Surfactant-containing preparation comprising licochalcone A

• US 8,741,363 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2004
• Issued: 06/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beiersdorf AG (Maxingvest AG)
• Original Assignee: Beiersdorf AG (Maxingvest AG)
• Inventors: Albrecht, Harald, Cerv, Svenja, Doerschner, Albrecht, Kolbe, Ludger, Mummert, Christopher, Ruppert, Stephan, Wilken, Maren, Kuether, Jrg
• Primary Examiner(s): CLARK, AMY LYNN
• Application Number:
  US11/004,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20050201967A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,469 Days
• Field of Search: 424/725, 514/680, 514/724
• US Class Current: 424/757
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/484 Glycyrrhiza (licorice)
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/35 Ketones, e.g. benzophenone
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/9789 Magnoliopsida [dicotyledons]
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 1/14 Preparations for removing make-up
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 19/10 Washing or bathing preparations
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 5/02 Preparations for cleaning the hair

Abstract

Cosmetic hair- and/or body-cleansing compositions comprising licochalcone A or an extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata and one or more surfactants and, optionally, further comprising cosmetic and/or dermatological active ingredients, auxiliaries and additives.

Claims

1. A cosmetic cleansing composition, wherein the composition is present in a liquid or gel form and comprises an extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata and one or more surfactants in an amount of from 5% to 50% by weight, based on a total weight of the composition, the one or more surfactants comprising at least 5% by weight of at least one anionic surfactant.

2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises at least 10% by weight of the one or more surfactants.

3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 5% to 12% by weight of at least one anionic surfactant.

4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is present as a shampoo.

5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is present as a shower gel or as a foam bath.

6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is present as a skin-cleansing gel.

7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is present as a hand-washing lotion.

8. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises from 0.0001% to 5% by weight of an extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflate, based on the total weight of the composition.

9. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition further comprises one or more saccharides.

10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises one or more amphoteric surfactants in an amount of from 1% to 20% by weight, based on a total weight of the preparation.

11. The composition of claim 1, wherein the one or more surfactants comprise sodium laureth sulfate.

12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the one or more surfactants comprise sodium laureth sulfate and cocoamidopropyl betaine.

13. The composition of claim 1, wherein the composition is impregnated on an insoluble substrate in a form of a wipe, a ball, a perforated nonwoven or a net.

14. The composition of claim 1, wherein the extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata comprises an alcoholic extract.

15. The composition of claim 1, wherein the extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata comprises an aqueous extract.

16. A cosmetic cleansing composition, wherein the composition is present in a liquid or gel form and comprises from 0.005% to 2% by weight of an extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata and from 5% to 30% by weight of one or more surfactants, each based on a total weight of the composition, the one or more surfactants comprising at least one amphoteric surfactant and at least 5% by weight of at least one anionic surfactant.

17. The composition of claim 16, wherein the composition comprises from 5% to 12% by weight of at least one anionic surfactant.

18. The composition of claim 17, wherein the composition comprises at least 10% by weight of the one or more surfactants.

19. The composition of claim 16, wherein the composition comprises the at least one amphoteric surfactant in an amount of from 2% to 10% by weight, based on a total weight of the preparation.

20. The composition of claim 16, wherein the composition comprises from 0.01% to 0.1% by weight of the extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata.

21. The composition of claim 20, wherein the extract of Radix Glycyrrhiza inflata comprises an alcoholic extract.

22. The composition of claim 21, wherein the one or more surfactants comprise sodium laureth sulfate and cocoamidopropyl betaine.

23. The composition of claim 16, wherein the composition further comprises one or more saccharides.