Patent · US Expired

Depigmenting cosmetic and/or dermatological composition containing a di- or tri-caffeoylquninic acid, or a mixture thereof

US5445816A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
1References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 2, 1994
Grant dateAug 29, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 2, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61Q19/02
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A depigmenting cosmetic or dermatological composition containing, as active ingredient, at least one di- or tri-caffeoylquinic acid corresponding to general formula (I): ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 represent a hydrogen atom or the CAF radical corresponding to the formula: ##STR2## provided that at least two, and at most three, of the R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, and R.sub.4 radicals represent the CAF radical, but excluding R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 as representing the CAF radical and R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 as representing a hydrogen atom, or a mixture of said caffeoylquinic acids.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.