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Summary for Patent: 8,142,818
Title:Herbal composition for the prevention of wrinkles and skin disorders, methods of preparing the same and uses thereof
Abstract: Disclosed is a natural herbal composition for preventing wrinkles, skin roughness, dryness of skin, irregular pigmentation and brown spots due to aging, stress and environmental factors without any side effect. The composition comprises extracts of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Cipadessa baccifera, Woodfordia fruticosa and Camellia sinensis.
Inventor(s): Mitra; Shankar Kumar (Bangalore, IN), Saxena; Ekta (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Himalaya Global Holdings Limited (Dubai, AE)
Application Number:12/440,917
Patent Claims:1. An herbal cosmeceutical composition for decreasing occurrence of or treating; wrinkles, skin roughness and dryness of skin, wherein said composition comprises, in an effective concentration; a combination of a water extract of an aerial part of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, a water extract of an aerial part of Cipadessa baccifera, a methanol extract of a fruit of Woodfordia fruticosa, a water extract of a tender shoot of Camellia sinensis as an antioxidant; and cosmeceutically acceptable carriers.

2. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition comprises equal parts of water extract of an aerial part of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, water extract of an aerial part of Cipadessa baccifera and methanol extract of a fruit of Woodfordia fruticosa and 10% of water extract of a tender shoot of Camellia sinensis to increase overall antioxidant activity of the composition.

3. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition is capable of inhibiting the enzymes elastase, hyaluronidase, and collagenase, and decreasing the formation of ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species).

4. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition is capable of increasing the synthesis of collagen and also decreasing the depolymerisation of hyaluronic acid.

5. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein said composition is in a topical form selected from a cream, a lotion, a soap, an oil, a stick or a spray.

6. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein the water extract of an aerial part of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa is capable of inhibiting the enzyme elastase.

7. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein the water extract of an aerial part of Cipadessa baccifera is capable of inhibiting the enzyme hyaluronidase.

8. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein the methanol extract of a fruit of Woodfordia fruticosa is capable of inhibiting the enzyme collagenase.

9. The herbal cosmeceutical composition according to claim 1, wherein said extracts of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa, Cipadessa baccifera, Woodfordia fruticosa and Camellia sinensis are present at a concentration of 0.2% to 5% by weight of the composition.

10. A method of producing the herbal cosmeceutical composition of claim 1, the method comprising: extracting an aerial part of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa with water, extracting an aerial part of Cipadessa baccifera with water, extracting a fruit of Woodfordia fruticosa with methanol, extracting a tender shoot of Camellia sinensis with water, filtering all of said plant extracts, concentrating all of said filtered extracts to dryness using a rotatory evaporator or using a steam bath, drying all of said concentrated extracts, combining all of said dried extracts and adding cosmeceutically acceptable carriers to the combined extracts; wherein all of said extracting steps are carried out by percolation.

11. A method of producing the herbal cosmeceutical composition of claim 1, the method comprising: extracting an aerial part of Rhodomyrtus tomentosa with water, extracting an aerial part of Cipadessa baccifera with water, extracting a fruit of Woodfordia fruticosa with methanol, extracting a tender shoot of Camellia sinensis with water, filtering all of said plant extracts, concentrating all of said filtered extracts to dryness using a rotatory evaporator or using a steam bath, drying all of said concentrated extracts, combining all of said dried extracts and adding cosmeceutically acceptable carriers to the combined extracts; wherein all of said extracting steps are carried out by hot soxhalation.

Details for Patent 8,142,818

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