Abstract: Amphoteric and zwitter-ionic phosphate surfactants corresponding to the following formula ##STR1## (a) in which R.sup.1 is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 alkyl group, a group R.sup.4 (OC.sub.n H.sub.2n).sub.x --, where n=2 to 4, x=1 to 6, and R.sup.4 is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 alkyl group, or a group R.sup.5 --CONH(CH.sub.2).sub.m, where R.sup.5 is a C.sub.5 -C.sub.21 group and m=2 to 4; R.sup.2 is hydrogen; and R.sup.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or a group --(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.x --H or --(C.sub.n H.sub.2n O).sub.x --PO.sub.3 H.sub.2, where n=2 to 4 and x=1 to 6, or(b) in which R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or a C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 2-hydroxyalkyl group; R.sup.2 is a C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 alkyl group; and R.sup.3 is as defined above.to mixtures thereof with correspondingly substituted phosphate surfactants corresponding to formula (I), in which the --PO.sub.3 H.sub.2 group or groups are replaced by hydrogen; and to neutral and basic salts of the foregoing.

Abstract: N-substituted polyglycidyl urazole compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which the radicals R represent a glycidyl radical corresponding to the following general formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl radical containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or two of the radicals R represent a glycidyl radical of general formula II while the remaining radical R is a radical Z, other than said glycidyl radical, containing carbon, hydrogen and, optionally, heteroatoms, are useful in the treatment of various forms of leukemia.

Abstract: A process for the selective production of defined, partial reaction products of polyfunctional N-glycidyl compounds with hydrohalic acids, pseudohydrohalic acids or acids of phosphorus; mono- or di-ring opening products are obtainable as required. The process is carried out at a pH of from about 2 to 10 which is kept constant within a band of at most 2 units on the pH-scale. N,N'-diglycidyl-N"-(halohydroxypropyl)-urazoles and N-glycidyl-N,N"-bis(halohydroxypropyl) urazoles having pharmaceutical utility are produced in good yield.

Abstract: This invention relates to a topical cosmetic preparation for treating oily hair or seborrhea which contains a sebosuppressively effective amount of at least one 4-aryl-4-oxo-but-2-enoic acid derivative.

Abstract: The invention concerns cosmetic agents containing compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 represent independently of one another a hydrogen atom, an intermediate alkyl group with 3 to 10 carbon atoms, a halogen atom, preferably a chlorine atom, a hydroxy group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, substituted, if needed, with aryl, hydroxy, amino, alkoxy as well as aryloxy groups, or a carboxyl group esterified with an intermediate-chain alkyl group with 2 to 12 carbon atoms or with an aralkyl group, or two of the radicals R.sup.1 --R.sup.3 represent a naphthalene ring together with the benzene ring, and Y stands for an alkoxy group with 1 to 12 carbon atoms or an aralkoxy group. The compounds are used in amounts of 0.01 to 20, preferably 1 to 10, percent by weight, calculated with regard to the total preparation.

Abstract: Aryl-mercapto-lower-alkanamides having the following formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkylphenyl, halophenyl, hydroxyphenyl, C.sub.1-4 -alkoxyphenyl, aminophenyl, acetamidophenyl, naphthyl, diphenyl; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, independently represent hydrogen or C.sub.1-14 -alkyl; Y represents NR.sup.4 R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 independently represent hydrogen, C.sub.1 -6-alkyl, C.sub.2-3 -hydroxyalkyl, benzyl, anilyl, and taken together represent piperidyl or morpholinyl are useful for reducing cell sebum production in a mammal in the form of a topical cosmetic preparation.

Abstract: This invention relates to a topical cosmetic preparation for treating oily hair or seborrhea which contains a sebosuppressively effective amount of at least one long-chain alkanol and at least one antioxidant.

Abstract: This invention relates to topical cosmetic preparations. More particularly, this invention relates to a topical cosmetic preparation for the treatment of oily hair and seborrheic skin which comprises an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3, any of which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen, hydroxyl, or --OR.sub.4, where R.sub.4 is an alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl, or two of the groups R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 represent methylenedioxy; X is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene of from 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and Y is --COOH, --CN, --CONR.sub.5 R.sub.6, or --COOR.sub.7, where R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 each represent hydrogen, alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or substituted or unsubstituted aryl, or aralkyl, or together with the nitrogen atom R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 represent a heterocycle, and R.sub.7 is an alkyl of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl.

Abstract: Diglycidyl-substituted pteridine compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein n is the whole number 1 or 2, R.sub.2 and R.sub.2 are the same or different, and are either hydrogen, a hydrocarbon radical, or together form a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring; processes for their preparation; and compositions and methods for their use as cytostatic agents.

