JPH069349A - Hair nourishing cosmetics - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a hair growing cosmetic capable of promoting scalp peripheral bloodstream and of activating hair-mother cells, thus excellent in hair growing effect and depilation preventive effect. CONSTITUTION:The hair growing cosmetic characterized by containing (A) pref. 0.001-5.0 (esp. 0.01-3.0)wt.% of hyaluronic acid and (B) pref. 0.001-2.0 (pref. 0.1-1.0)wt.%, on a dry residue basis, of Swerlia japonica extract or Panax ginseng extract. The molecular weight of the hyaluronic acid to be used may normally be 500000-2000000 or <=500000, being esp. pref. <=100000.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hair nourishing cosmetic composition which promotes peripheral blood flow in the scalp, activates hair matrix cells, and has excellent hair-growth effects and hair loss prevention effects.

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Conventionally, a blood circulation promoting substance such as capsicum tincture, nicotinic acid derivative or the like, or a scalp hair matrix activating substance such as assembly extract or ginseng extract has been blended. A hair nourishing cosmetic composition is known. Furthermore, recently, a number of hair-care cosmetics have been proposed in which a component having an inhibitory effect on the sebaceous gland enlargement and a component having an inhibitory effect on male hormone are blended.

However, the blood circulation-promoting substances that have been conventionally used have strong skin irritation and have a limited amount to be mixed,
It has a shortcoming that the duration of blood circulation promotion is short. Also, cell activating substances have low permeability to skin at low concentrations,
In addition, there is a problem that the effect cannot be sufficiently exhibited by itself.

By the way, male pattern baldness is said to be caused by an excessive action of androgen, but phenomena such as poor blood circulation, decreased activity of hair matrix cells, hypertrophy of sebaceous glands, and fibrosis of scalp are caused. It is presumed that they are complicatedly intertwined.

Therefore, even if an anti-androgen agent or the like is simply used as a hair-growing agent in order to suppress the hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands, which is said to be caused by the excessive action of male hormone, the hair-growing effect cannot be achieved. Is the current situation. Moreover, even if a hair matrix activating agent or a blood circulation promoting agent is used alone, good results cannot be obtained.

Hyaluronic acid according to the present invention is a skin-friendly cosmetic composition (JP-A-61-129106),
It is incorporated in cosmetics as a component having a therapeutic effect on alopecia in a hair nourishing agent (JP-A-61-43104) or a skin treatment composition (JP-A-64-13008). However, since hyaluronic acid is a component that originally has a moisturizing effect, and has a weak penetrating power to the skin, it only exerts a moisturizing effect on the skin and does not exhibit a hair-growth effect. In addition, hair-growth cosmetics have been filed for Assemblies extract and Korean ginseng extract, but they have not been able to exhibit a hair-growth effect alone, and are currently used in combination with other active ingredients. is there.

It is an object of the present inventors to provide a hair nourishing cosmetic composition having excellent hair growth and hair loss prevention effects by promoting peripheral blood flow in the scalp and activating hair mother cells.
As a result of various studies on the promotion of peripheral blood flow of the scalp and the activation of hair mother cells, the present inventors have found that a hair nourishing cosmetic containing hyaluronic acid and senburi extract and / or ginseng extract is excellent in hair nourishment, It was found that the hair growth effect was exhibited.

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The present invention is a hair nourishing cosmetic composition characterized by containing hyaluronic acid and assembly extract or ginseng extract.

The hyaluronic acid according to the present invention is a known substance and is present in large amounts in connective tissues such as the skin of animals such as cows and pigs, the umbilical body, cartilage, and eyeballs, as well as the gastric cavities of chickens and silkworms. It is also present in the membranes, the capsular membranes of streptococci and skin-resident bacteria. In order to isolate hyaluronic acid, a homogenate of these tissues is prepared by a conventional method, the protein is decomposed with a protease, and then dialysis operation and ethanol precipitation operation are performed. Further, the assembly extract is an extract obtained by digesting the dried and pulverized product of assembly in the ethanol or hydrous ethanol and filtering it. Furthermore, the Korean carrot extract is an extract obtained by cold-soaking dried crushed 5 to 6-year-old roots of Panax ginseng in ethanol or hydrous ethanol and filtering. Here, the molecular weight of the hyaluronic acid used in the present invention may be in the usual range of 500,000 to 2,000,000, or may be a low molecular weight of 500,000 or less, but particularly 100,000 or less. Shows good hair nourishing effect.

The content of hyaluronic acid in the hair nourishing cosmetic composition may be 0.001 to 5.0 wt%, and more preferably 0.01 to 3.0 wt%, based on the total amount. That is, if the amount is less than the lower limit, the desired effect of the present invention cannot be sufficiently obtained, and if the amount exceeds the upper limit, it is impossible to expect an improvement in the effect commensurate with the increase. Also,
The amount of assembly extract or ginseng extract is preferably 0.001 to 2.0 wt% and more preferably 0.1 to 1.0 wt% in terms of dry residue. If the amount is less than the lower limit, the desired effect of the present invention cannot be sufficiently obtained, and if it exceeds the upper limit, the effect corresponding to the increase cannot be expected.

The hair nourishing cosmetic composition of the present invention can be made into a dosage form such as a hairnic, a hair lotion, a hair cream, a hair conditioner, a shampoo, a conditioner, a hair gel, a hair mist, a hair foam and the like according to a conventional method. is there.

The hair nourishing cosmetic composition of the present invention includes dyes, fragrances, germicides, antiseptics, keratolytic agents, antiandrogens,
Antioxidants and the like can be appropriately added within a range that achieves the object of the present invention.

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EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below based on examples and comparative examples. In addition,% shown in the examples is% by weight.

The mouse hair growth promoting effect test method, human hair hair growth promoting effect test method and practical test method described in Examples are shown below.

(1) Test method for mouse hair growth promoting effect C3H mice (male, 8 weeks old, average body weight: 35 g) were shaved at the center of the back with electric clippers and then completely shaved by a shaver. From the next day, 0.2 ml per animal of each sample of Example and Comparative Example was applied once daily to the skin of the test site. For each sample, 10 animals were used per group. still,
The base alone was applied as a control group. On the 15th day after the start of the experiment, the animals were sacrificed and the skin of the test area was photographed. Next, the photograph was taken into the image analysis device, the area (A) where the hair was first shaved and the hair-growth area (B) were obtained, and the hair-growth rate (%) = (B) / (A) × 100 was individually calculated. Was calculated for each animal. Finally, a value obtained by dividing the average value of each group of Examples or Comparative Examples by the average value of the control group was used as the hair growth promoting effect for determination.

(2) Method for testing human hair growth promoting effect Male subject 1 in the thirties and forties with a decline in hair growth
The hair of the 0 head of the head was shaved into a circular shape having a diameter of about 7 mm.
Furthermore, the method of Hayashi et al. (British Journal of Dermatology, 125
Vol. 123, 1991), the hair growth rate was determined for the hair (about 30-40 hairs) at the target site, and the average value was calculated (A). Next, each subject was applied with about 3 ml of the sample of the Example or Comparative Example twice daily in the morning and evening, focusing on the test site, and massaged well. The hair growth rate at the same site was measured in the same manner 3 months after the start of the test, and the average value (B) was calculated. The effect was determined by comparing the ratio (B) / (A) before and after the use of each hair nourishing cosmetic.

(3) Practical test method Male subject 2 in the thirties and forties with a decline in hair growth 2
The effect was evaluated after applying the sample to the heads of 0 people twice a day every morning and evening for 6 consecutive months. The test results are shown by the number of respondents who responded that "hairy hair became bristles or hair was increased" and "hair loss decreased" for each item of hair growth effect and hair loss prevention effect.

(4) Method for producing assembly extract or ginseng extract Although the method for producing the assembly extract or ginseng extract used in the examples is not specified, the outline of each method is described below.

[Method for producing assembly extract] A dried and pulverized product of whole flowering plants of assembly (Swertia Japonica Makino) is digested in ethanol or hydrous ethanol and filtered to obtain an extract. The extract obtained by the following method was used in the examples. 50 g of the crushed assembly product was digested in 250 ml of water-containing ethanol (ethanol 50 wt%) at a temperature of 40 to 50 ° C., and the residue was digested again in the same manner to obtain 1.5 l of an extract. 100 ml of purified water was added to the residue obtained by concentration under reduced pressure, the mixture was aged for 1 week, the insoluble portion was filtered off, and the obtained extract was concentrated under reduced pressure.
Next, ethanol was added to adjust the ethanol content of the extract to 50 wt% to obtain 100 ml of the assembly extract.

[Manufacturing Method of Korean Ginseng Extract] A dried crushed product of Panax ginseng CA Meyer (Panthax ginseng CA Meyer) for 5 to 6 years is cold-soaked in ethanol or hydrous ethanol,
It is the extract obtained by filtration. The extract obtained by the following method was used in the examples. 5 of ginseng
50 g of dried 6-year-old roots is cold-soaked in 200 ml of water-containing ethanol (ethanol 50 wt%) for 1 week, and the ethanol of the extract obtained by filtration is distilled off. Purified water is added to make the ethanol content of the extract 50 wt%. The resulting mixture was aged in a cold place for 7 to 10 weeks and then filtered to obtain 100 ml of ginseng extract.

In the following text, the compounding amount is indicated based on the pure content of the extract obtained by extraction with the 50% ethanol aqueous solution as described above (calculated as the dry residue).

Examples 1 to 8 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3 Oily hair artic In the raw material composition of Table 1, the active ingredients were blended as shown in Table 2 to prepare a hair artic, and the above various tests were carried out. The capsicum tincture used in Comparative Examples was one listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia.

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[Table 1]

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[Table 2]

(1) Preparation Method After dissolving the component (B) shown in Table 1 in the component (C), the component (A) and the component (B) are mixed, stirred, dispersed and filled in a container. At the time of use, the contents should be evenly dispersed by shaking.

(2) Properties The results of various tests of each oily hair artic are shown in the right column of Table 2. As shown in Table 2, Comparative Examples 1 to 3 had a low mouse and human hair growth promoting effect, and the results of the practical tests were also not good.

The hair nourishing cosmetics of the present invention of Examples 1 to 8 showed a high hair growth promoting effect, and clearly showed good results in all the tests. In Examples 1 to 8, skin irritation did not occur in various tests on human skin.

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention improves peripheral blood flow in the scalp, activates hair matrix cells, is excellent in hair growth effect and hair loss prevention effect, and has no skin irritation. It is clear to provide.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A hair nourishing cosmetic composition comprising hyaluronic acid and an Assemblage extract or a Korean ginseng extract.