Menthyl carbamate compounds as skin and/or hair lightening actives

US9060949B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SYMRISE AG · DE

Inventors

• Gabriele Vielhaber · Colombes, FR
• Heiko Oertling · Lausanne, CH
• Karin Schaper · Bockenem, DE
• Claudia Gömann · Warbsen, DE
• Rahim Brodhage · Rinteln, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2010
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: May 25, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61Q19/02
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical (therapeutic) use of compounds of formula (I) or a cosmetically acceptable salt of a compound of formula (I) or a mixture containing two or more of these compounds or the salts thereofwherein The invention further relates to compositions and cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparations (compositions) comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) suitable for lightening human skin and/or hair and corresponding methods. The invention further relates to compounds of formula (I) as a drug, their use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for lightening human skin and/or hair and to certain novel compounds of formula (I).