专利号:US-2016243015-A1 优先权日:2013-10-25 标题 :Skin lightening composition 发明人:GREEN MARTIN RICHARD; GINGER REBECCA SUSAN; GLEN ROBERT CHARLES 权利人:CONOPCO INC DBA UNILEVER 摘要:Desired skin colour is a major unmet consumer need around the world and especially in Asia. Consumers particularly desire even skin colour, absence of age spots (solar lentigines), absence of hyperpigmentation and lighter overall skin tone. One solution is to use biological actives that reduce the activity of melanocyte cells in skin. These cells, present in the basal layer of the epidermis, make the dark coloured pigment melanin and export it, in small export vesicles called melanosomes, to the neighbouring keratinocytes. It is well described in the literature that compounds which reduce melanin synthesis when topically applied to the skin will reduce skin darkness over time and can generate a more even skin tone. Tyrosinase is a very popular target for the regulation of melanocyte pigment production. However effective inhibitors of tyrosinase are bedevilled by safety issues causing, for example, melanocyte cell death, permanent depigmentation, irritation and allergic reactions. Often effective inhibitors kill melanocytes (for example hydroquinone) or cause sensitisation reactions. There is therefore a great need for safe and effective inhibitors of skin pigment production that work through an alternative safe mechanism. The inventors have observed that selected compounds of the same generic structure: or a salt thereof; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 may be independently selected from the group consisting of —H, -halide, and methyl, ethyl, propyl, iso-propyl, butyl, and t-butyl moieties, inhibit melanin production in Melanodermsâ„¢.
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