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Desquamation/epidermal renewal of the skin and/or combating skin aging

US6562353B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 5, 1999
Grant dateMay 13, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K2800/28
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Cinnamic acid and derivatives thereof are well suited for promoting desquamation and/or stimulating epidermal renewal and/or combating intrinsic/extrinsic aging of the skin of a human subject in need of such treatment, by topically applying thereto, for such period of time as required to elicit the desired response, a cosmetically/therapeutically effective amount of cinnamic acid and/or of at least one derivative thereof.

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