USE OF POTHOMORPHE UMBELLATA EXTRACT, COMPOSITION ON BASIS OF POTHOMORPHE UMBELLATA EXTRACT AND METHOD OF APPLICATION OF THE POTHOMORPHE UMBELLATA EXTRACT
| Office | WIPO |
| Document type: | Patent |
| Inventor(s): | Silvia Berlanga De Moraes Barros; Cristina Dislich Ropke |
| Applicant: | Cristina Dislich Ropke; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Silvia Berlanga de Moraes Barros; Universidade de São Paulo (USP). |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Application Number: | PCT/BR2003/000134 |
| IPC: | A61K 8/97 A61Q 19/00 A61Q 19/08 |
The present invention relates to the use of the Pothomorphe umbellata extract to prepare dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of photodamage in the skin, cutaneous aging and/or skin cancer. It also refers to der mocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions for treatment and/or prevention of such photodamage in the skin, cutaneous aging and/or skin cancer prepared on basis of the defined extract. In addition, it provides a method of application of the dermocosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions prepared on the basis of the extract of this plant, in way to treat and/or prevent the damage caused to the skin by the excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays of the sun and to artificial tanning lamps.
| FAPESP's process: | 99/03074-6 - Cosmetic formulations containing Pothomorphe umbellata root extract to prevent photo-oxidative skin damage |
| Grantee: | Cristina Dislich Ropke |
| Principal Investigator: | Silvia Berlanga de Moraes Barros |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCF) |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |
| Grantee: | Silvia Berlanga de Moraes Barros |
| Principal Investigator: | Silvia Berlanga de Moraes Barros |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCF) |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Support for Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing (PAPI/Nuplitec) |