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Ars Pharmaceutica (Internet)
On-line version ISSN 2340-9894
Abstract
GONZALEZ MINERO, Francisco José and BRAVO DIAZ, Luis. History and present of skin care products, cosmetics and fragrances. Especially those derived from plants. Ars Pharm [online]. 2017, vol.58, n.1, pp.5-12. Epub Dec 12, 2022. ISSN 2340-9894. https://dx.doi.org/10.30827/ars.v58i1.5915.
Objective:
To provide historical information about the use of vegetal resources in the elaboration of skin care products and to show some scientific facts that define topicality of this subject.
Method:
bibliographic search through the databases: Scopus, WOS, Google Scholar, The Plant List and other botanicals webs.
Results and discussion:
skin care and cosmetics are part of our daily life; hence the use of products for this purpose has significantly increased in recent years. From a recent bibliography, we referred 78 botanical taxa (algae, ferns and seed plants, fungi including). The aforementioned we related to historical facts and current scientific knowledge.
Conclusion:
Derived from plants are considered safe for health; they are a great source of secondary metabolites and have been and are raw material for skin care manufactured products.
Keywords : Economic botany; Ethnobotany; Cosmeceuticals; Skin care; Pharmacognosy; Medicinal plants; Anti-aging produtcs.