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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Zeenat F. Nabi, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Thomas Gregory Polefka, Somerset, NJ (US);
Nadia Soliman, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Amir Tavakkol, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, NY, NY (US);
Abstract
A topical composition suitable for application to skin comprising an amount of antioxidant action vitamin and vitamin precursor sufficient to bring about an effect selected from the group consisting of a level of vitamin on the skin significantly above the amount of vitamin on normal vitamin untreated skin for a period of treating four hours after application of the said vitamin containing composition, a reduction of lipid peroxide levels brought about by an insult to the skin wherein the skin is treated with the said vitamin containing composition prior to said insult, a level of skin vitamin which is significantly above the level of vitamin on the skin brought about by oral ingestion of the vitamin, or a combination of any of a, b, or c.