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A special issue of Cosmetics (ISSN 2079-9284).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2018) | Viewed by 94796
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Dr. Claudia Clelia Assunta Juliano
Dr. Claudia Clelia Assunta Juliano
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Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Interests: antimicrobial activity evaluation of plant extracts; buccal formulations; challenge test; cosmetic preservatives; veterinary formulations
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Dear Colleagues,
Vegetal extracts and herbs have been used for cosmetic purposes by many civilizations since time immemorial, and plants were, for centuries, the only way to obtain colorants, fragrances and products for soothing and protecting skin. In more recent times, with the development of chemistry and petrochemistry, synthetic raw materials of interest to the cosmetic industry became available in huge quantities and at low price and largely replaced natural extracts and compounds. However, in the last few decades cosmetic ingredients based on plants or plants derivatives have made a powerful comeback, and claims referring to “plant origin”, “natural origin” and “naturally derived”—to name just a few—have become a major trend in the field of beauty. This trend reversal is largely consumer-driven and depends on several reasons; they include the increasing aversion for animal-derived products, ecological concerns and—probably the most important—the large number of myths about the safety of some controversial cosmetic ingredients that in recent times pervaded the media and the net. These health-related allegations involve specific chemicals (being parabens the most debated), and, although there is no conclusive scientific evidence of health risk for these compounds, a rising number of consumers are concerned about them and demand their replacement with natural alternatives, perceived as safer than synthetic products. As a consequence, plant ingredients in cosmetics are continually gaining popularity. Today, it is widely contended that the plant kingdom represents an enormous reservoir of biologically active chemicals, which are widely employed in medicine to treat all kind of illnesses and can also act as functional substances in cosmetic formulations. Products of plant origin used in cosmetics include vegetable oils and other lipids, essential oils used as fragrances or for their antimicrobial activities, ingredients for skincare and hair care, and antioxidants, to name just a few. Nowadays, plant material used to produce cosmetic ingredients comes from a variety of sources, which include not only conventional horticultural production (in field or greenhouse), but also wild harvest in developing countries and biotechnological methods (e.g., tissue cultures, hydroponic systems, fermentation of genetically modified organisms, microalgae cultures). The multiplicity of sources of plant cosmetic ingredients poses many different ethical and scientific issues previously not considered or underestimated, such as sustainability of the supply chain, preservation of biodiversity, improved isolation and extraction techniques, the evaluation of safety of new raw materials, and, finally, the development of innovative formulations.
This Special Issue is dedicated to plants used for the development of cosmetics (both botanical species of traditional use and exotic plants introduced in cosmetics to fulfil market demand), innovative plant-based cosmetic ingredients, and potential cosmetic use of plants traditionally intended for other purposes.
Original research articles and reviews are welcomed and encouraged.
Dr. Claudia Juliano
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Keywords
- Plants
- Cosmetics
- Natural ingredients
- Herbal products
21 pages, 2352 KiB
Open AccessArticle
Development of a Natural Anti-Age Ingredient Based on Quercus pubescens Willd. Leaves Extract—A Case Study
byHortense Plainfossé, Pauline Burger, Stéphane Azoulay, Anne Landreau, Grégory Verger-Dubois and Xavier Fernandez
Cosmetics 2018, 5(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics5010015 - 27 Jan 2018
Cited by 12 |Viewed by 10849
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Consumers pay more and more attention not just to the safety and health aspects of ingredients entering their cosmetics’ formulations, but also to their potency, origin, processing, ethical value and environmental footprint. Sustainability of the supply chain, preservation of biodiversity, as well as [...] Read more.
Consumers pay more and more attention not just to the safety and health aspects of ingredients entering their cosmetics’ formulations, but also to their potency, origin, processing, ethical value and environmental footprint. Sustainability of the supply chain, preservation of biodiversity, as well as greener extraction techniques are hence very popular with consumers. Consumers are primarily concerned by the efficacy of the cosmetic products they use and continuously scrutinize product labels, so marketing arguments need to be based on rigorous testing and reliable results to support claims (anti-age, anti-pollution, etc.) displayed on the product’s packaging. As a result, the increasing demand for natural ingredients with assessed bioactivities has profoundly modified the strategies adopted by cosmetic professionals to innovate in terms of actives. Sourcing and developing new natural cosmetic actives is a long-term procedure that is thoroughly described in the present paper, via the example of the design of both liquid and solid ingredients based on Quercus pubescens Willd. leaves extract, for which anti-age properties were assessed by a combination of in vitro assays.Full article
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Whitening Agents from Reseda luteola L. and Their Chemical Characterization Using Combination of CPC, UPLC-HRMS and NMR
byPauline Burger, André Monchot, Olivier Bagarri, Philippe Chiffolleau, Stéphane Azoulay, Xavier Fernandez and Thomas Michel
Cosmetics 2017, 4(4), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics4040051 - 25 Nov 2017
Cited by 3 |Viewed by 7337
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Skin whitening agents occupy an important part of the dermo-cosmetic market nowadays. They are used to treat various skin pigmentation disorders, or simply to obtain a lighter skin tone. The use of traditional skin bleachers (e.g., hydroquinone, corticoids) is now strictly regulated due [...] Read more.
