ARTIFICIAL SKIN-COLORATION COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SANTALINS AND SANTARUBINS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: cosmetics. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to cosmetic compositions containing at least one mahogany extract as coloration agent and can also include dihydroxyacetone. Invention also relates to cosmetic compositions containing at least one compound represented by formula I (given in description), in which R₁, R₂, R₃, R₆ and R₉, same or different, independently denote hydrogen atom or C1-C4-alkyl, and R₄, R₅, R₇ and R₈, same or different, independently denote hydrogen atom, hydroxyl, or C1-C4-alkoxy. Employment of these compositions is also a subject of invention. EFFECT: enabled rapid coloration close to naturally produced sunburn. 27 cl, 2 tbl, 2 ex