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(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0236324 A1 Deo (43) Pub US 2011 0236324A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0236324 A1 Deo (43) Pub. Date: Sep. 29, 2011 (54) PLANT EXTRACTS, COMPOSITIONS plant extracts, Centella plant extracts, and mixtures thereof. CONTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF and to the use of these compositions in a variety of applica tions including, for example, cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical (76) Inventor: Namita Deo, Newark, NJ (US) preparations, therapeutic preparations, and personal care preparations. A preferred Bacopa plant extract is obtained (21) Appl. No.: 12/729,718 from Bacopa monniera, and a preferred Centella plant extract (22) Filed: Mar. 23, 2010 is obtained from Centella asiatica. The plant extracts include Sunless tanning active extracts, Sunscreen active extracts, Publication Classification ultraviolet radiation protective extracts, anti-aging active extracts, anti-wrinkle active extracts, moisturizing active (51) Int. Cl. extracts, skin soothing active extracts, skin/hair softening A 6LX 8/97 (2006.01) active extracts, skin/hair treatment active extracts, anti-in A61O 5/00 (2006.01) flammatory active extracts, cosmeceutical preservative A61O 1704 (2006.01) extracts, cosmeceutical stabilizer extracts, antioxidant active A61O 19/00 (2006.01) extracts, free radical inhibitive extracts, cleansing active A61O II/00 (2006.01) extracts, anti-microbial active extracts, anti-fungal active (52) U.S. Cl. ................ 424/58; 424/725; 424/74; 424/59 extracts, hair coloring active extracts, and oral cleaning/de odoring active extracts. The cosmeceutical compositions (57) ABSTRACT include at least one of a Bacopa plant extract, a Centella plant This disclosure relates to plant extracts selected from Bacopa extract, or a mixture thereof. The plant extracts also include plant extracts, Centella plant extracts, and mixtures thereof; stabilizer active extracts, surfactant active extracts, preserva compositions containing plant extracts selected from Bacopa tive active extracts, and treatment active extracts. Patent Application Publication Sep. 29, 2011 Sheet 1 of 2 US 2011/0236324 A1 on 1 microg/ml -2 microg?ml ----4 microg?ml --8 microg?ml 200 250 300 350 400 Wavelength, mm FIG. 1 Patent Application Publication Sep. 29, 2011 Sheet 2 of 2 US 2011/0236324 A1 FIG 2 US 2011/0236324 A1 Sep. 29, 2011 PLANT EXTRACTS, COMPOSITIONS thereof: a skin/hair softening active extract of a Bacopa plant, CONTAINING SAME, AND USES THEREOF a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof a skin/hair treatment active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture BACKGROUND thereof, an anti-inflammatory active extract of a Bacopa 0001 1. Field of the Disclosure plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof a cosmeceutical 0002 This disclosure relates to plant extracts selected preservative active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, from Bacopa plant extracts, Centella plant extracts, and mix or a mixture thereof; a cosmeceutical stabilizer active extract tures thereof; compositions containing plant extracts selected of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof; an from Bacopa plant extracts, Centella plant extracts, and mix antioxidant active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, tures thereof, and to the use of these compositions in a variety or a mixture thereof, a free radical inhibitive extract of a of applications including, for example, cosmetic and/or phar Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof a cleans maceutical preparations, therapeutic preparations, and per ing active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a Sonal care preparations. mixture thereof, an anti-microbial active extract of a Bacopa 0003 2. Discussion of the Background Art plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof, anti-fungalactive 0004 For many years, plant extracts have been used for extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture medicinal and also for cosmetic purposes in various cultures. thereof: a hair coloring active extract of a Bacopa plant, a New plants are being extracted and the extracts studied for Centella plant, or a mixture thereof, and an oral cleaning/ their cosmetic and pharmaceutical effects in the search to find deodoring active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, further plants with a new or different action spectrum. Many or a mixture thereof. plants whose value was not known and which were regarded 0010. This disclosure further relates in part to cosmeceu as exotic and unimportant are now used in the cosmetic and tical compositions that contain, in an effective concentration, pharmaceutical fields. at least one of a Bacopa plant extract, a Centella plant extract, 0005 Today, cosmeceutical preparations are available