Uses for the Extract of a Plant of the Family Asclepiadaceae

• US 20080102143A1
• Filed: 01/07/2005
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BASF BEAUTY Care Solutions France S.A.S. (BASF SE)
• Original Assignee: Cognis France, S.A.S. (BASF SE)
• Inventors: Danoux, Louis, Pauly, Gilles, Moser, Philippe, Freis, Olga
• Granted Patent: US 7,722,901 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/774
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/27 Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family), e.g. hoya
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/9789 Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 17/00 Drugs for dermatological disorders
• CPC Class Codes: A61P 43/00 Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups A61P1/00-A61P41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 7/02 Preparations for inhibiting or slowing hair growth

Abstract

The present invention is concerned with an extract of a plant, whereby the plant belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae for use as a medicament. One embodiment of the present invention is an extract of the plant Gymnema sylvestre for use as a medicament. Said medicaments are inter alia useful for the treatment of mammalian skin (preferably human skin) that suffers from hair growth disorders. Furthermore the present invention is concerned with the use of an extract of a plant, whereby the plant belongs to the family Asclepiadaceae (especially Gymnema sylvestre) for the cosmetic treatment of human skin, whereby this treatment comprises the inhibition, suppression or retardation of hair growth.

Claims

1. A composition comprising:

(a) an extract from a plant of the Asclepiadaceae family; and

(b) at least one auxiliary and/or additive.

2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the plant is Gymnema sylvestre.

3. The composition according to claim 2, wherein the extract is from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre.

4. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliaries and/or additives are selected from the group consisting of oily bodies, surfactants, emulsifiers, fats, waxes, pearlescent waxes, bodying agents, thickeners, superfattinq agents, stabilizers, polymers, silicone compounds, lecithins, phospholipids, biogenic active ingredients, deodorants, antimicrobial agents, antiperspirants, film formers, antidandruff agents, swelling agents, insect repellents, hydrotropes, solubilizers, preservatives, perfume oils and dyes.

5. The composition according to claim 4, wherein the auxiliaries and/or additives are selected from the group consisting of surfactants, emulsifiers, fats, waxes, stabilizers, deodorants, antiperspirants, antidandruff agents and perfume oils.

6. The composition according to claim 1, in a form selected from the group consisting of a tablet, dragee, capsule, juice, solution and granule.

7. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the concentration of the extract is from 0.001-1.0 weight percent.

8. The composition according to claim 1, incorporated into a medicament for treating hair growth disorders in a mammal.

9. The composition according to claim 8, wherein the hair growth disorder is selected from the group consisting of hirsutism, folliculitis, and pseudofolliculitis barbea.

10. The composition according to claim 8, wherein the mammal is a human.

11. A method for treating a hair growth disorder in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammal in need of treatment thereof a composition comprising an effective amount of an extract from a plant of the Asclepiadaceae family.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the plant is Gymnema sylvestre.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the extract is from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the hair growth disorder is selected from the group consisting of hirsutism, folliculitis, and pseudofolliculitis barbea.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the mammal is a human.

16. A method for treating hair growth in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammal a composition which inhibits hair growth comprising an effective amount of an extract from a plant of the Asclepiadaceae family.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the plant is Gymnema sylvestre.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the extract is from the leaves of Gymnema sylvestre.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the mammal is a human.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the composition is topically applied.