Hair bleaching compositions containing an arginine compound

• US 3,997,659 A
• Filed: 04/26/1974
• Issued: 12/14/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Original Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
• Inventors: Zeffren, Eugene, Knohl, Richard B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Turner, V. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Clarke, Vera C.
• Application Number:
  US05/464,593
• Time in Patent Office: 963 Days
• Field of Search: 424/DIG. 3, 424/62, 424/319, 424/359, 252/186, 206/46 CC, 206/47 R, 206/47 A, 206/84, 8/111
• US Class Current: 424/62
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/44 Aminocarboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, e.g. aminocarboxylic acids containing sulfur; Salts; Esters or N-acylated derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/64 Proteins; Peptides; Derivatives or degradation products thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/08 Preparations for bleaching the hair
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 424/03 Hair bleach

Abstract

Hair bleaching compositions containing arginine or various proteins or polypeptides having a high arginine content, a peroxide compound and a bleaching accelerator as essential components.

Claims

1. A hair bleaching composition comprising:

(1) from about 0.1 to about 20% by weight of an arginine compound selected from the group consisting of arginine, arginine carbonate, arginine chloride, and arginine phosphate;

(2) from about 1 to about 10% by weight of a water-soluble peroxide compound; and

(3) from about 1 to about 10% by weight of a water-soluble hair bleaching accelerator selected from the group consisting of ammonium peroxydisulfate, alkali metal peroxydisulfate, ammonium peroxydiphosphate, alkali metal peroxydiphosphate, and mixtures thereof, said composition having a pH of from about 8 to about 11 in aqueous solution.

2. A composition according to claim 1 wherein the water-soluble peroxide compound is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, alkali metal peroxides, sodium perborate, and urea peroxide.

3. A composition according to claim 2 wherein the bleaching accelerator is selected from the group consisting of ammonium peroxydisulfate, potassium peroxydisulfate, sodium peroxydisulfate, potassium peroxydiphosphate, and mixtures thereof.

4. A composition according to claim 3 containing from about 0.5 to about 9% by weight of the arginine compound.

5. A composition according to claim 4 containing from about 2 to about 6% by weight of the water-soluble peroxide compound.