Skin whitening agents occupy an important part of the dermo-cosmetic market nowadays. They are used to treat various skin pigmentation disorders, or simply to obtain a lighter skin tone. The use of traditional skin bleachers (e.g., hydroquinone, corticoids) is now strictly regulated due to their side effects. When considering this and the growing consumers’ interest for more natural ingredients, plant extracts can be seen as safe and natural alternatives. In this perspective, in vitro bioassays were undertaken to assess cosmetic potential of Reseda luteola, and particularly its promising whitening activities. A bioguided purification procedure employing centrifugal partition chromatography, Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-HRMS) and NMR was developed to isolate and identify the whitening agents (i.e., luteolin and apigenin) from aerial parts of R. luteola. UPLC-HRMS also enabled the characterization of acetylated luteolin- and apigenin-O-glycosides, which occurrence is reported for the first time in R. luteola.Full article
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Open AccessReview
Secondary Plant Metabolites for Sun Protective Cosmetics: From Pre-Selection to Product Formulation
byLiudmila Korkina, Vladimir Kostyuk, Alla Potapovich, Wolfgang Mayer, Nigma Talib and Chiara De Luca
Cosmetics 2018, 5(2), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics5020032 - 02 May 2018
Cited by 26 |Viewed by 11730
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Topical sun protective cosmetics (sunscreens, pre- and post-sun) have been intensively developed and produced to protect human skin against solar irradiation-associated damages/pathologies. Unfortunately, routine cosmetics for sun protection containing synthetic organic and/or physical sunscreens could exert adverse effects towards human organisms and bring [...] Read more.
Topical sun protective cosmetics (sunscreens, pre- and post-sun) have been intensively developed and produced to protect human skin against solar irradiation-associated damages/pathologies. Unfortunately, routine cosmetics for sun protection containing synthetic organic and/or physical sunscreens could exert adverse effects towards human organisms and bring undesirable ecological changes. Terrestrial and marine plant species, being exposed to sun light for hundreds of millions of years, have evolved two pro-survival strategies: effective protection against/adaptation to its deleterious effects and the use of solar energy for photosynthesis/photo-biochemical reactions. Secondary plant metabolites (SPM) are primary sensors of solar energy and mediators of its use (photo-sensitisers) or neutralisation (photo-protectors). A similar double photo-protective/photo-sensitising system is built in within human skin. Modern development of toxicologically/ecologically safe yet effective sun-protective cosmetics attempts to pre-select photo-stable and non-phototoxic SPMs that provide broad UVA + UVB sunscreen, free radical scavenging and direct antioxidant defence, endogenous antioxidant rescue, induction of antioxidant enzymes (indirect antioxidant defence), and normalisation of metabolic and immune responses to UVA + UVB. Proper formulation of sun protective cosmetics should assure targeted delivery of photo-active SPMs to definite skin layers to invigorate the built in photo-chemical skin barrier.Full article
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Open AccessReview
A Critical View of Different Botanical, Molecular, and Chemical Techniques Used in Authentication of Plant Materials for Cosmetic Applications
bySamantha Drouet, Laurine Garros, Christophe Hano, Duangjai Tungmunnithum, Sullivan Renouard, Daniel Hagège, Benoit Maunit and Éric Lainé
Cosmetics 2018, 5(2), 30; https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics5020030 - 01 May 2018
Cited by 23 |Viewed by 7971
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A number of approaches can be implemented to ensure plant-based material authentication for cosmetic applications. Doing this requires knowledge and data dealing with botany, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry, the main techniques of which are described here. A comprehensive and critical view of [...] Read more.
A number of approaches can be implemented to ensure plant-based material authentication for cosmetic applications. Doing this requires knowledge and data dealing with botany, molecular biology, and analytical chemistry, the main techniques of which are described here. A comprehensive and critical view of the methods is provided with comments as well as examples of their application domains.Full article
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Open AccessReview
Cosmetic Functional Ingredients from Botanical Sources for Anti-Pollution Skincare Products
byClaudia Juliano and Giovanni Antonio Magrini
Cosmetics 2018, 5(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics5010019 - 06 Feb 2018
Cited by 45 |Viewed by 32611
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Air pollution is a rising problem in many metropolitan areas around the world. Airborne contaminants are predominantly derived from anthropogenic activities, and include carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, ozone and particulate matter (PM; a mixture of solid and liquid [...] Read more.
Air pollution is a rising problem in many metropolitan areas around the world. Airborne contaminants are predominantly derived from anthropogenic activities, and include carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, ozone and particulate matter (PM; a mixture of solid and liquid particles of variable size and composition, able to absorb and delivery a large number of pollutants). The exposure to these air pollutants is associated to detrimental effects on human skin, such as premature aging, pigment spot formation, skin rashes and eczema, and can worsen some skin conditions, such as atopic dermatitis. A cosmetic approach to this problem involves the topical application of skincare products containing functional ingredients able to counteract pollution-induced skin damage. Considering that the demand for natural actives is growing in all segments of global cosmetic market, the aim of this review is to describe some commercial cosmetic ingredients obtained from botanical sources able to reduce the impact of air pollutants on human skin with different mechanisms, providing a scientific rationale for their use.Full article
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