

Philippe Moser

Laurent Bailly

Philippe Grisoni

The invention is directed to a skin-whitening agent comprising at least one sugar fatty acid ester and at least one plant extract selected from the group consisting of extracts of, extracts ofand mixtures thereof. The invention is further directed to cosmetic compositions comprising such a skin-whitening agents.

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An active composition for treating skin having a protein-containing extract from aplant.

Oligopeptides according to formula (I) and/or (II), R-Tyr-Pro-Trp-Phe-NH(I, SEQ ID NO:1); R-Tyr-Pro-PhePhe-NH(II, SEQ ID NO:2), wherein Ris linked to the NH-group of the amino-terminal part of Tyr and is selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;H; a linear saturated or unsaturated or branched saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be functionalized by a &#x2014;OH, &#x2014;SH, &#x2014;COOH or &#x2014;CONH+ group; a sterol or a sphingolipid group which is linked to the amino terminal part of Tyr via a bifunctional linker are disclosed. Cosmetic compositions containing the oligopeptides are also disclosed.

Oligopeptides and cosmetic compositions containing the oligopeptides

Oligopeptides according to formula (I) and/or (II), R-Tyr-Pro-Trp-Phe-NH(I); R-Tyr-Pro-Phe-Phe-NH(II), wherein Ris linked to the NH-group of the amino-terminal part of Tyr and is selected from the group consisting of &#x2014;H; a linear saturated or unsaturated or branched saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, which may be functionalized by a &#x2014;OH, &#x2014;SH, &#x2014;COOH or &#x2014;CONHgroup; a sterol or a sphingolipid group which is linked to the amino terminal part of Tyr via a bifunctional linker are disclosed. Cosmetic compositions containing the oligopeptides are also disclosed.

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