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Imlan is the first medicinal skin care range with the natural active ingredient betulin from the white layer of birch bark. Betulin was researched and characterised some 220 years ago by chemist Johann Tobias Lowitz, but its very low solubility in water and oil and the great cost and effort involved in its isolation prevented industrial usage. For Birken AG, the discovery and patenting of betulin emulsion was the crucial impetus for driving forward the development of suitable extraction methods and application research.

Birken AG was founded in 2000 in Niefern-Öschelbronn, a small town on the northern fringe of the Black Forest, as the result of a research initiative. Collaboration was built up between the company and various prestigious universities and hospitals for the development of skin care and pharmaceutical products on the basis of natural betulin. The innovative potential of these partnerships has led to public funding today by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology on the basis of a resolution passed by the German parliament.

Betulin pioneers

Dr. rer. nat. Armin Scheffler was the scientist responsible for producing betulin emulsion for the first time and recognising the value of this discovery. In collaboration with the staff at Birken AG, he developed a special extraction process, optimised the stabilising properties of betulin and, working together with universities and dermatologists, helped to establish the type of emulsion and the effect of betulin on the skin.

Betulin – sustainable and good for the environment

Betulin is a chemically unmodified substance of plant origin. The high concentration in the outer birch bark (22% on average) and the use of birch forests in the northern hemisphere for wood pulp and veneer ensure the availability of betulin in sustainably sufficient quantities. The betulin used by Birken AG is extracted solely from bark which has been peeled from birch trees used for these purposes and which would otherwise be discarded for burning. New birch trees are constantly being planted to replenish the forests. Thanks to its property of binding beneficial oils and water to make a stable emulsion, betulin has the potential to replace thousands of tonnes of synthetic emulsifiers which are used in the cosmetics industry and released into the environment.

 

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Date: April 2012
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