O-hydroxyalkyl chitins and their use in cosmetics

• Main Authors: STEINBRECHT, KARIN, BIRKEL, SUSANNE, TITZE, HANS-JUERGEN, FRANZKE, MICHAEL, BORTH, SILVIA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.03.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

Hair styling agents - contain at least one O-hydroxyalkyl chitin comprising monomer units of formula (I): R = 2-20C alkyl ; and n = at least 1. Also claimed are; (i) the preparation of (I), (ii) O-hydroxyalkyl chitins prepared by these methods, (iii) cosmetic products containing (I) and (iv) cosmeti...