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US 4,786,494 AGranted
Shampoo composition
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorsHajime Hirota, Susumu Takaya
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Abstract
A shampoo composition comprises a fatty acid ester of sucrose and a nonionic cellulose ether compound in addition to a shampoo base. It provides creamy foam and results in smooth combing and prevention of hair flying.
Claims9
A shampoo composition comprising
- (A) 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of a mixture of mono-, di- and tri-acylated fatty acid esters of sucrose having the formula (1) ##STR24## in which R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represent hydrogen or a straight-chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated acyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms and the weight ratio of mono-acylated esters to the sum of di- and tri-acylated esters is 70/30 to 30/70,
- (B) 0.05 to 5 percent by weight of a nonionic cellulose ether compound having the formula (2) ##STR25## in which R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 is a hydrogen atom, (CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m H in which m is 1 to 5, --CH.sub.3 or --C.sub.3 H.sub.6 OH, and n is 100 to 10,000,
- (C) 5 to 30 percent by weight of a shampoo base comprising one or more members selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants and amphoteric surfactants, and
- (D) water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.