METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF SKIN AGAINST SUN-INDUCED DAMAGE BY ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF AN EXTRACT OF EMBLICA OFFICINALIS (syn. PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA) - Patent 1560561

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EP 1 560 561 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	10.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/32

(21)	Application number: 03758062.8

(22)	Date of filing: 24.10.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61K 7/42, A61K 35/78

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2003/011847

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/041231 (21.05.2004 Gazette 2004/21)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

08.11.2002 US 424712 P

(71)	Applicants:
	Merck Patent GmbH 64293 Darmstadt (DE) Natreon Inc. New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	CHAUDHURI, Ratan Lincoln Park, NJ 07035 (US)

(74)	Representative: Horstmann, Stefan
	Merck Patent GmbHPatents ChemicalsFrankfurter Str. 250 64293 Darmstadt 64293 Darmstadt (DE)

(54)	METHOD FOR PROTECTION OF SKIN AGAINST SUN-INDUCED DAMAGE BY ORAL ADMINISTRATION OF AN EXTRACT OF EMBLICA OFFICINALIS (syn. PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA)