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• the present invention relates to a method for the cosmetic treatment of dry skin or of a dry scalp, comprising the topical application to the skin or the scalp of a composition containing, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene with a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched Ci-C ⁇ alcohol .
• a composition containing, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene with a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched Ci-C ⁇ alcohol .
• Sebum is the natural product of the sebaceous gland which, together with the sweat produced by the eccrine or apocrine glands, constitutes a natural moisturizer for the epidermis. It consists essentially of a more or less complex mixture of lipids .
• the sebaceous gland produces squalene, triglycerides, aliphatic waxes, cholesterol waxes and, possibly, free cholesterol (Stewart, M. E., Se in . Dermatol . 11, 100-105 (1992)).
• the action of bacterial lipases converts a variable portion of the triglycerides into free fatty acids .
• the ⁇ ebocyte is the competent cell of the sebaceous gland.
• the production of sebum is associated with the programme of terminal differentiation of this cell.
• the metabolic activity of the sebocyte is essentially focussed on lipid biosynthesis (lipogenesis) and more precisely on the neosynthesis of fatty acids and of squalene.
• a compound for stimulating the production of the lipids constituting sebum, by the cells of the sebaceous gland (the sebocytes) would therefore be of definite advantage in treating oligoseborrhoeic dry skin, i.e. skin exhibiting a sebum content of less than 100 ⁇ g/cm 2 on the forehead.
• Hydroxystilbenes such as resveratrol and pinosylvin are stilbenes produced by plants, in particular grapevine (leaves, shoots, fruit) and plants of the Polygonum genus, in particular Polygonum cuspidatum. These compounds have in particular been described as being capable of reducing the adhesion of microorganisms to the skin and of being useful, as a result, in cosmetic or dermatological products intended to treat acne, dandruff or unpleasant odours, and more particularly in body hygiene products (EP-0 953 345) . It has also been suggested to use them in combination with retinoids, for potentiating the effect of the latter, in particular with a view to lightening the skin (WO 01/43705) .
• document WO 03/055444 discloses a vast family of resveratrol analogues, comprising alkyl ethers, which can be used to treat signs of skin ageing, in particular by stimulating collagen synthesis and fibroblast proliferation.
• a subject of the present invention is therefore a method for the cosmetic treatment of dry skin or of a dry scalp, comprising the topical application to the skin or the scalp of a composition containing, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene of formula (I):
• Ri and R 2 denote, independently, a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched C ⁇ -C 6 alkyl group, and m and n are independently integers between 0 and 3 , it being understood that m and n cannot simultaneously be zero.
• a subject of the invention is also the cosmetic use of at least one alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene of formula (I) , as defined above, as an agent for treating dry skin or a dry scalp.
• composition used according to the invention is particularly suitable for treating oligoseborrhoeic skin and an oligoseborrhoeic scalp, and it is therefore advantageously applied on individuals exhibiting a sebum content of less than 100 ⁇ g/cm 2 , measured on the forehead, for example by means of the method described in FR-2 368 708.
• composition according to the invention makes it possible to restore the production of sebum by the sebocytes and, by the same token, to improve the comfort of dry skin and of a dry scalp.
• a subject of the invention is also the use of an alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene, as defined above, for preparing a composition, in particular a dermatological composition, intended to treat disorders associated with oligoseborrhoeic dry skin, in particular forms of dermatitis.
• alkyl ethers of hydroxystilbenes according to the invention can be prepared according to synthetic processes consisting in using various coupling reactions, for example those known as Mc Murry (N. A. Ali, K. Kondo, Y. Tsuda, Chem. Phana. Bull . ,
• Resveratrol trimethyl ether can in particular be obtained by synthesis according to the process described in Phytochemistry, 24(7), 2309-12 (1998). and illustrated in Figure 1.
• Pinosylvin dimethyl ether is, moreover, commercially available from the company APIN CHEMICALS.
• the amount of alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene which can be used in the invention depends, of course, on the desired effect and may therefore vary within a large range.
• the alkyl ether of hydroxystilbene can be used in an amount representing from 0.001% to 5% of the total weight of the composition, preferably in an amount representing from 0.05% to 1% of the total weight of the composition.
• composition according to the invention is generally suitable for topical application to the skin and/or the scalp, and it therefore contains a physiologically acceptable medium, i.e. a medium which is compatible with the skin, its integuments (eyelashes, nails and hair) and/or the mucous membranes.
• a physiologically acceptable medium i.e. a medium which is compatible with the skin, its integuments (eyelashes, nails and hair) and/or the mucous membranes.
