A pouring device for pouring lubricating oil into the oil filler neck of a conventional engine. The pouring device is adapted to prevent unwanted spilling of oil onto the exterior surface of the engine block during the pouring operation. The pouring device has a cylindrical connecting neck portion which is adapted to be threadaly mounted over the discharge aperture of a conventional lubricating oil container. The connecting neck portion extends integrally into a spout. The spout has an inlet sur...

Compositions, for example cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of increasing melanin formation on the skin or scalp employ liposomes including between 0.001 and 10 weight percent, with respect to the total weight of the composition, of tyrosine or a tyrosine derivative selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal salt of L-tyrosine, an alkaline earth metal salt of L-tyrosine, methyl L-tyrosinate, ethyl L-tyrosinate, and stearyl L-tyrosinate.

A method for stimulating the synthesis and/or secretion of proteoglycans and/or glycosaminoglycans by keratinocytes of a human in need thereof, by applying to an external body area of the human a composition containing an effective amount of D-xylose, an ester thereof or an oligosaccharide containing D-xylose, in a combination with a cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

The invention concerns novel uses of an Eriobotrya japonica extract, in particular in cosmetics or pharmaceutics. This extract permits stimulation of glycosaminoglycan synthesis, in particular of hyaluronic acid, thus imparting to the cosmetic compositions containing this extract the properties of improving the firmness and suppleness of the skin, combating the formation of wrinkles or lessening the depth thereof, smoothing the surface of the skin by means of a tightening effect, or moisturizing...

A composition comprising hydrated lipidic lamellar phases of liposomes containing a mulberry component. The composition may also contain kojic acid or its salts or esters, hydroquinone, or a mixture of kojic acid or its salts or esters and hydroquinone. This composition has skin-lightening properties or anti-inflammatory activity and has pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications. A method for lightening the skin or for applying anti-inflammatory formulation to the skin by applying to the skin a c...

The invention relates to an extract of the plant Ajuga turkestanica containing at least one ecdysteroid and at least one iridoid and obtainable by extraction of at least part of said plant by means of a solvent or solvent mixture consisting of 0 to 60% by weight of water, the remainder of said solvent or solvent mixture consisting of at least one C.sub.1 to C.sub.4 alcohol and/or acetone and/or butylene glycol and/or propylene glycol, and very particularly to an extract containing one part by we...

The present invention relates in general terms to the use of saponins or sapogenols, particularly those extracted from a plant, preferably from soya or Medicago, in cosmetology and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical compositions for treating the skin in order to increase the amount of collagen IV in the dermo-epidermal junction. It further relates to novel cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which promote an increase in the amount of collagen IV in the dermo-epidermal junction, and to a m...

The invention relates to the use of an extract of prunella or at least one prunella saponin. This extract or this saponin is used for the preparation of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical and/or dermatological composition. Said composition makes it possible to regulate the renewal and differentiation of the keratinocytes and has an anti-aging activity, an anti-inflammatory activity, especially in inflammations caused by ultraviolet radiation, or an anti-allergic or anti-free-radical activity. It also ...

A black horehound extract is used to prepare a cosmetic or pharmaceutical composition, particularly a dermatological composition, for promoting skin pigmentation, preventing or delaying the growth of grey hairs, treating pigmentary disorders, reducing triglyceride levels in fat cells, and preventing the build-up of body fat such as in cellulite. The composition may particularly be used effectively to promote skin or hair pigmentation and a reduction in the build-up of body fat such as in celluli...

A simaba extract is used to produce a cosmetic or pharmaceutical, and particularly dermatological, composition or a skin cell culture medium. The resulting compositions are also disclosed. The simaba extract has a significant skin depigmentation activity and can enhance the protective function of the skin, particularly its water barrier function, as well as having a significant keratinocyte differentiation activity.