What are the natural biological extracts of natural cosmetics?

At present, the natural biological extracting ingredients as active ingredients in cosmetics mainly come from plants, animals and some marine microorganisms, among which the research and development of plant extracts is the most in-depth and the most widely used. China's traditional Chinese herbal medicine has accumulated many pharmacological records and experiences in the application of external application and internal administration for thousands of years. It also has many verifications on their dosage, safety and side effects, and has opened up vast resources for the exploration of raw materials for cosmetics. The development of new cosmetics provides favorable conditions, has strong advantages and broad application prospects, and is currently a research hotspot.

In recent years, many scholars at home and abroad have done fruitful work on the development and utilization of active ingredients of Chinese herbal medicines, such as extracting whitening and brightening actives from botanicals that are in control of black sputum, and improving microcirculation from botanicals that promote blood circulation and removing blood stasis. a conditioning agent for the fascinating color; a botanical drug of known active ingredient; a new source of the same or similar chemically active ingredient in the same family, the same genus, and a related plant; a substance of a certain structure is used as an active agent The indicators are screened in numerous botanicals and the like.

At present, there are hundreds of natural active substances used in beauty cosmetics from traditional Chinese medicine and folk application experience. Among them, the most researched are Chinese herbal ingredients with antioxidant effects, such as glycyrrhetinic acid derived from licorice. Paeonol derived from peony, Xu Changqing, white birch, primrose, etc., ferulic acid derived from ferula, chuanxiong, thief, cohosh, stone pine, ginseng saponin, ginseng, panax notoginseng, etc. Total saponins, small guanamine derived from Japanese cockroaches, top ten credits, golden tortoises, schisandra phenol from safflower, schisandra, garlic sulphate derived from garlic, total flavonoids derived from Maodongqing, and angelica The extract of Rhizoma Coptidis has a good antioxidant effect. Secondly, the natural enzyme inhibitors extracted from Chinese herbal medicines have also been widely observed in recent years. For example, extracts such as white peony, angelica, wind, bearberry, ebony, cinnamon, and vines have tyrosinase inhibition, and mustard Extracts of medlar, scorpion, houttuynia, cardamom, pinghong grass, bamboo ginseng, clove, solitude, soft comfrey, northern sand ginseng, hemp seed, and coix seed have strong hyaluronidase inhibition The effects of extracts of Spatholobus suberectus, Ejiao, almond, Nepeta, Chuanxiong, Pampas grass, Rhubarb, etc. have inhibitory effects on collagenase, while compounds such as flavanones and anthocyanins inhibit both enzymes. It also interacts with collagen and elastin to protect these protein fibers from enzymatic hydrolysis, whitening, moisturizing, preventing pigmentation and preventing skin aging.

In addition, the Chinese herbal medicines which are currently used in the preparation of cosmetics are also the genus Xanthium, dandelion, Agrimony, Senecio, and sage in Compositae; the spirea and peach in the family Rosaceae: Bupleurum, Angelica, etc. ; Astragalus membranaceus, cotton root; Polygonum multiflorum, rhubarb, etc.: Scrophulariaceae and Rhubarb in Scrophulariaceae; Campanulaceae, Codonopsis pilosula, Corydalis: comfrey of comfrey; Turmeric, Ginger; Ginger Salvia, Astragalus, Peppermint, Thyme, etc. The extracts of these Chinese herbal medicines are complex in composition and have various mechanisms of action, and there are a wide range of interactions. It is of great significance to carry out in-depth research and development using traditional Chinese medicine theory combined with modern science and technology.