Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals
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Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals

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Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals

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Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals presents a comprehensive guide to traditional medicinal plants that are used in the field of cosmetics. Chapters cover geographical distribution, extraction of key components from each plant, traditional uses, pharmacognostic characteristics, phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology and future prospects. This book will be a valuable asset for researchers and graduate students of chemistry, botany, biotechnology, microbiology, cosmetology and the pharmaceutical sciences. As medicinal plants are a rich source of a variety of bioactive secondary metabolites, their wide range of pharmacological applications as antibiotics, antifungals, anticancer agents, and antimicrobial and antiviral applications provide new and exciting avenues.

In addition, they have great implications for the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care product industries. Secondary metabolites also ecofriendly, cost effective, biocompatible and cause less side effects as compare to synthetic compounds.

  • Highlights comprehensive information on major classes of plant secondary metabolites with potent cosmeceutical applications
  • Provides details on the encapsulation of secondary metabolites for the betterment of cosmeceutical products
  • Covers toxicity of secondary metabolite based cosmeceuticals

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Publisher
Elsevier
Year
2024
ISBN
9780443153457
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Organic Chemistry

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of contributors
  7. 1. Specialized plant metabolites in cosmeceuticals
  8. 2. Cosmeceutical applications of terpenes and terpenoids
  9. 3. Flavonoids: a key component of cosmeceuticals
  10. 4. Cosmeceutical applications of alkaloids
  11. 5. Cosmeceuticals significance of hydroxybenzoic acids
  12. 6. Hydroxycinnamic acids: a key component in cosmeceuticals
  13. 7. Cosmeceuticals applications of stilbenes
  14. 8. Lignins in cosmetic industry
  15. 9. Saponins: a natural raw material for cosmeceuticals
  16. 10. Essential oils: an essential component of cosmetic industry
  17. 11. Cosmeceutical applications of natural oils and fats
  18. 12. Allergic reactions from essential oils and other specialized plant metabolites
  19. 13. Encapsulation of specialized plant metabolites for the consistent and persistent cosmeceuticals
  20. Index