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Composition and method for protecting skin and hair

US4104368A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 1972
Grant dateAug 1, 1978
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Expiry dateJul 12, 1992

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K8/445
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A composition which provides both a conditioning and sun-screening effect for hair and skin wherein the active agent comprises a salt of certain long chain cationic bases and certain acidic substances wherein the acidic moiety provides the sun-screening effect and the cationic moiety provides the tissue conditioning effect. The acidic substances have an acidic or pseudoacidic hydrogen or a lactone thereof, whereas the cationic moiety are long-chain quaternary ammonium salts.

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