02.01.19
US Patent No. 10,159,635 B2 (Catherine O’Neill and Ralf Paus); Curapel (Scotland) Limited, Glasglow, has been awarded a US patent for a cosmetic method of reducing skin melanin content. The method entails topical application of a cosmetic composition that is comprised of melibiose or a salt thereof, and a cosmetically-acceptable carrier, vehicle or excipient. The topical application reduces skin melanin content, wherein the melibiose or salt thereof, is present in the composition in an amount of at least about 1% weight/volume.