Abstract: Diclycidyl substituted heterocyclic compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X and Y can be the same or different and are either nitrogen or the radical C-R, where R is a hydrogen, or a hydrocarbon group, e.g., a straight or branched chain saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloaliphatic group, an aromatic hydrocarbon-substituted alkyl group, a cycloaliphatic hydrocarbon-substituted alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group, a heterocyclic group, or a hetero-cyclic-substituted alkyl group, and where the glycidyl group in the five-membered ring is attached to a ring nitrogen atom; processes for their preparation; and compositions and methods for their use as cytostatic agents.

Abstract: A topical cosmetic preparation for the treatment of seborrhea containing an antiseborrheically effective amount of at least one compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein Ar represents a member selected from the group consisting of phenyl, phenyl substituted with at least one group selected from the group consisting of alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, hydroxy and halo, naphthyl and heteroaromatic radical having from 4 to 5 carbon atoms in the cycle, and R represents a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkanoyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, aryl and arylcarbonyl, where aryl has the same meaning as Ar, as an antiseborrheic, and further containing conventional vehicles and additives. The invention also relates to the process for reducing sebaceous cell sebum production employing said topical cosmetic preparation.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a cosmetic deodorant composition comprising:(a) from about 0.1 to 5 percent by weight, based on the weight of the total composition, of aminobenzoic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, each represent hydrogen, an alkyl of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; a hydroxyalkyl of from 2 to 4 carbon atoms; an aryl; an aralkyl or carboxyalkyl with from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety; or an alkoxyalkyl with from 1 to 8 carbon atoms in the alkoxy moiety and from 1 to 3 carbon atoms in the alkyl moiety, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the amide nitrogen form an optionally substituted heterocyclic ring; and(b) the remainder conventional cosmetic deodorant composition compounds.

Abstract: Skin-care, skin-protection, and skin-cleaning agent compositions containing as a skin-moisturizing agent at least one substituted carbamide acid ester, said substituted carbamide acid ester having the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a member selected from the group consisting of an alkyl radical, having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkylol having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and alkyldiol having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 is a hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 6 carbon atoms and having 1 to 5 hydroxyl groups, or R.sub.2, together with R.sub.1, is an alkylene having 2 to 4 carbon atoms in its chain, which is optionally substituted by lower alkyl and/or lower hydroxyalkyl radicals, and R.sub.3 is a member selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and hydroxyalkyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, or an N-alkenyl polymer of the above cyclic carbamide acid ester, where R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are alkylene and R.sub.

Abstract: New cytostatic compounds based on isocyanuric acid derivatives having 2 or 3 epoxide group containing substituents on ring nitrogen atoms, of which at least one differs from a glycidyl, having the formula ##STR1## wherein Oxiranyl is the same or different and has the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are the same or different and members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, hydroxyalkyl and alkoxyalkyl and n in an integer from 1 to 8, with the proviso that if n is 1 in all oxiranyl groups, at least one of R.sub.1 or R.sub.3 is other than hydrogen, and R is a member selected from the group consisting of oxiranyl as defined above, hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, hydrocarbon aryl, hydrocarbon aralkyl, hydrocarbon alkaryl, cycloalkyl, and cycloalkenyl, optionally containing substituents.When R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and/or R.sub.3 denote alkyl or substituted alkyl in the oxiranyl radical, the alkyl radicals preferably have from 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Abstract: This invention is directed to bis-(2,4-diaminophenoxy)-alkanols and salts thereof and to compositions of the developer-coupler type for the dyeing of hair, consisting essentially of bis-(2,4-diaminophenoxy)-alkanols or salts thereof as coupling components and, as developer components, the conventional components used in oxidation dyes.

Abstract: A perfumery composition consisting essentially of from 1% to 50% by weight of a 4-isopropyl-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and cyclopropyl, and the remainder customary constituents of perfumery compositions; as well as novel 4-isopropyl-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxanes of the above formula wherein both R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen.

Abstract: Skin-care and skin-protection agents contain at least one polyethercarboxylic acid as a skin moisture-containing agent, and a process for treating skin comprises applying an effective amount of these agents to the skin.

Abstract: A perfumery composition consisting essentially of from 1% to 50% by weight of a 4-isopropyl-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually members selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms and cyclopropyl, and the remainder customary constituents of perfumery compositions; as well as novel 4-isopropyl-5,5-dimethyl-1,3-dioxanes of the above formula wherein both R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not simultaneously hydrogen.

Abstract: Skin-care, skin-protection, and skin-cleaning agent compositions containing at least one hydroxyalkyl carboxamide as a skin-moisturizing agent, as well as a process for protecting the skin utilizing this composition.

Abstract: Compositions for the treatment of inflammation of the skin containing from 0.01% to 10% by weight of an alkoxybenzoic acid ester of the formula ##STR1## where R.sub.1 is alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sub.2 is alkyl having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, cyclohexyl, phenyl or benzyl, as inflammation inhibitor; as well as the method of skin treatment.