SKIN CARE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN AMIDE AND RETINOL OR RETINYL ESTER

摘要

N-substituted fatty acid amides of specific structure sufficiently inhibit LRAT or ARAT catalyzed esterification of retinol into inactive retinyl esters, thus having the same effect on keratinocytes as retinoic acid. Effects of retinol or retinyl esters in combination with these N-substituted fatty acid amides are analogous to treatment with retinoic acid.