A topically applied composition or cream for treatment of the skin. A preferred composition includes a) a skin plumper; b) a tetrapeptide; c) a soya plant extract; d) Centella Asiatica extract; e) a cosmetic soothing or anti-inflammatory component; f) a component that acts on fibronectin synthesis; g) a moisturizing component; h) a structured conditioning component; i) an emulsifier component; and j) a transdermal delivery agent.

There is described a composition comprising a substantially clear, sterile aqueous solution containing as active ingredient a therapeutically useful proportion of 1,3-bis(2-carboxy-chromon-5-yloxy)-propan-2-ol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable (e.g. the di-sodium) salt thereof, or 5,5'-[[5,5'-(2-hydroxytrimethylene)dioxy]bis[4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-2-yl]]t etrazole, or a pharmaceutically acceptable (e.g. the di-sodium) salt thereof. The composition is indicated for the treatment of conditions of t...

A composition comprising an aromatic polycarbonate in admixture with an anti-yellowing effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1##

A composition comprising a modified polyester, said modification being in the additional presence in the backbone of the polyester unsaturated aliphatic diester repeating units, the said modified polyester being covalently bonded to a polyolefin.

Disclosed and claimed are methods for oral contraception, or a hormone replacement therapy, or for treating breast cancer, in a patient in need thereof involving administering to the patient, at a dosage of no greater than 200 .mu.g/day per 70 kg subject, a compound having Formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X in combination with K form a steroidal ring and R.sub.5 is a sulphamate group that has of the formula: ##STR2## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is H.

A composition which is useful as a material with excellent weatherability, such as paints, printing ink, adhesive, filler, molding material, or resist, and is especially suitable for use in applications such as OPV and coating materials. The composition comprises as an active ingredient a polymer obtained by continuously polymerizing at a high temperature either a polymerizable monomer having a maleimide group and other polymerizable group or a polymerizable monomer having a succinimide group.

There is provided composition comprising i) a thermoplastic polymer ii) a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from an acyl group or a hydrogen atom, wherein at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is an acyl group (a short acyl group) having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is a branched chain acyl group (a long acyl soup) consisting of a saturated chain having 10 to 20 carbon atom...

There is provided a composition comprising i) a pigment ii) a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are independently selected from an acyl group or a hydrogen atom, wherein at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is an acyl group (a short acyl group) having from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is a branched chain acyl group (a long acyl group) consisting of a chain having 10 to 20 carbon atoms and a hydrophilic b...

A cleansing composition which comprises a cleansing effective amount of one of a mixture of a surfactant chain and a color stabilizing effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are isopropyl or tertiary butyl and n is an integer of about 8 to about 20.

This invention relates to a vitreous semiconductor comprising at least one metal and at least one non-metal which is solid at room temperature, the semiconductor having at least 0.5 atomic percent metal and a greater than stoichiometric percentage of non-metal. The invention also relates to a method for producing such semiconductors by co-evaporating the metal and the non-metal and simultaneously quenching said metal and said non-metal onto a substrate held at a temperature below the condensatio...