| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an aqueous liquid or gel topical rinse off composition for cleansing the skin, wherein the composition comprises: (a) a cleansing amount of at least one surfactant, selected from anionic, nonionic, amphoteric and cationic, (b) a minimum of 0.05 weight % of Vitamin E, (c) a minimum of 0.03 weight % of a Vitamin E precursor, such that the ratio of Vitamin E to Vitamin E precursor is in the range of 1:3 to 3:1, and (d) a stabilising amount of a cationic polymer which is at least 0.01 weight %; whereby application of the composition results in at least one of the following effects: (i) inhibition of at least 30% of lipid peroxide level generated after an insult to a skin area treated with the composition and exposed to the insult, or (ii) an elevated level of Vitamin E on skin treated with the composition which is significantly above the amount of Vitamin E on skin untreated with the composition, and which elevated level continues for a period of at least fifteen hours after application of the composition, or (iii) a level of Vitamin E on the skin which is significantly above the level obtained by oral ingestion of Vitamin E.
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