Patent ID: 6852310

Claim:
A cosmetic method of skin lightening comprising applying to the skin a composition comprising: a. about 0.000001 to about 50% of a compound of general formula I Wherein each or both R 1 and/or R 2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; linear or branched C 1 -C 18 alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, hydroxyalkyl; hydroxyalkenyl, acyl; cycloacyl, and alkoxy groups; Wherein each or both R 3 and/or R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; linear or branched C 1 -C 18 alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl group; wherein the dotted line is a single or double carbon-carbon bond; Wherein each or both R 5 and/or R 6 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, OH, C 1 -C 4 acyl group, C 1 -C 4 alkyl group, O—CO—R 7 , or O—COO—R 8 group; wherein each or both R 7 and/or R 8 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen; linear or branched C 1 -C 18 alkyl, alkenyl, hydroxyalkyl, hydroxyalkenyl, acyl, cycloacyl, or alkoxy groups; wherein R 5 and/or R 6 may be positioned at the 1-, 2-, 3-, 5-, and/or 6-positions on the phenyl ring; and b. a cosmetically acceptable carrier.