Patent ID: 8309144

Claim:
A topical skin and/or hair depigmenting and/or lightening composition, wherein the composition is applied to the surface of skin and/or hair of a person in need thereof, comprising an isolated rapeseed peptide hydrolysate fraction, wherein the isolated peptide hydrolysate fraction is solubilized in a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable excipient selected from the group consisting of glycerol, propanediol and propylene glycol; and a cosmetic or dermatological medium comprising a fatty phase and emulsifiers or co-emulsifiers, wherein the isolated peptide hydrolysate fraction is present in an amount of 0.001% to 20% of the total weight of the composition, the fatty phase is present in an amount of 5% to 80% of the total weight of the composition, and the emulsifiers or co-emulsifiers are present in an amount of 0.3% to 30% of the weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and wherein the skin depigmenting and/or lightening composition is a water-in-oil emulsion, an oil-in-water emulsion or a combination thereof.