12.02.15
US Patent No. 9,168,283 B2; Avon Products has patented a composition for stimulating collagen, pro-collagen or hyaluronic acid production in the skin. The composition is comprised of a protic solvent extract of Medemia nobilis, a cosmetically acceptable vehicle, and a preservative selected from the group consisting of disodium EDTA, phenoxyethanol, methyl paraben, ethyl paraben, propyl paraben, imidazolidinyl urea, sodium dehydroacetate, para-hydroxybenzoic acid, hydantoin derivatives, propionate salts, quaternary ammonium compounds, benzyl alcohol and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT).