Patent ID: 7262157
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,C11D

Abstract:
1. A personal care composition comprising a Cassia polygalactomannan polymer having repeating units containing a D-mannosyl to D-galactosyl residue ratio of 5 to 1 wherein a portion of the hydrogen groups on the pendant hydroxy substituents on the mannosyl and galactosyl residues are substituted with a group represented by the formula: wherein A is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R 1 is a group independently selected from —N(R 3 ) 3 + X − , —S(R 3 ) 2 + X − , and —P(R 3 ) 3 + X − , wherein R 3 independently represents substituted and unsubstituted C 1 to C 24 alkyl, substituted and unsubstituted benzyl and substituted and unsubstituted phenyl; and X is any suitable anion that balances the charge on the onium cation, and an ingredient selected from, surfactants, emulsifiers, emollients, moisturizers, hair conditioning agents, hair fixatives, film-formers, skin protectants, binders, chelating agents, disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides, deodorants, pest repellants, odoriferous materials, antimicrobial agents, antifungal agents, antibiotics, antidandruff agents, abrasives, adhesives, absorbents, colorants, deodorants, antiperspirant agents, humectants, opacifying and pearlescing agents, antioxidants, preservatives, propellants, spreading agents, exfoliants, keratolytic agents, blood coagulants, vitamins, sunscreen agents, artificial tanning accelerators, ultraviolet light absorbers, pH adjusting agents, botanicals, hair colorants, oxidizing agents reducing agents, skin bleaching agents, pigments, anti-inflammatory agents, topical anesthetics, fragrance and fragrance solubilizers, particulates, microabrasives, abrasives, and combinations thereof.