Main description:

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.

Contents:

1. Specialized Plant Metabolites in Cosmeceuticals 2. Cosmeceutical Applications of Terpenes and Terpenoids 3. Flavonoids: A key Component of Cosmeceuticals 4. Cosmeceutical Applications of Alkaloids 5. Hydroxybenzoic Acids in Cosmeceuticals 6. Hydroxycinnamic Acids in Cosmeceuticals 7. Use of Stillbenes in Cosmeceuticals 8. Lignins in Cosmetic Industry 9. Saponins: A Natural Raw Material for Cosmeceuticals 10. Essential Oils: An Essential Component of Cosmetic Industry 11. Application of Natural Oil and Fat in Cosmetic Industry 12. Resin and Oleoresins in Cosmeceuticals 13. Allergic Reactions from Essential Oils and other Specialized Plant Metabolites 14. Encapsulation of Specialized Plant Metabolites for the Consistent and Persistent Cosmeceuticals