Patent ID: 6689371
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61K,A61Q,B82Y,Y10S

Abstract:
A nanoemulsion, comprising:an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase and having oil globules with a number-average size of less than 100 nm, a surfactant which is solid at a temperature of less than or equal to 45Â° C., wherein the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of sucrose monostearate, sucrose distearate, sucrose tristearate and their mixtures, the distearate of methylglucose and polyglycerol-3, and alkyl polyglucosides, and at least one oil having a molecular weight of greater than 400, wherein the ratio by weight of the amount of oily phase to the amount of surfactant is 2 to 10.