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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2000
Marianne Waldmann-Laue, Monheim, DE;
Thomas Foerster, Erkrath, DE;
Soraya Heinen, Cologne, DE;
Leszek Bialasinski, Ratingen, DE;
Karlheinz Schrader, Bevern, DE;
Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to cosmetic and pharmaceutical creams in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion containing at least one polar oil as the oil component, said polar oil having an interfacial tension (&ggr; ) with water of less than 30 mN/m at 25° C., and at least one plant protein as the emulsifier, a 1 wt % aqueous solution of said plant protein having an interfacial tension (&ggr; ) with the oil component at 25° C. which is less than the interfacial tension &ggr; between oil and water. Protein or protein-containing meals consisting of oats, wheat or peas are preferred as emulsifiers, whilst the oil components preferably belong to the group of C -C fatty acid esters of monovalent or polyvalent C -C alkanol esters of monovalent or polyvalent C -C hydroxycarboxylic acids.