Method of reducing or preventing malodour
AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsJohn Carey, Jayne Elizabeth Ellis, Corrine Jane Austin
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Abstract
Cosmetic method for reducing or preventing body malodor by topically applying to human skin an active agent capable of sub-lethally reducing the bacterial production of odoriferous steroids, characterized in that the agent is an inhibitor of bacterial 4-ene reductase and/or 5α-reductase.
Claims6
Cosmetic method for reducing or preventing body malodour by topically applying to human skin an active agent capable of sub-lethally reducing the bacterial production of odoriferous steroids, wherein the agent is an inhibitor of bacterial 4-ene reductase and/or 5α-reductase.
Cosmetic method according to any one preceding claim, wherein the active agent is an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid.
Cosmetic method according to any one preceding claim, wherein the active agent is a flavonoid.
Cosmetic method according to any one preceding claim, wherein the active agent is a phenyl derivative.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.