Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K8/00—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations
  • A61K8/18—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition
  • A61K8/19—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing inorganic ingredients
  • A61K8/26—Aluminium; Compounds thereof
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K8/00—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations
  • A61K8/02—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by special physical form
  • A61K8/0241—Containing particulates characterized by their shape and/or structure
  • A61K8/0254—Platelets; Flakes
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K8/00—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations
  • A61K8/02—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by special physical form
  • A61K8/04—Dispersions; Emulsions
  • A61K8/06—Emulsions
  • A61K8/062—Oil-in-water emulsions
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K8/00—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations
  • A61K8/18—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition
  • A61K8/19—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing inorganic ingredients
  • A61K8/25—Silicon; Compounds thereof
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K8/00—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations
  • A61K8/18—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition
  • A61K8/30—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic compounds
  • A61K8/33—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic compounds containing oxygen
  • A61K8/36—Carboxylic acids; Salts or anhydrides thereof
  • A61K8/361—Carboxylic acids having more than seven carbon atoms in an unbroken chain; Salts or anhydrides thereof
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K8/00—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations
  • A61K8/18—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition
  • A61K8/72—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic macromolecular compounds
  • A61K8/81—Cosmetics or similar toiletry preparations characterised by the composition containing organic macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions involving only carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
  • A61K8/8141—Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by only one carboxyl radical, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides or nitriles thereof; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
  • A61K8/8147—Homopolymers or copolymers of acids; Metal or ammonium salts thereof, e.g. crotonic acid, (meth)acrylic acid; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61Q—SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS
  • A61Q19/00—Preparations for care of the skin
  • A61Q19/10—Washing or bathing preparations
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K2800/00—Properties of cosmetic compositions or active ingredients thereof or formulation aids used therein and process related aspects
  • A61K2800/40—Chemical, physico-chemical or functional or structural properties of particular ingredients
  • A61K2800/60—Particulates further characterized by their structure or composition
  • A61K2800/61—Surface treated
  • A61K2800/612—By organic compounds
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K2800/00—Properties of cosmetic compositions or active ingredients thereof or formulation aids used therein and process related aspects
  • A61K2800/40—Chemical, physico-chemical or functional or structural properties of particular ingredients
  • A61K2800/60—Particulates further characterized by their structure or composition
  • A61K2800/65—Characterized by the composition of the particulate/core
  • A61K2800/651—The particulate/core comprising inorganic material

