FIELD: medicine, pharmaceutics.
SUBSTANCE: what is presented is the use of 3,5-seco-4-norcholestan-5-one oxim-3-ole, or one of its acceptable acid addition salts, or one of its esters, or one of its acceptable acid ester addition salts as an antioxidant. What is shown is that the compound possesses systemic activity per os; it does not absorb visible UV-lights and interact with common sun protection products; it is presented in the form of a crystalline powder and keeps well at room temperature for at least 12 months; it is colourless, tasteless and odour-free.
EFFECT: properties make the compound to be preferred in cosmetic and food fields, and as antioxidant preserving agent used in particular in cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical products.
9 cl, 1 dwg