• This composition may be in any presentation form normally used in cosmetics and dermatology, and it may in particular be in the form of an optionally gelled oily solution, a dispersion, optionally two-phase, of the lotion type, an emulsion obtained by dispersing a fatty phase in an aqueous phase (0/W) or inversely (W/O) , or a triple emulsion (W/O/W or 0/W/O) or a vesicular dispersion of the ionic and/or non-ionic type.
• These compositions are prepared according to the usual methods.
• a composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion is preferably used according to this invention.
• This composition may be more or less fluid and may have the appearance of a white or coloured cream, an ointment, a milk, a lotion, a serum, a paste or a mousse. It may optionally be applied in the form of an aerosol. It may also be in solid form, in particular in stick form. It may be used as a care product and/or a cleansing/makeup-removing and/or a makeup product for the skin. It may also be used as a shampoo or conditioner.
• the composition used according to the invention may also contain adjuvants which are common in the cosmetics field, such as hydrophilic or lipophilic gelling agents, hydrophilic or lipophilic active agents, preserving agents, antioxidants, solvents, fragrances, fillers, screening agents, pigments, odour absorbers and colorants.
• adjuvants which are common in the cosmetics field, such as hydrophilic or lipophilic gelling agents, hydrophilic or lipophilic active agents, preserving agents, antioxidants, solvents, fragrances, fillers, screening agents, pigments, odour absorbers and colorants.
• the amounts of these various adjuvants are those conventionally used in the field under consideration, for example from 0.01 to 20% of the total weight of the composition. Depending on their nature, these adjuvants can be introduced into the fatty phase, into the aqueous phase or into the lipid vesicles.
• these adjuvants will be chosen so as not to harm the desired properties of the alkyl ethers of hydroxystilbenes according to the invention.
• the proportion of the fatty phase may range from 5 to 80% by weight, and preferably from 5 to 50% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.
• the oils, emulsifiers and co-emulsifiers used in the composition in emulsion form are chosen from those conventionally used in the field under consideration.
• the emulsifier and the co-emulsifier are present in the composition in a proportion ranging from 0.3 to 30% by weight, and preferably from 0.5 to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition.
• mineral oils liquid petroleum jelly
• oils of plant origin oils of plant origin
• lanolin oils of animal origin
• synthetic oils perhydrosqualene
• silicone oils cyclomethicone
• fluoro oils perfluoropolyethers
• Fatty alcohols cetyl alcohol
• fatty acids and waxes may also be used as fatty substances.
• emulsifiers and co-emulsifiers which can be used in the invention, mention may, for example, be made of fatty acid esters of polyethylene glycol, such as PEG-100 stearate, and fatty acid esters of glycerol, such as glyceryl stearate.
• Hydrophilic gelling agents which may be mentioned in particular include carboxyvinyl polymers (carbomer) , acrylic copolymers such as acrylate/alkyl- acrylate copolymers, polyacrylamides , polysaccharides, natural gums and clays, and lipophilic gelling agents which may be mentioned include modified clays, such as bentones, metal salts of fatty acids, hydrophobic silica and polyethylenes .
• composition used according to the invention at least one compound chosen from: desquamating agents; antibacterial agents; moisturizers; calmatives; and agents for stimulating keratinocyte proliferation and/or differentiation.
• the stimulation of seborrhoea with the alkyl ethers of hydroxystilbenes according to the invention may, in certain individuals, provide a terrain of proliferation for the resident microflora of the follicular ostium (in particular PropioniJacterium acnes) , thus giving rise to considerable hydrolysis of • the triglycerides of the sebum into free fatty acids and the reduction of the unsaturations of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (in particular lirioTeic """' acid) .
• These two phenomena may contribute towards keratinization of the infundibulum and to the formation of a microcomedone .
• This may degenerate into a co edone, producing unaesthetic blockage and dilation of the pore. At a more advanced stage, this blockage may change into an inflammatory acneic lesion.
• desquamating agents or agents regulating keratinocyte proliferation or differentiation to the composition according to the invention makes it possible to avoid the formation of these comedones.
• antibacterial or bacteriostatic agents would make it possible to obtain the same effect, by modifying the proliferatio . of the resident microflora.
• moisturizers may supplement the effect obtained using the alkyl ethers of hydroxystilbenes according to the invention, and the calmatives are useful for improving the level of comfort of oligoseborrhoeic dry skin.
• the term "desquamating agent” is intended to mean any compound capable of acting: either directly on the desquamation by promoting exfoliation, such as ⁇ -hydroxy acids, in particular salicylic acid and its derivatives
• ⁇ -hydroxy acids such as glycolic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid or mandelic acid; urea; gentisic acid; oligofucoses; cinnamic acid; extract of Saphora japonica ; resveratrol; or on the enzymes involved in the desquamation or degradation of the comeodesmosomes, glycosidases, stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme (SCCE) , or even other proteases (trypsin, chymotrypsin-like) .