Definitions

• This invention relates to a liquid or soft-solid personal cleansing composition that utilises the detergency properties of new materials which are more efficient, more inexpensive and are an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional soaps or synthetic surfactants which have been used heretofore in such cleansing compositions.
• the present invention more particularly relates to a cleansing composition in liquid, gel or cream formats.
• Cleansing compositions in soft-solid or liquid formats have aesthetic appeal with consumers. These are often used for specialised applications like hand wash and face wash. These are particularly preferred for out-of-home applications such as during travel, at hotels and restaurants where people are more conscious of hygiene, as there is a possibility of contamination at the wash place with formats such as bars when large numbers of people use the same bar one after the other.
• Such cleansing compositions have been formulated with detergent actives for providing the cleansing action.
• detergent actives which have been used are soaps and synthetic surfactants. Soaps are salts of fatty acid of which alkali metal salts have been more commonly used. Of these, potassium soap has been more preferred in such soft solid or liquid cleansing compositions, since potassium soaps are more soluble in water than other soaps, thereby maintaining the liquid state in the formulation.
• Synthetic surfactants are usually made from materials of petroleum origin. Synthetic surfactants are classified into anionic, cationic, nonionic, amphoteric and zwitterionic classes. All of the above classes have been included in personal cleansing compositions.
• Popular synthetic surfactants include primary alcohol sulphates (PAS), alkylbenzene-sulphonates (LAS), sulphates of ethoxylated aliphatic alcohols containing 1-12 ethyleneoxy groups, sodium lauryl ethoxy sulphate (SLES), the reaction product of fatty acids esterified with isethionic acid and neutralised with alkali, alkyl betaines (e.g. cocobetaine), alkyl amidopropylbetaines (e.g.
• coco amidopropyl betaine - CAPB coco amidopropyl betaine - CAPB
• sorbiton monostearate sorbiton monooleate
• ethoxylated SLES cetyl trimethyl ammonium halide among a host of other surfactants, many of which are commercially available under various brand names.
• soaps and synthetic surfactants are expensive. It is believed that the surfactants are not effectively utilized, and there is scope for better utilisation, thereby reducing wastage and cost to both the manufacturers and the consumers. Further, conventional surfactants mentioned above are believed to be non-biodegradable, and therefore a burden to the environment. Thus, development of alternative surface active materials which are more environmentally friendly will be welcomed not only by the Governments but by the manufacturers and consumers at large. Conventional surfactants are also perceived by some consumers to harsh on the skin, leave an unpleasant feel on the skin after use and there are problems with ease of rinsing. Thus, there is a need for providing milder, more skin friendly and easily rinse able detergent actives in personal cleansing compositions.
• precursor materials have homogeneous distribution of surface groups, e.g. silica, alumina, hollow microspheres, microgel, carbon and starch. Processes starting with asymmetric particles such as 1 :1 clays are not described.
• the present inventors have been working on solving this problem of providing alternative materials having enhanced surface active properties. They have, during the course of their research, developed novel materials starting from 1 :1 or 2:1 :1 clays that give materials with enhanced oil removal properties and are therefore highly suitable for preparing liquid or soft solid personal cleaning compositions. Quite surprisingly, these materials could be prepared from inexpensive and widely available materials using simple processes, in high yield with the additional advantage that the processes are easy to scale up.
• the prior art materials and process known to prepare them were found to suffer from lack of one or more of the above listed advantages.
• one of the objects of the present invention is to overcome or ameliorate at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art, or to provide a useful alternative.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide a personal cleansing composition
• a personal cleansing composition comprising a novel material which is an alternative to conventional surfactant which on the one hand has similar or superior properties compared to conventional surfactants with less of their disadvantages like low biodegradability, irritation to the skin and high cost.
• Yet another object of the present invention is to provide for a personal cleansing composition that utilises a novel material which is an alternative to conventional surfactant which can be prepared using simple and easy to scale up process.
• a liquid or soft- solid personal cleansing composition comprising (i) 1 to 50% of treated clay particles; and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable base; wherein said treated clay particles are asymmetric 1 :1 or 2:1 :1 clay particles having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, with a fatty acid of carbon chain length 10 to 22 attached to coordinating cation on one of said exterior surface planes.
• any feature of one aspect of the present invention may be utilised in any other aspect of the invention.
• the word “comprising” is intended to mean “including” but not necessarily “consisting of” or “composed of.” In other words, the listed steps or options need not be exhaustive. It is noted that the examples given in the description below are intended to clarify the invention and are not intended to limit the invention to those examples per se.
• the present invention relates to a liquid or soft solid personal cleansing composition which comprises a novel material having surface active properties.
• the material is prepared from precursor particles which is are asymmetric 1 :1 or 2:1 :1 clay particles having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane.
• the precursor clay is treated to have bipolar topospecific characteristics, which is achieved by having a fatty acid of carbon chain length 10 to 22 attached to coordinating cation on one of the exterior surface planes i.e. either the external surface plane having the tetrahedral sheet or the external surface having the octahedral sheet.
