Patent ID: 6303109
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An aqueous body wash composition comprising:(a) at least 5 percent by weight of a water-soluble surfactant or surfactants; and(b) at least 0.05 percent by weight of a lipid-soluble, water-insoluble active substance, wherein the active substance is solubilized with a polar lipid in a lipid/surfactant mixed micelle or liquid crystal, or is microemulsified with a non-polar lipid wherein the emulsion droplets have a diameter of less than 500 nm, and wherein The water-soluble surfactant or surfactants comprise (i) a mixture of an anionic sulfate or sulfonate surfactant and a zwitterionic betaine surfactant, or (ii) a mixture of an anionic surface and an alkyl glycoside surfactant.