# US 5,705,147 A · Methods and compositions for conditioning skin and hair > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,705,147 A - Document ID: US5705147A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/529,306 - Filed: 1995-09-18 - Granted: 1998-01-06 - Earliest claimed: 1995-09-18 - Assignees: Stepan Company - Inventors: Irene Shapiro; Galina Tseitlina - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5705147A ## CPC - A61K 8/361: {Carboxylic acids having more than seven carbon atoms in an unbroken chain; Salts or anhydrides thereof} - A61K 8/375: {the alcohol moiety containing more than one hydroxy group} - A61K 8/60: Sugars; Derivatives thereof - A61Q 5/02: Preparations for cleaning the hair - A61Q 5/12: Preparations containing hair conditioners - A61Q 19/10: Washing or bathing preparations - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A61Q: SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS ## Abstract Disclosed are compositions for cleaning and conditioning of hair and/or skin comprising a mixture preparable by transesterification of a triglyceride with sucrose. These compositions typically further comprise various surfactants and optional ingredients depending on the specific composition desired. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for conditioning human hair or skin comprising contacting human hair or skin with a conditioning composition comprising from about 5-50% by weight of an anionic detersive surfactant and an effective conditioning amount of a sucroglyceride composition consisting essentially of about 2-30% by weight of sucrose monoesters, about 10-40% by weight of salts of aliphatic fatty acids derived from the triglyceride, about 0-20% by weight of sucrose, about 2-35% by weight monoglycerides, about 0.5-20% by weight of glycerin, and 2-55% by weight of a mixture consisting of diglycerides and triglycerides. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, where the conditioning composition comprises about 0.5 to 15% by weight of the sucroglyceride composition. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) A method according to claim 2, where the conditioning composition comprises about 3 to 7% by weight of the sucroglyceride composition. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A method according to claim 3, where the conditioning composition has a pH of about 5.0 to 8.0. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) A method according to claim 4, wherein the sucroglyceride composition is derived from sucrose and a triglyceride selected from the group consisting of caprylic/capric triglycerides, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cottonseed oil, and tallow. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A method according to claim 5, wherein the contacting is in the presence of water. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) A method according to claim 5, further comprising rinsing the hair or skin with water. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein the sucroglyceride composition is a component of a skin conditioning formulation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A method according to claim 8, wherein the skin conditioning formulation comprises an emulsion of oil and water. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A method according to claim 9, where the formulation comprises about 0.5 to 15% by weight of the sucroglyceride composition. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) A method according to claim 9, where the formulation comprises about 3 to 7% by weight of the sucroglyceride composition. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A method according to claim 11, wherein the sucroglyceride composition is derived from sucrose and a triglyceride selected from the group consisting of caprylic/capric triglycerides, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cottonseed oil, and tallow. ### Claim 13 A method for preparing a cleaning and conditioning formulation for skin or hair comprising combining an anionic detersive surfactant with a sucroglyceride composition such that the formulation comprises from about 5-50% by weight of the anionic detersive surfactant, the sucroglyceride composition consisting essentially of about 2-30% by weight of sucrose monoesters, about 10-40% by weight of salts of aliphatic fatty acids derived from the triglyceride, about 1-20% by weight of sucrose, about 2-35% by weight monoglycerides, about 0.5-20% by weight of glycerin, and 2-55% by weight of a mixture of diglycerides and triglycerides. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A method according to claim 13, wherein the sucroglyceride composition is derived from sucrose and a triglyceride selected from the group consisting of caprylic/capric triglycerides, hydrogenated vegetable oil, cottonseed oil, and tallow. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein the anionic surfactant is an alkyl sulfate; an alkyl ether sulfate; a water-soluble salt of the organic, sulfuric acid reaction products of the general formula: R.sub.1 --SO.sub.3 --M wherein R.sub.1 is chosen from the group consisting of a straight or branched chain, saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having from about 8 to about 24 carbon atoms, and M is a cation; an alkyl sulfosuccinamate; an olefin sulfonate having about 12 to about 24 carbon atoms; a salt of an alpha sulfonated methyl ester of a fatty acid having 8-22 carbon atoms; or a mixture thereof. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A method according to claim 1, wherein the anionic surfactant is an alkyl sulfate, an alkyl ether sulfate or a mixture thereof.