Patent 7968607 was granted and assigned to KOA Corporation on June, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
This invention relates to skin pore tighteners each of which comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the following formula:R1—OG (1)wherein R1 represents an alkyl or alkenyl group having 8 to 32 carbon atoms, and OG represents a residual group obtained by removing a hydrogen atom from a hydroxyl group of a polyhydric alcohol, monosaccharide or oligosaccharide at least one hydroxyl group of which has been sulfated or phosphatized, or a salt thereof, and also to skin elasticity improvers each of which comprises, as an active ingredient, a glyceryl ether derivative represented by the following formula: