Cosmetic agents for hair and skin treatment

US4781918A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Hofinger · Altötting, DE
• Alwin Reng · Kelkheim, DE
• Jochen M. Quack · Eppstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 7, 1987
• Grant date: Nov 1, 1988
• Expiry date: Oct 7, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q5/12
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An agent for treatment of hair and skin, containing a quarternary ammonium compound of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 may be identical or different and denote C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkyl or C.sub.8 -C.sub.22 -alkenyl, R.sub.3 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -alkyl, x denotes a number from 1 to 3, and A.sup..crclbar. denotes the anion of C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 -carboxylic acid, which may contain 1 to 3 hydroxyl groups, or the hydrogen phosphate anion.