| abstract |
The invention relates to the use of compounds from the group of (2-hydroxyphenyl) alcohols and the derivatives thereof for bleaching skin and/or hair as well as cosmetic or therapeutic formulations containing said compounds from the group of (2-hydroxyphenyl) alcohols. According to a first embodiment of the invention, a compound of formula (I), wherein n = 1-10, R<1> represents a substituent from the group comprising H, branched or straight C1-C14 alkyl or alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylalkyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, substituted or unsubstituted monosaccharide, SO3, (CH2)1-10OH, COR, SiRR'R", SR, PO3RR', or formula (Ia), R, R', R" independently representing H, C1-C14 alkyl, C1-C14 alkenyl, C1-C14 alkynyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or a heterocyclic ring, and R<2> represents an enzymatically cleavable substituent or a substituent selected independently of R<1 >from the group comprising H, branched or straight C1-C14 alkyl or alkenyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, is used for bleaching skin and/or hair. |