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AssigneesL'oreal, Institut Curie, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
InventorsLaurent Marrot, Jérémie Soeur, Meng-Er Huang
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The present invention concerns various compositions comprising the essential oil of Origanum compactum or of Aniba rosaeodora or one of their constituents, preferably a major constituent, for use in the targeted treatment and prevention of keratoses in the transformation phase and of carcinomas originating from these keratoses, and more particularly of keratoses induced by solar radiation on the skin of a subject. More particularly, the present invention concerns compositions based on the essential oil of oregano or of rosewood, or on linalool, thymol or carvacrol.
A method for the targeted treatment of keratoses in the transformation phase, of pre-cancerous or cancerous keratinocytes or of carcinoma originating from the transformation of keratoses, in human beings, comprising applying a composition comprising an essential oil extracted from plants of the genus Origanum or Aniba, or comprising at least one of the constituents of the essential oils of Origanum compactum or of Aniba rosaeodora selected from thymol, carvacrol, and linalool.
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