Patent ID: 6699464
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
A physically and chemically stable vanishing cream for the treatment of hyperpigmentation and having SPF of at least 15, said cream comprising the following ingredients at concentrations expressed in weight percentages based on the weight of the cream: 2 to 4 percent hydroquinone; 3 percent avobenzone; 2.2 percent ceteareth-20; 2.3 percent cetostearyl alcohol; 1.2 percent citric acid; 0.9 percent diethylaminoethyl stearate; 0.5 percent dimethicone; 0.1 percent edetate disodium; 3.9 percent glyceryl dilaurate; 9 percent glyceryl monostearate; 5 percent glyceryl stearate and PEG-100 stearate; 0.3 percent hydroxyethyl cellulose, 0.05 percent methylparaben, 6.5 percent octyldocecyl stearoyl stearate; 7.5 percent octyl methoxycinnamate; 0.35 percent polysorbate 80; 3.4 percent propylene glycol, 0.1 percent propyl gallate; 0.05 percent propylparaben; 2.45 percent quaternium-26; 1 percent rumex occidentalis extract; 0.05 percent sodium metabisulfite; 1 to 10 percent sodium PCA, 1 percent squalane and ubiquinone; 1.4 percent stearyl alcohol; the remaining being purified water; said cream having a SPF value of at least 15.