BeautiControl Cosmetics
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Commenting on a description in "The Rose Sheet" (Sept. 26, p. 5) of the ingredient theophyllisilane C in Sculptique Body Contouring Creme as a derivative of theophylline, BeautiControl says, "Theophyllisilane C is a 1% solution of monomethysilanetriol theophyllinate. The chemical name for this material is methylsilanetriol theophyllineacetate. Theophyllisilane C is theophylline acetic acid [that] is linked to methylsilanetriol by the acid functional group. Like all N-7 methylxanthine substituted compounds, theophyllisilane C does not release theophylline in vivo"