Claims
- 1. A lanolin-free lanolin substitute composition comprising the following components:
A) from about 50 to about 95% by weight of at least one plant sterol fatty acid ester; B) from about 1 to about 10% by weight of at least one polyglyceryl di-polyhydroxy fatty acid ester; C) from about 1 to about 10% by weight of at least one polyglyceryl di-fatty acid ester; and D) from about 0.25 to about 2% by weight of at least one glyceryl fatty acid ester.
- 2. The composition of claim 1 wherein component A) is present in from about 85 to about 95% by weight, components B) and C) are present in from about 3 to about 5% by weight, and component D) is present in from about 0.8 to about 1.2% by weight.
- 3. The composition of claim 1 wherein component A) is soya sterol fatty acid ester, component B) is polyglyceryl-2 di-polyhydroxystearate, component C) is polyglyceryl-3 diisostearate, and component D) is glyccryl oleate.
- 4. The composition of claim 2 wherein component A) is soya sterol fatty acid ester, component B) is polyglyceryl-2 di-polyhydroxystearate, component C) is polyglyceryl-3 diisostearate, and component D) is glyceryl oleate.
- 5. A lanolin-free lanolin substitute composition of claim 1 comprising the following components:
A) about 91% by weight of soya sterol C18 saturated fatty acid ester; B) about 4% by weight of polyglyceryl-2 polyhydroxystearate; C) about 4% by weight of polyglyceryl-3 diisostearate; and D) about 1% by weight of glyceryl oleate.
- 6. The composition of claim 1 wherein the composition also contains at least one of the following components:
E) microcrystalline wax; F) a polyethyleneglycol plant sterol; and G) petrolatum/mineral oil.
- 7. The composition of claim 6 wherein component E) is present in from 0 to about 40% by weight; component F) is present in from 0 to about 60% by weight; and component G) is present in from 0 to about 60% by wherein the above percentages are based on components A) through D) represented as 100% by weight.
- 8. The composition of claim 6 wherein at least component F) is present and wherein component F) is polyethyleneglycol soya sterol.
- 9. A lanolin-free substitute composition comprising the following components:
I) about 22% by weight of the composition of claim 1;II) about 7% by weight of microcrystalline wax; III) about 60% by weight of PEG-5 soya sterol; and IV) about 60% by weight of petrolatum/mineral oil.
- 10. In the formulation of a pharmaceutical, cosmetic composition, soap, detergent, or leather finishing composition in which lanolin is used as a component thereof, the improvement wherein the composition of claim 1 is used in place of lanolin.
- 11. In the formulation of a pharmaceutical, cosmetic, soap, detergent, or leather finishing composition in which lanolin is used as a component thereof, the improvement wherein the composition of claim 5 is used in place of lanolin.
- 12. In the formulation of a pharmaceutical, cosmetic, soap, detergent, or leather finishing composition in which lanolin is used as a component thereof, the improvement wherein the composition of claim 6 is used in place of lanolin.
- 13. In the formulation of a pharmaceutical, cosmetic composition, soap, detergent, or leather finishing composition in which lanolin is used as a component thereof, the improvement wherein the composition of claim 9 is used in place of lanolin.
- 14. A lanolin substitute comprising
I) from about 5 to about 20% by weight of a polyol ester; and II) petrolatum; wherein the weight of polyot ester is based on the weight of petrolatum.
- 15. The lanolin substitute of claim 14 wherein the weight of polyol ester is from about 8 to about 12%.
- 16. The lanolin substitute of claim 14 wherein the polyol ester is one or more of sorbitan fatty acid esters and alkyl glycoside esters.
- 17. The lanolin substitute of claim 14 wherein the polyol ester is a sorbitan fatty acid ester of a C4-C22 alkyl or alkenyl fatty acid.
- 18. The lanolin substitute of claim 17 wherein the fatty acid contains from 6 to 18 carbon atoms.
- 19. The lanolin substitute of claim 14 wherein the polyol ester is an alkyl glycoside ester of formula I:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of copending provisional application serial No. 60/373,973 on Apr. 19, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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