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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xi 8. 1. Specialized plant metabolites in cosmeceuticals - p. 1 9. 2. Cosmeceutical applications of terpenes and terpenoids - p. 25 10. 3. Flavonoids: a key component of cosmeceuticals - p. 43 11. 4. Cosmeceutical applications of alkaloids - p. 65 12. 5. Cosmeceuticals significance of hydroxybenzoic acids - p. 99 13. 6. Hydroxycinnamic acids: a key component in cosmeceuticals - p. 119 14. 7. Cosmeceuticals applications of stilbenes - p. 145 15. 8. Lignins in cosmetic industry - p. 165 16. 9. Saponins: a natural raw material for cosmeceuticals - p. 191 17. 10. Essential oils: an essential component of cosmetic industry - p. 221 18. 11. Cosmeceutical applications of natural oils and fats - p. 239 19. 12. Allergic reactions from essential oils and other specialized plant metabolites - p. 257 20. 13. Encapsulation of specialized plant metabolites for the consistent and persistent cosmeceuticals - p. 281 21. Index - p. 307
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.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of contributors - p. xi 8. 1. Specialized plant metabolites in cosmeceuticals - p. 1 9. 2. Cosmeceutical applications of terpenes and terpenoids - p. 25 10. 3. Flavonoids: a key component of cosmeceuticals - p. 43 11. 4. Cosmeceutical applications of alkaloids - p. 65 12. 5. Cosmeceuticals significance of hydroxybenzoic acids - p. 99 13. 6. Hydroxycinnamic acids: a key component in cosmeceuticals - p. 119 14. 7. Cosmeceuticals applications of stilbenes - p. 145 15. 8. Lignins in cosmetic industry - p. 165 16. 9. Saponins: a natural raw material for cosmeceuticals - p. 191 17. 10. Essential oils: an essential component of cosmetic industry - p. 221 18. 11. Cosmeceutical applications of natural oils and fats - p. 239 19. 12. Allergic reactions from essential oils and other specialized plant metabolites - p. 257 20. 13. Encapsulation of specialized plant metabolites for the consistent and persistent cosmeceuticals - p. 281 21. Index - p. 307
