Combination of petroselinic acid and zinc for oral administration for hair aging control
AssigneeNutricos Technologies
InventorsYann MAHE, Carole BRU
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Abstract
The invention relates to the cosmetic use, by oral administration, of a combination of active agents including petroselinic acid and zinc, in particular the salts of Zn (II) wherein said salts are preferably complexed by one or more (poly)hydroxyacids such as zinc gluconate, for improving hair quality and for preventing and controlling the microinflammation of hair follicles, in particular for controlling hair aging in men over the age of 30 or in women.
Claims23
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a cosmetic method for improving the quality of the hair fiber, comprising at least a step of oral administration of a combination of active agents comprising petroselinic acid and zinc, wherein the improvement in the quality of the hair fiber comprises improving the tensile strength of the hair, and/or the resistance to styling and/or shaping of the hair, and/or preventing and/or combating limp and/or breakable and/or dull and/or split and/or embrittled and/or sensitized and/or dry hair, and/or improving the softness and/or vigor of the hair fibers.
A food supplement, containing a combination of petroselinic acid, zinc gluconate, and taurine, in which the petroselinic acid is present in a content of between 20% and 70% by weight relative to the total weight of said combination of active agents.
The food supplement as claimed in the preceding claim, also comprising vitamin D3 and tocopheryl acetate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.