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Bacterial extracts cultured in thermal waters for reducing bags and/or dark circles around the eyes

US9393266B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 2008
Grant dateJul 19, 2016
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Expiry dateDec 19, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K2800/782
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Bags and/or dark circles around the eyes of individuals afflicted therewith are reduced by administering to such individuals thus effective amounts of at least one extract of a non-photosynthetic and non-fruiting filamentous bacterium cultured in a medium which includes at least one non-sulfurous mineral and/or thermal water, e.g., an extract derived from the bacterium Vitreoscilla filiformis, in particular the strain ATCC 15551, cultured in a medium enriched with water from La Roche Posay.

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