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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pascal Bordat, Flourens, FR;
Stephanie Ortanderl, Juechen, DE;
Martina Kampmann, Korschenbroich, DE;
Marianne Waldmann-Laue, Monheim, DE;
Georg Knuebel, Duesseldorf, DE;
Marcus Mausberg, Solingen, DE;
Assignee:
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Duesseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/00 ; A61K 7/48 ; B01F 1/728 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 7/00 ; A61K 7/48 ; B01F 1/728 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a skin lightening composition comprising (a) a safe and effective amount of a compound of formula (I): wherein Z is Oxygen or Sulfur, (b) an average polarity solvent, (c) a polyhydric alcohol, (d) a solid fatty alcohol, (e) a nonionic surfactant, (f) water, and (g) lecithin wherein at least a portion of the above components (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) forms a liquid crystal.