• SCCE stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme
• agents for chelating mineral salts include EDTA; N-acyl-N,N' ,N' - ethylenediaminetriacetic acid; aminosulphonic compounds and in particular (N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N-2- ethane) sulphonic acid (HEPES) ; derivatives of 2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (procysteine) ; derivatives of alpha-amino acids of the glycine type (as described in EP-0 852 949) , and sodium methylglycmediacetate marketed by BASF under the trade name Trilon M) ; honey, sugar derivatives such as O-octanoyl-6-D-maltose and N-acetylglucosamine.
• moisturizer is intended to mean: either a compound acting on the barrier function, in order to maintain the moisturization of the stratum corneum, or an occlusive compound. Mention may be made of cera ides, sphingoid-based compounds, lecithins, glycosphingolipids, phospholipids, cholesterol and its derivatives, phytosterols (stigmasterol, ⁇ -sitosterol or campesterol) , essential fatty acids, 1, 2-diacylglycerol, 4-chromanone, pentacyclic triterpenes such as ursolic acid, petroleum jelly and lanolin; or a compound which directly increases 5 the water content of the stratum corneum, such as threalose and its derivatives, hyaluronic acid and its derivatives, glycerol, pentanediol, sodium pidolate, serine, xylitol, sodium lactate, polyglyceryl acrylate,
• agents for stimulating keratinocyte proliferation which can be used in the composition according to the invention comprise in particular
• the agents for stimulating keratinocyte differentiation comprise, for example, minerals such as
• pentacyclic triterpenes such as ⁇ -glycyrrhetinic acid, its salts and/or its derivatives (glycyrrhetinic acid onoglucuronide, stearyl glycyrrhetinate, 3- stearoyloxyglycyrrhetic acid) , ursolic acid and its salts, oleanolic acid and its salts, betulinic acid and its salts; extracts of Paeonia suffruticosa and/or lactiflora, of Rosmarinus officinalis, of epilobium, of Pygeum, of Boswellia serrata, of Centipeda cunnighami, of Helianthus annuus, of Cola nitida, of clove and of Bacopa moniera; salicylic acid salts
• the antibacterial agents which can be used in the present invention may in particular be chosen from 2 , 4, 4 '-trichloro-2 ' -hydroxydiphenyl ether (or triclosan) , 3 , 4, 4 ' -trichlorobanilide, phenoxyethanol, phenoxypropanol, phenoxyisopropanol, undecylenic acid and its salts, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, phytic acid, N-acetyl-L-cystein acid, lipoic acid, azelaic acid and its salts, arachidonic acid, 2, 4, 4 '-trichloro-2 '-hydroxydiphenyl ether, 3,4,4'- trichlorocarbanalide, octopirox, octoxyglycerine, octanoylglycine, caprylyl glycol, 10-hydroxy-2-decanoic acid, dichlorophenyl imidazol dioxo
• composition used according to the invention does not comprise any retinoid.
• the amounts are indicated as percentages by weight.
• Resveratrol trimethyl ether was tested on a model of immortalized human sebocytes in culture, derived from the SZ95 line described in Zouboulis, C.C., Seltmann, H. , Neitzel, H. & Orfanos, C.E., Establishment and Characterization of an Immortalized Human Sebaceous Gland Cell Line, J. Invest. Dermatol . , 113, 1011-1020 (1999) .
• the test consisted in measuring the amount of lipids produced by the sebocytes of the line (at confluence) , in the presence or absence of an active agent diluted in DMSO, at two different concentrations, such that the final amount of DMSO in the culture medium is 0.1% and the amount of resveratrol trimethyl ether is 0.01% (4xl0 ⁇ 4 M) and 0.001% (4xl0 ⁇ 5 M) , respectively. After treatment for 24 hours, the adherent cells are treated with Nile Red (1 ⁇ g/ml) .
• the lipid content is then quantified by measuring the fluorescence of the dye (two excitation/emission pairs: 485-540 nm for the neutral lipids and 540-620 nm for the non-neutral lipids) . The results are given for the total lipids (combination of the two measurements) .
• the experiment is performed in sextuplicate (products assayed and control) in 96-well plates and repeated four times .
• composition is prepared in a manner that is conventional for those skilled in the art.
• the amounts given in these examples are indicated as percentages by weight.
• This cream applied twice daily, makes it possible to revive the radiance of dry skin.

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