Personal care composition containing leghemoglobin
AssigneeArch Personal Care Products, L.P.
InventorJames V. Gruber
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Abstract
A personal care composition comprising leghemoglobin and at least one preservative selected from the group consisting of alcohols, glycols, parabens, hydantoins, quaternary nitrogen-containing compounds, isothiazolinones, aldehyde-releasing agents, and halogenated compounds. Preferably, the leghemoglobin is a nitrogen fixation root nodule extract providing a leghemoglobin concentration in the composition of between 0.0001% and about 10% based upon the total weight of the composition. Also disclosed is a method for preparing the personal care composition.
Claims21
A personal care composition comprising leghemoglobin and at least one preservative selected from the group consisting of alcohols, glycols, parabens, quaternary nitrogen-containing compounds, isothiazolinones, aldehyde-releasing agents, antioxidants and halogenated compounds.
A method for binding free radicals on the skin that comprises contacting the skin with leghemoglobin, thereby causing said leghemoglobin to act as a scavenger for the free radicals.
A method for removing free radicals from the skin that comprises contacting the skin with leghemoglobin in order to cause free radicals on the skin to bind with the leghemoglobin, thereby removing said free radicals from the skin.
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