to or a mixture thereof, and at least one cosmeceutically accept the consumer in a variety of combinations. Consumers not able carrier. only expect these cosmeceuticals to have a certain care effect 0011. This disclosure yet further relates in part to cosme or to eliminate a certain deficiency, they are also increasingly ceutical compositions selected from a Sunless tanning com demanding products which combine several properties and position, a Sunscreen composition, an ultraviolet radiation thus show an improved performance spectrum. There is a protective composition, an anti-aging composition, an anti particular interest in substances which both positively influ wrinkle composition, a moisturizer composition, a skin ence the technical properties of the cosmeceutical product, Soothing composition, a skin/hair softening composition, a Such as storage stability, light stability and formulatability, skin/hair treating composition, an anti-inflammatory compo and at the same time represent active principles that impart, sition, a cosmeceutical preservative composition, a cosme for example, caring, moisturizing, irritation-inhibiting, ceutical stabilizer composition, an antioxidant composition, a inflammation-inhibiting and/or Sun protection properties to free radical inhibitive composition, a cleansing composition, the skin/hair. In addition, consumers demand high dermato an anti-microbial composition, an anti-fungal composition, a logical compatibility and preferably the use of natural prod hair coloring composition, and an oral cleaning/deodoring uctS. composition. 0006. There is also a general demand for cosmeceutical 0012. This disclosure also relates in part to a process for preparations that, by virtue of their special composition, have preparing an extract, said process comprising: (i) providing a high-quality technical properties and which, in addition, are Bacopa plant, a Centella plant or a mixture thereof; (ii) pro distinguished by additional properties for the skin/hair. These viding an extraction medium comprising at least one solvent cosmeceutical preparations should not only be beneficial to selected from the group consisting of water, low molecular consumers, but also should be environmentally friendly, e.g., weight alcohols, esters, hydrocarbons, ketones, halogen-con not a source of synthetic chemical pollution. taining hydrocarbons, and mixtures thereof, and (iii) contact 0007. The present disclosure provides many advantages, ing the Bacopa plant, Centella plant or mixture thereof with which shall become apparent as described below. the extraction medium. 0013 This disclosure further relates in part to a method SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE comprising: (i) providing a Substrate, e.g., skin and/or hair; 0008. This disclosure relates in part to cosmeceutically (ii) providing a composition comprising, in an effective con active extracts selected from the group consisting of Bacopa centration, at least one of a Bacopa plant extract, a Centella plant extracts, Centella plant extracts, and mixtures thereof. plant extract, or a mixture thereof, and at least one cosmeceu 0009. This disclosure also relates in part to cosmeceuti tically acceptable carrier; and (iii) contacting the Substrate cally active extracts selected from the group consisting of a with the composition. Sunless tanning active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella 0014. This disclosure yet further relates in part to a method plant, or a mixture thereof a Sunscreen active extract of a of protecting or treating skin and/or hair of humans which Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof, an ultra comprises applying to the skin and/or hair a cosmeceutical violet radiation protective extract of a Bacopa plant, a Cen composition comprising, in an effective concentration, at tella plant, or a mixture thereof, an anti-aging active extract of least one of a Bacopa plant extract, a Centella plant extract, or a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof, an a mixture thereof, and at least one cosmeceutically acceptable anti-wrinkle active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, carrier. or a mixture thereof a moisturizing active extract of a Bacopa 0015 This disclosure also relates in part to active extracts plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture thereof; a skin soothing selected from the group consisting of Bacopa plant extracts, active extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture Centella plant extracts, and mixtures thereof. US 2011/0236324 A1 Sep. 29, 2011 0016. This disclosure further relates in part to extracts depending on these and other factors. The compositions of selected from the group consisting of a stabilizer active this disclosure can also be administered in combination with extract of a Bacopa plant, a Centella plant, or a mixture one or more
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