Patent · US Expired

Use of .alpha.-hydroxyketoalkyl derivatives as light protection filters

US5600007A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

MERCK & CO., INC. · US

Inventors

Roland Martin · Hamburg, DE
Ingeborg Stein · Langen (Hessen), DE
Ulrich Heywang · Darmstadt, DE
Michael Schwarz · Pocking, DE
Thekla Kurz · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 1993
Grant date	Feb 4, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K2800/57
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to the use of .alpha.-hydroxyketoalkyl derivatives as light protection filters for cosmetic or pharmaceutical products, the .alpha.-hydroxyketoalkyl group being linked, if appropriate via a spacer, to a chromophoric group which has an absorption maximum in a wavelength range of between 280 and 400 nm and has a conjugated .pi.-electron system of at least 8 .pi.-electrons, and to new .alpha.-hydroxyalkyl derivatives, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical and cosmetic formulations comprising these derivatives as light protection substances.

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