• the personal cleaning composition is formulated in a cosmetically acceptable base.
• the precursor of the treated particle with bipolar topospecific characteristics according to the present invention is an asymmetric 1 :1 or 2:1 :1 clay particle having alternating tetrahedral and an octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral and an octahedral sheet at exterior surface planes. Particles of 1 :1 clay are particularly preferred as the precursor.
• clays preferred according to the present invention include kaolinite and serpentine subgroups of minerals.
• the species included within kaolinite subgroup are particularly preferred viz. kaolinite, dickite, halloysite and nacrite.
• serpentine subgroup The species included within serpentine subgroup are chrysolite, lizardite, and amesite.
• 2:1 :1 clays preferred according to the present invention include chlorite group of minerals. Chlorite is also erroneously referred to as a 2:2 clay by some mineralogists.
• the chlorite comprises tetrahedral-octahedral-tetrahedral sheets like 2:1 clays, with extra weakly bound brucite like layer between tetrahedral layers.
• the tetrahedral sheet preferably comprises coordinating tetrahedral cation of silicon.
• the tetrahedral sheet may also comprise isomorphously substituted coordinating tetrahedral cations which are not silicon.
• Isomorphously substituted coordinating tetrahedral cations include, but are not limited to, cations of aluminium, iron or boron.
• the octahedral sheet preferably comprises coordinating octahedral cation of aluminium.
• the octahedral sheet may also comprise isomorphously substituted coordinating octahedral cations which are not aluminium. Isomorphously substituted coordinating octahedral cations include cations of magnesium or iron.
• the fatty acid is attached to the coordinating cations on the exterior side of one of the external surface sheets. Accordingly, the fatty acid may be attached to coordinating cations on the exterior side of the tetrahedral sheet. Alternatively, the fatty acid is attached to coordinating cations on the exterior side of the octahedral sheet which is the more preferred aspect.
• the treated particle used in the personal cleansing composition of the invention is believed to have the property of anisotropic hydrophobicity which is possibly the reason for providing the surface active property responsible for the cleansing action.
• anisotropicity is meant that the particle has two spatially distinct exterior faces having distinct surface characteristics wherein one of the distinct exterior faces is relatively more hydrophilic and the other distinct exterior face is relatively more hydrophobic. This is achieved due to the unique property of the chosen precursor clays which provide for selective attachment of the fatty acid on only one of the exterior surface planes.
• the treated particle with bipolar topospecific characteristics of the present invention enables formulation of the treated particles in relatively more stable emulsions as compared to untreated particles at same particle loading.
• the treated particles also act as useful emulsifying agent in the composition of the invention.
• the personal cleaning composition of the invention is easy to rinse off after use, thus having the advantage that a lesser amount of water is required in rinsing the composition after its use.
• the treated particles are preferably present in 5 to 30% more preferably 10 to 20% by weight of the composition.
• fatty acid of carbon chain length 10 to 22 are attached to coordinating cation on one of said exterior surface planes of the particle, it is preferred that the carbon chain length is from 12 to 20. Most preferably the fatty acid is selected from oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid or myristic acid.
• the composition of the invention preferably comprises a cosmetically acceptable vehicle.
• the cosmetically acceptable vehicle is suitably chosen to provide the composition in any one of the well known wash off formats.
• Well known formats in which the composition of the present invention may be formulated include cream, gel, or lotion.
• One preferred format is the oil-in-water emulsion which may be cream or lotion, more preferred being cream.
• Lotions and creams are prepared in very many different consistencies. One measure of consistency is viscosity. Viscosity of a material depends on the shear rate at which it is measured. Lotions usually have a viscosity of 1 to 100 cP at zero shear at 25 0 C. Creams and gels generally have a viscosity of 100 to 10,000 cP at zero shear at 25 0 C.
• Creams have very high yield stress i.e. deform and start to flow only at high applied shear rates. Gels on the other hand have low yield stress i.e. deform and start to flow at low applied shear rates.
• the invention is directed to preparing a composition in the liquid or soft solid form, 5 hereinabove defined, and is preferably not suitable for preparing a shaped solid cleansing composition.
• the cream format preferably comprises 5 to 25% fatty acids. Additionally the cream may comprise 0.1-10%, more preferably 0.1 to 5% fatty acid soap. The most preferred
• the 10 fatty acid for forming the oil-in-water emulsion is stearic acid.
• the other preferred cosmetically acceptable vehicle is a detergent composition.
• the detergent composition preferably comprises 5 to 85 % salt of fatty acid or 2 to 20 % synthetic surfactant or mixture thereof.
• the composition When the composition is formulated as a cream, the composition preferably comprises 50 to 80 % water
• a gel i.e. the cosmetically acceptable base is a gel.
• the gel is generally a viscous liquid.
• the viscosity is achieved through use of a thickening polymer.
• Thickening polymer is preferably present in 1 to 20% by weight of the personal cleansing composition of the
• thickening polymer examples include hydroxyl ethyl cellulose, hydroxy propyl methyl cellulose, hydrophobically modified ethoxylated urethane, propylene glycol derivatives or polyacrylic acid more preferably a cross- linked polyacrylic acid.
• Gel composition generally comprise 50 to 90% water.
• personal cleansing compositions in the lotion format generally comprise 50 to
• the personal cleansing composition of the invention generally does not require a conventional surfactant for aiding the cleaning action and thus in an optimum proposition the composition is devoid of any conventional surfactant.
• the 30 composition may comprise 0.1 to 5% synthetic surfactant.
