Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and a diol compound chosen from 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-octane-diol and 1,2-decanediol, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an organic acid compound chosen from a benzoic acid salt, sorbic acid or a salt thereof, methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, 5-n-octanoylsalicylic acid, a hydroxamic acid and dehydroacetic acid or a salt thereof, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an acid and/or silver-based compound, and also to a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or nutritional composition containing such a mixture. Application to caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials; to preserving foods and to water treatment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I) in the treatment of products, in particular of aqueous or nonaqueous compositions, preferably water and aqueous compositions, against bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), and also the use thereof in a process for treating an aqueous composition or water with respect to strains of the Bcc complex. formula (I) wherein: R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl or ethyl radical; R3 represents a linear C1-C12 alkyl radical (saturated), optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group; or a linear C2-C12 alkenyl radical (C?C unsaturated), optionally substituted with a hydroxyl group.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an alcohol compound chosen from hydroxyacetophenone, 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol, sorbitan caprylate, the combination of 80% to 90% by weight, relative to the total weight of said combination, of xylityl sesquicaprylate and from 10% to 20% by weight of anhydroxylitol, 4-chloro-3,5-dimethylphenol, and glyceryl caprylate, and also to a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or nutritional composition containing such a mixture. Application to caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials; to preserving foods and to water treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and chlorphenesin, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and chlorphenesin, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and a diol compound chosen from 1,3-propanediol, 1,2-octane-diol and 1,2-decanediol, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and ethyl N-lauroyl arginate hydrochloride, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and an organic acid compound chosen from a benzoic acid salt, sorbic acid or a salt thereof, methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, propyl 4-hydroxybenzoate, 5-n-octanoylsalicylic acid, a hydroxamic acid and dehydroacetic acid or a salt thereof, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and an additional compound chosen from chlorhexidine digluconate, chlorhexidine hydrochloride and a polyhexamethylene biguanide salt, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an aromatic alcohol chosen from a phenoxyalcohol of formula (I) C6H6-0-R—OH, R denoting a divalent hydrocarbon-based radical having 2 or 3 carbon atoms; phenylethyl alcohol; benzyl alcohol; and a cresol compound of formula (I) in which R1 denotes H or an isopropyl radical; and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and an additional compound chosen from a monovalent or divalent metal salt of pyrithione, piroctone olamine, diazolidinylurea, a hexamidine compound, and imidazolidinylurea, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Application to caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and an ammonium compound chosen from a fatty-chain C20 to C24 tri-methylammonium salt and a (C8-C28)alkyldimethylbenzylammonium salt, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use into caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to an antimicrobial mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)butan-2-one and an additional compound chosen from chlorhexidine digluconate, chlorhexidine hydrochloride and a polyhexamethylene biguanide salt, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use in caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic, pharmaceutical, dermatological, nutraceutical or oral cosmetic composition having, as main preserving system, a mild preserving system formed from compounds with a broad antimicrobial spectrum, which have only one pKa, the said pKa being greater than or equal to 10, the said mild preserving system being present in a content strictly greater than or equal to 1% by weight relative to the weight of the said composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use, as active ingredient, in cosmetic compositions or for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, of an effective quantity of at least one compound free of carbohydrate units, modifying the physicochemical properties of the surface of the skin and/or of the mucous membranes, so as to prevent or reduce the adhesion of microorganisms to the skin and/or the mucous membranes, chosen so that the decimal logarithm of the mean number of viable bacteria adhering to the epidermis, after a test consisting in bringing the said epidermis into contact with the test compound for 2 hours at 37° C., is at least 0.3 less than that obtained by a test carried out with water under the same conditions.

Abstract: Processes for preserving compositions, such as cosmetic and dermatological compositions, which may be intended for topical applications, through the use of at least one certain polyamino acid derivatives.

Abstract: Processes for treatment of at least one condition chosen from seborrhoea of the skin and scalp, disorders associated with seborrhoea, and disorders associated with microorganisms of the genus Propionibacterium comprising applying to an area in need of said treatment at least one compound chosen from certain polyamino acid derivatives. Processes for the manufacture of a composition for treatment of at least one condition chosen from seborrhoea of the skin and scalp, disorders associated with seborrhoea, and disorders associated with microorganisms of the genus Propionibacterium, said process comprising including in said composition at least one certain polyamino acid derivative. Anti-seborrhoeic and anti-acne compositions comprising at least one certain polyamino acid derivative.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel antimicrobial agent, which withstands or allows the control of microbial degradation, comprising (I) at least one polyol and (II) 2-hydroxy-4-(1-methylethyl)cyclohepta-2 4 6-trier-1-one or sodium capryl lactyl lactylate, and to compositions, in particular cosmetic, dermatological, pharmaceutical or food compositions, containing such a agent in a physiologically acceptable support.