Patent ID: 6641848
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A61K,A61Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A skin care composition comprising an effective amount for increasing the amount of collagen IV in the dermo-epidermal junction of skin areas in need thereof of at least one soya plant saponin component selected from the group consisting of a soya plant triterpenic saponin, a soya plant triterpenic sapogenol, and a soya plant extract containing at least one of said soya plant triterpenic saponin and of said soya plant triterpenic sapogenol, with at least one ecdysteroid component selected from the group consisting of &bgr;-ecdysone and acylated &bgr;-ecdysone, ecdysterone, wherein said at least one soya plant saponin component is extracted from a soya plant selected from the group consisting of Glycine max, Phaseolus vulgaris, Phaseolus aureus, Phaseolus lunatus, Vicia faba, Lens culinaris, Cicer arietum, Vigna angularis, Vigna mungo, Oxytropis ochrocephala, Oxytropis glabra, Pisum sativum, Sophora favescens, Asparalus membranaceus, Crotalaria albida, Arachis hypogea, Galega officinalis, Wistaria brachybotrys, and Trifolium repens, wherein the combination of the soya plant saponin component and the ecdysteroid are employed in a synergistic effective amount.