• the treated clay particles for use in a composition of the invention may be prepared by a simple and easy to scale up process.
• Such a process comprises the steps of (a) contacting asymmetric 1 :1 or 2:1 :1 clay particles having alternating tetrahedral and octahedral sheets terminating with a tetrahedral sheet at one external surface plane and an octahedral sheet at another external surface plane, with an alkali to increase the pH above 7; (b) adding an alkali metal salt of said fatty acid of carbon chain length 10 to 22, at a temperature between 50 and 150 0 C; (c) adding a mineral acid to reduce pH below 7, and (d) separating the treated particles from the reaction mixture.
• Clay particles used in the above process for preparing the treated clay particles are preferably chosen from kaolinite, dickite, halloysite and nacrite.
• the precursor is first contacted with a mineral acid before contacting with the alkali.
• the mineral acids which are contacted with the precursor are preferably selected from sulphuric acid, nitric acid or hydrochloric acid, hydrochloric acid being preferred.
• Preferred concentration of minerals acids are in the range of 0.1 to 0.5 N.
• the alkali used to increase the pH above 7 is selected from alkali metal hydroxide, carbonate or bicarbonate where the preferred alkali metal is sodium or potassium.
• Preferred concentration of alkali is from 0.01 to 0.5 N.
• the fatty acid salt is preferably added at a temperature between 60 to 95 0 C.
• the final pH below 7 is preferably between 6 to 6.9.
• the treated clay particles are separated from the reaction mixture, preferably by filtration.
• the liquid or soft solid personal cleansing composition of the invention may comprise an optional ingredient like a skin lightening agent.
• the skin lightening agent is preferably chosen from one or more of a vitamin B3 compound or its derivative e.g. niacin, nicotinic acid, niacinamide or other well known skin lightening agents. Skin lightening agent, when used, is preferably present in an amount in the range of 0.1 to 10%, more preferably 0.2 to 5% by weight of the personal cleansing composition.
• UV sunscreens e.g. 2-ethylhexyl-p-methoxycinnamate, butyl methoxy dibenzoylmethane, and mixtures thereof.
• the composition preferably comprises from about 0.1 % to about 10%, more preferably from about 0.1% to about 5%, sunscreen agent by weight of the composition.
• Inorganic UV sunscreens, also called sunblocks may also be included e.g. zinc oxide, iron oxide, silica, and titanium dioxide. Most suitable sunblocks are zinc oxide or titanium dioxide.
• the sun block is preferably incorporated in 0.1 to 5% by weight of the composition.
• composition according to the invention may also comprise other diluents.
• the diluents act as a dispersant or carrier for other materials present in the composition, so as to facilitate their distribution when the composition is applied to the skin.
• Diluents other than water can include liquid or solid emollients, solvents, humectants, thickeners and powders.
• the cosmetically acceptable vehicle is preferably present from 10 to 99.9%, preferably from 50 to 99% by weight of the composition, and can, in the absence of other cosmetic adjuncts, form the balance of the composition.
• compositions of the present invention can comprise a wide range of other optional ingredients.
• optional ingredients include antioxidants, anti-aging agents, binders, biological additives, buffering agents, colorants, thickeners, polymers, astringents, fragrance, humectants, opacifying agents, conditioners, exfoliating agents, pH adjusters, preservatives, natural extracts, essential oils, skin sensates, skin soothing agents, and skin healing agents.
• Example 1 The particle used was Multani mutti which is Bentonite sourced from Sree Venkateshwara Enterprises. Bentonite is mostly composed of montmorillonite which is a 2:1 type of clay.
• Example 2 The particle used was alumina sourced from Acne Synthetic Chemicals, India.
• Example 3 Alumina was sourced from Acne Synthetic Chemicals, India. The particles of Alumina were then treated as per the following procedure:
• Alumina particles were treated with a solution of sodium hydroxide at a pH of 8.0. At this pH, the particles of alumina were treated with sodium oleate at 9O 0 C with the weight ratio of alumina to sodium oleate of 1 :9 under constant stirring for six hours. The reaction medium was then treated with hydrochloric acid to bring the pH of the reaction medium to 6.3. The particles were then filtered from the reaction media and washed with water and acetate and dried to prepare reacted alumina.
• Example 4 The particle used was kaolinite sourced from English India China Clay Co., India. Kaolinite is a 1 :1 clay.
• Example 5 Kaolinite sourced from English India China Clay Co. India was treated as per the invention using the following procedure: The kaolinite particles were treated with a solution of sodium hydroxide to a pH of 8.0. At this pH, the particles of kaolinite were treated with sodium oleate at 9O 0 C with the weight ratio of kaolinite to sodium oleate of 1 :9 under constant stirring for six hours. The reaction medium was then treated with hydrochloric acid to bring the pH of the reaction medium to 6.3. The particles were then filtered from the reaction media and washed with water and acetate and dried to prepare the particles as per the invention.
• Table 1 indicates that the particle as per the invention provides for significantly higher oil removal efficacy as compared to its precursor and similar particles used in the past.
• Polymer used was a mix of cross linked polyacrylate polymers: Aculyn 88 and Aculyn 44 in a weight ratio of 4:1.
• Preservative used was methyl paraben
• SLES was sodium lauryl ethoxy sulphate having 2 EO groups.
• Particle was the particle prepared as per Example 5.
• compositions were tested for oil removal.
• compositions as per the invention (7, 9 and 11 ) provide similar cleaning as compared to compositions having same amount of conventional surfactant. This is achieved at much lower cost as compared to use of conventional surfactants
• the invention thus provides for a liquid or soft solid personal cleansing composition which utilises a material which is an alternative to conventional surfactant which has similar or superior cleaning properties.
• the new material has less of the disadvantages of conventional surfactants which are low biodegradability, irritation to the skin and high cost.
• the material can be prepared using a simple and easy to scale up process.

