Abstract:
The invention concerns a composition containing at least an oxazolin, optionally combined with at least a compound such as a metalloprotease inhibitor, a PKC inhibitor, an anti-inflammatory agent, a soothing agent, an immunosuppressor, an ion chelating agent, an alkanolamide, an oxazolidinone and a carbamic acid derivative. The invention also concerns the use of such a composition as medicine, in particular for preventing or treating skin pathologies of allergic and/or inflammatory and/or irritative origin or resulting from a danger signal. The invention further concerns a method for cosmetic treatment of sensitive, irritated, intolerant, allergy-prone, ageing skin and/or mucosa exhibiting skin barrier disorder, or exhibiting non-pathological immunologic imbalance, which consists in applying such composition on the skin and/or mucosa.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for extracting molecules of interest from a plant matrix, the method including the following steps: electrically processing the plant matrix by means of pulsed power; diffusing the molecules of interest from the processed plant matrix in a hydroalcoholic solvent and/or a solvent including ethyl acetate; and recovering the molecules of interest that were diffused.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a composition, such as a cosmetic, dermatological, or pharmaceutical composition, including an extract of the above-ground portions of Gynandropsis gynandra, advantageously the leaves and, optionally, a suitable carrier. The invention also relates to such a composition or such an extract to be used in the prevention or treatment of disorders or diseases of the skin, mucous membranes, or nails and hair, to be used in the prevention or treatment of vascular disorders and/or problems linked to hyperseborrhea, or further to be used as an anti-ageing, healing, moisturising, slimming and/or anti-cellulite, anti-allergy and pro-pigmenting product. Finally, the invention relates to a cosmetic care method for the skin, nails and hair, or mucous membranes, with a view to improving the condition or appearance thereof, consisting of administering such a composition or such an extract.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a drug or a dermatological composition containing an avocado peptide extract for treating and/or preventing pruritus, in particular gravidic pruritus, pruritus sine materia, pruritus in newborns, and pruritus originating from a drug.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a composition containing an extract of seeds of Acacia macrostachya. Advantageously the composition is cosmetic, pharmaceutical, dermatological or nutraceutical. The invention also relates to a method for extracting a Acacia macrostachya seed extract, as well as to the resulting extract. The invention further relates to one such composition or one such extract for use in the prevention or treatment of disorders and diseases affecting the skin, mucosae or appendages, for use in the prevention or treatment of vascular disorders and for use in the prevention or treatment of adipose tissue alterations. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for cosmetic care of the Skin, appendages and mucosae in order to improve the condition or appearance thereof, comprising the administration of one such composition or one such extract.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns the use of a rice protein hydrolysate in order to pigment the skin and skin appendages. Thus, it is possible to intensify the normal pigmentation of the skin without sunlight. Preferred areas of applications are repigmentation of white patches of the skin, repigmentation of white patches of the skin as a consequence of pityriasis or due to the use of dermocorticoids; acceleration and intensification of the tanning process, stimulation of the constitutive photoprotection and improvement of the phototype, prevention of skin photocarcinogenesis. Advantageously, the rice protein hydrolysate comprises peptides of which at least 50% have a molecular mass in the range of between 300 and 3,500 Da.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a cosmetic, nutraceutical or dermatological composition for treating or preventing acne, comprising a peptide and oside extract of Schizandra fruit and a suitable excipient. Preferably, the extract is obtained from Schizandra sphenanthera. The composition may also comprise at least one anti-acne agent selected from a sebum-regulating agent, an antibacterial and/or antifungal agent, a keratolytic agent and/or a keratoregulating agent, an astringent, an anti-inflammatory and/or anti-irritant, an antioxidant and/or a free-radical scavenger, a cicatrizing agent, an anti-ageing agent and a moisturizing agent. The invention also relates to a method for cosmetic treatment of acne, characterized in that a cosmetic composition according to the invention is applied to the affected areas of the skin, or in that the affected individual takes a nutraceutical composition according to the invention orally.
Abstract:
The invention concerns the use of at least a vegetable oil product selected among the group consisting of vegetable oil oleic distillates, vegetable oil unsaponifiable matters, vegetable oil furan lipids and mixtures thereof, as agents for increasing skin lipid synthesis, in particular lipids of the epidermal skin barrier, in or for preparing a composition containing a pharmaceutically or dermatologically acceptable medium. The use enables to prevent and/or treat deterioration of the skin barrier (dry skin, skin subjected to actinic radiation, ichthyosis, acne, xerosis, atopic dermatitis, sensitive skin, chafing and reactive skin, itching and the like).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the use of a plant oil product as an agent for increasing the synthesis of skin lipids, especially the lipids of the epidermal skin barrier, in or for the preparation of a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dermatological composition. The invention also relates to a method for cosmetic treatment with a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dermatological composition for increasing the synthesis of skin lipids, especially the lipids of the epidermal skin barrier, and to the use of the plant product as a food additive.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the cosmetic use of a composition containing at least one oxazoline, serving as an active substance, as a slimming product, and to an associated cosmetic treatment method. The invention also relates to the cosmetic use of a composition containing at least one oxazoline, serving as an active substance, for preventing and/or treating cellulite.