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Cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions containing niosomes and a water-soluble polyamide, and a process for preparing these compositions

US4830857A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1985
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2984
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a composition consisting of a dispersion in an aqueous medium D of niosome and/or liposome spherules, within which an aqueous phase E is encapsulated, at least one portion of the spherules being niosomes; the lipids forming spherules constituting from 2 to 10% of the weight of the composition; in at least one of the phases E and D there is dissolved at least one water-soluble polyamide polymer having a molecular weight between 1,000 and 200,000, at a concentration of 0.01 to 5% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition. Usable in cosmetics or pharmaceuticals.

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