US 12,226,503 B2
Prebiotic skin care compositions containing carboxylic acids
Chris Callewaert, Ghent (BE)
Assigned to Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
Appl. No. 17/605,418
Filed by Universiteit Gent, Ghent (BE)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/061119
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/216757, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 29, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19171010 (EP), filed on Apr. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192949 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61K 8/362 (2006.01); A61K 8/36 (2006.01); A61K 8/365 (2006.01); A61K 8/368 (2006.01); A61K 8/44 (2006.01); A61Q 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 8/362 (2013.01) [A61K 8/36 (2013.01); A61K 8/365 (2013.01); A61K 8/368 (2013.01); A61K 8/44 (2013.01); A61Q 15/00 (2013.01); A61K 2800/70 (2013.01); A61K 2800/74 (2013.01); A61K 2800/77 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of selectively promoting on skin or a textile growth, metabolism, and/or colonization of good-odor associated bacteria selected from the group consisting of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Acinetobacter spp, Propionibacterium acnes and Enhydrobacter aerosaccus bacteria, and/or selectively inhibiting on skin or a textile the growth, metabolism, and/or colonization of malodor-associated bacteria comprising Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum, Corynebacterium amycolatum, Staphylococcus hominis, Micrococcus luteus, or Enterobacter cloacae, the method comprising:
administering or applying to the skin or textile a composition comprising an acid selected from the group consisting of, fumaric acid, mucic acid, γ-aminobutyric acid, α-keto-glutaric acid, quinic acid, D-saccharic acid, glyoxylic acid, D-glucosaminic acid, D,L-α-amino-caprylic acid, N-acetyl-neuraminic acid, D,L-α-amino-N-butyric acid, orotic acid, ε-amino-N-caproic acid, β-hydroxybutyric acid, tropic acid, hippuric acid, and any combination thereof.