Extracts of halimione portulacoides and their application
AssigneeSymrise AG
InventorsLorenzo Zanella, Paolo Pertile
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Abstract
New extracts are suggested of Halimione portulacoides or sea purslane, and related species of Halimione, obtainable by treating the said plant with a solvent selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 aliphatic alcohols, ethyl acetate, water or their mixtures, removing the dissolved extracts from the residues and recovering the pure extracts from the solvent. The extracts show excellent properties particularly in modulating the metabolism of human skin and hair follicles.
Claims7
A non-pharmaceutical method comprising topically administering an effective amount of an extract of Halimione sp. to skin or scalp of a subject suffering from hair loss and/or whitening or in need of promoting hair follicle growth and/or pigmentation, for modulating
- (i) keratinocyte differentiation in human hair, and/or
- (ii) melamin synthesis in human hair follicles, and/or
- (iii) hair growth by improving general wellness of the organ and/or by delaying the catagen in the human hair follicles.
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