Landscapes

• Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
• Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
• Public Health (AREA)
• Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
• General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
• Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
• Epidemiology (AREA)
• Birds (AREA)
• Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
• Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
• Dermatology (AREA)
• Emergency Medicine (AREA)
• Oil, Petroleum & Natural Gas (AREA)
• Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
• Cosmetics (AREA)
• Detergent Compositions (AREA)

Priority Applications (10)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (2)

Family

ID=42198575

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (10)

Cited By (2)

Families Citing this family (2)

Citations (6)

Family Cites Families (47)

• 2009
  • 2009-11-16 CA CA2742245A patent/CA2742245C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
  • 2009-11-16 CN CN200980146626.0A patent/CN102256587B/zh active Active
  • 2009-11-16 JP JP2011536839A patent/JP5744744B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
  • 2009-11-16 KR KR1020117011360A patent/KR101753410B1/ko active IP Right Grant
  • 2009-11-16 WO PCT/EP2009/065225 patent/WO2010057850A2/en active Application Filing
  • 2009-11-16 BR BRPI0916080A patent/BRPI0916080B1/pt active IP Right Grant
  • 2009-11-16 MX MX2011005407A patent/MX2011005407A/es active IP Right Grant
  • 2009-11-16 EP EP09760510A patent/EP2355777B1/en active Active
  • 2009-11-16 US US13/129,132 patent/US8609601B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
• 2011
  • 2011-05-11 ZA ZA2011/03453A patent/ZA201103453B/en unknown

Patent Citations (6)

Non-Patent Citations (2)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events