The present invention pertains to the field of imparting or increasing resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular soy-beanrust, in plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the content of scopoletin, scopolin and/or, most preferably, scoparone (6,7-di-methoxycoumarin) in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell. This can in particular be achieved by establishing and/or increasing the expression of an OMT3 enzyme and an F6H1 protein in the respective plant, plant part and/or plant cell; a further way would be to apply a formulation or solution containing scopoletin and/or, most preferably, scoparone to the plant, plant part and/or plant cell. The invention correspondingly also provides proteins, enzymes, expression constructs, plants, plant parts and/or plant cells. In this respect the invention also provides variants of the OMT3 enzyme.

A composition is described, comprising or consisting of chrysin, rosmarinic acid, at least one peptide or derivative thereof, having a sequence of 4 to 10 amino acids comprising the active sequence GQPR and a physiologically acceptable medium. A derivative corresponds to said peptide modified at the N-terminal end with an acyl (—CO—R.sup.1), sulfonyl (—SO.sub.2—R.sup.1) group or a biotinoyl group and/or at the C-terminal end with an OR.sup.1, NH.sub.2, NHR.sup.1 group or NR.sup.1R.sup.2, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 being as defined herein and where the composition acts on the effects of light radiation on the skin and/or of its appendages, and more particularly the effects of blue light to fight against harmful effects and in a particularly advantageous manner at the same time to increase the beneficial effects by resynchronizing the circadian cycle.

Disclosed herein are photoisomerized compositions comprising anthocyanins and methods of making an use thereof. For example, disclosed herein are methods of photoisomerizing a composition, the methods comprising: irradiating a composition comprising an anthocyanin dissolved in a solvent solution with UV light; wherein at least a portion of the anthocyanin is present as a trans isomer before the irradiation; wherein the solvent solution comprises ethanol and water in a ratio of ethanol to water (volume/volume) of 99:1 to 70:30; thereby converting at least a portion of trans isomer to a cis isomer via photoisomerization to produce a photoisomerized composition. In some examples, the photoisomerized composition has a more intense and stable blue color at pH 8 relative to the composition before irradiation.

Disclosed are methods for coloring hair, comprising applying a mixture comprising one or more hair dyes and an additive as a pre-treatment, as a simultaneous treatment, as a post-treatment, or a combination thereof.

The present invention relates to profragrance compounds and their preparation. Also disclosed are delivery systems and consumer products containing the profragrance compounds.

It relates to a composition for brightening and/or whitening keratin materials comprising: i) at least one flavonoid; ii) at least one hydroxylated diphenylmethane derivative of formula (I) below: (I) wherein: R.sub.1 is selected from a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain containing from 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an —OH group and a halogen, R.sub.2 is selected from a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, and a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sub.3 is selected from a methyl group or a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are, independently of one another, selected from a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chain containing from 2 to 5 carbon atoms, an —OH group or a halogen; and iii) at least one skin peeling agent. It also relates to a cosmetic process for brightening and/or whitening keratin materials, in particular the human skin.

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The compound (3aS,4aR,5S,7aS,9R,9aR)-2,2,5,8,8,9a-hexamethyloctahydro-4H-4a,9-methanoazuleno[5,6-d][1,3]dioxole, compositions and consumer products comprising the compound, methods of making the compound, and the various uses of the compound.

The present invention provides improved anti-aging skin cream formulations. The anti-aging cream formulations contain tretinoin, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, collagen, red wine extract, α-tocopheryl acetate, Butyrospermum parkii (shea butter) extract, and suspendisse cream. The present invention also provides kits containing the formulations, methods of making the formulations as well as methods of using these formulations to visibly reduce signs of aging.

The present invention relates to a soothing composition, comprising (a) menthol compounds, and (b) one or more cosmetically acceptable carriers.

The invention relates to a hair colouring and/or bleaching composition comprising at least a first aqueous component (i) and a second aqueous component (ii) being mixed prior to application onto hair, wherein the first component (i) or the second component (ii) or both components (i) and (ii) comprise a gel-network system consisting of multi-lamellar sheets and vesicles with d-spacing (interlayer spacing between sheets) between 5 nm and 50 nm, preferably 10 nm to 30 nm, more preferred 15 nm to 25 nm as measured by Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS), and the first component (i) or the second component (ii) or both comprise at least a first malodor suppressant being a compound having a distribution coefficient log P of 2 or more and a molecular weight of between 100 and 400, a method for coloring or bleaching hair, a kit comprising the above components and the use of the described hair coloring composition for colouring and/or bleaching hair with a reduced or eliminated ammonia odour.