摘要 |
This invention relates to in-situ preparation, and stable topical delivery systems of ascorbic acid salts of organic bases that provide skin beneficial properties, including reduction in signs of skin aging, anti-wrinkle, anti-oxidant, and photo-protection from UV and sunlight. The formulation avoids the use of oils, minimizes the importance of the pH of the formulation, allows the incorporation of an aqueous solution of ascorbic acid or alkali metal salts of ascorbic acid in the formulation, does not require packaging the formulation in air tight containers, allows the use of large amounts of ascorbic acid, its salts, and its derivatives, and does not require the use of expensive coatings. Moreover, several ascorbic acid derivatives of different chemical composition can be made in a stable topical formulation by the in-situ combination of readily available starting materials in a water solution, despite the understanding well known in the prior art that such compositions in water are inherently unstable. The in-situ method also permits the preparation of novel ascorbic acid derivatives that are not known in the prior art.
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