Patent ID: 6174534
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: A61K,A61P,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A composition for treating rosacea, comprising at least the following constituents (i) to (vii), the percentages being given by weight relative to the total weight of the composition:(i) from 1 to 5% of at least one C.sub.2 -C.sub.24 fatty acid;(ii) from 5 to 15% of at least one ester of a C.sub.12 -C.sub.24 fatty acid and a C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 polyalkylene oxide fragment containing from 2 to 100 alkylene oxide residues;(iii) from 1 to 20% of a mixture of hydrogenated palm oil and palm kernel oil polyoxyethylenated with 4 to 10 ethylene oxide residues;(iv) from 1 to 20% of at least one ester of a C.sub.12 -C.sub.24 fatty acid and of a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alcohol;(v) from 0.1 to 10% of glycerol;(vi) from 0.1 to 3% of a C.sub.12 -C.sub.24 fatty alcohol; and(vii) from 50 to 85% of water;wherein the composition is free from any of metronidazole, lanthanide, tin, zinc, manganese, yttrium, cobalt, barium strontium salt, and non-photosynthetic filamentous bacteria.