Biofunctional Cosmetics for Health
Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability
- 1st Edition - August 21, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Alexandros Tsoupras, George Z. Kyzas
- Language: English
Bio-functional Cosmetics for Health: Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability bridges the gap between cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceutic… Read more
Description
Description
Bio-functional Cosmetics for Health: Exploring Nature’s Ingredients for Safety, Efficacy, and Sustainability bridges the gap between cosmetics, nutraceuticals, and pharmaceuticals, providing the latest research for developing health-promoting cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics from various food sources and food waste. From medicinal plants, teas, cacao, coffee, fruits, vegetables, plant oils, nuts, and cereals to marine microorganisms, fungi, insects, crustaceans, and more, this book takes a close look into the safety, efficacy and sourcing of bioactives from these food sources and how they can be sustainably used as ingredients to create bio-functional cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and nutricosmetics.
Readers will gain insight on the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, and anti-cancer properties of bioactive ingredients in cosmetics and will also be informed on the latest regulatory and safety issues and R&D trends for the application of bioactives in functional cosmetics and cosmeceutical products.
Readers will gain insight on the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, and anti-cancer properties of bioactive ingredients in cosmetics and will also be informed on the latest regulatory and safety issues and R&D trends for the application of bioactives in functional cosmetics and cosmeceutical products.
Key features
Key features
- Explains the science behind bioactive ingredients from sustainable food sources for formulation, manufacturing, and health promotion in cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, and nutricosmetics
- Explores health benefits from sustainable plant and animal source bioactives in cosmetic formulation
- Highlights the anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-UV, and anti-cancer properties of bioactive ingredients in cosmetics
- Examines the safety and benefits of using functional ingredients and bioactives from sustainable sources in cosmetics
- Outlines regulatory issues, safety issues, and R&D trends for the application of bioactive ingredients in functional cosmetics and cosmeceutical products
Readership
Readership
Researchers in the food sciences interested in the role of nutrition and antioxidants in skin health and the benefits of nutricosmetics, researchers in pharmacology and dermatology studying active food ingredients and bioactive compounds used in cosmeceuticals
Table of contents
Table of contents
SECTION I: Exploring Bio-Functional Cosmetics and Health Properties
1. Defining and Classifying - From Bioactive Ingredients to Health Promoting Attributes
2. Current Rules and Regulations
3. Exploring Marketability
4. Exploring Safety Issues
SECTION II: Health Benefits of Bioactive Ingredients from Sustainable Plant-Based Sources and Their By-Products
5. Medicinal Plants
6. Aromatic Plants and Herbs
7. Herbal Tea, Cacao and Coffee and Bio-Waste Usage
8. Spices
9. Marine and Freshwater Plants
10. Vegetables and Vegetable Bio-Waste
11. Fruits and Fruit By-Products
12. Plant Derived Fermented Beverages (Wine, Beer, Cider) and Their By-Products
13. Nuts
14. Plant Oil and Plant Oil Bio-Waste
15. Cereals
SECTION III: Sustainable Bioactive Ingredients from Microorganisms
16. Healthy Benefits of Bacteria
17. Fungi
18. Protozoans
19. Marine Microorganisms
SECTION IV: Health Benefits of Bioactive Ingredients from Sustainable Animal-Based Sources
20. Mollusks
21. Crustaceans and Shellfish
22. Fish and Fish Bio-Wastes
23. Insects
24. Dairy and Dairy By-Products
SECTION V: Sustainable Inorganic Bioactive Ingredients from Natural Resources
25. Natural Minerals and Metal-Ions
26. Exploring Natural Carbon in Bio-Functional Cosmetics
SECTION VI: Natural Bioactives for Environmental-Friendly Cosmetic and Nutricosmetic Packaging
27. Utilization of Biodegradable and Environmental Friendly Natural Bioactives for Cosmetic and Nutricosmetic Packaging
SECTION VII: Epilogue
28. Growth, Evolution, R&D Trends and Future Perspectives
29. Summary
SECTION VIII: Index
1. Defining and Classifying - From Bioactive Ingredients to Health Promoting Attributes
2. Current Rules and Regulations
3. Exploring Marketability
4. Exploring Safety Issues
SECTION II: Health Benefits of Bioactive Ingredients from Sustainable Plant-Based Sources and Their By-Products
5. Medicinal Plants
6. Aromatic Plants and Herbs
7. Herbal Tea, Cacao and Coffee and Bio-Waste Usage
8. Spices
9. Marine and Freshwater Plants
10. Vegetables and Vegetable Bio-Waste
11. Fruits and Fruit By-Products
12. Plant Derived Fermented Beverages (Wine, Beer, Cider) and Their By-Products
13. Nuts
14. Plant Oil and Plant Oil Bio-Waste
15. Cereals
SECTION III: Sustainable Bioactive Ingredients from Microorganisms
16. Healthy Benefits of Bacteria
17. Fungi
18. Protozoans
19. Marine Microorganisms
SECTION IV: Health Benefits of Bioactive Ingredients from Sustainable Animal-Based Sources
20. Mollusks
21. Crustaceans and Shellfish
22. Fish and Fish Bio-Wastes
23. Insects
24. Dairy and Dairy By-Products
SECTION V: Sustainable Inorganic Bioactive Ingredients from Natural Resources
25. Natural Minerals and Metal-Ions
26. Exploring Natural Carbon in Bio-Functional Cosmetics
SECTION VI: Natural Bioactives for Environmental-Friendly Cosmetic and Nutricosmetic Packaging
27. Utilization of Biodegradable and Environmental Friendly Natural Bioactives for Cosmetic and Nutricosmetic Packaging
SECTION VII: Epilogue
28. Growth, Evolution, R&D Trends and Future Perspectives
29. Summary
SECTION VIII: Index
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 21, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Alexandros Tsoupras
Alexandros Tsoupras, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms linking inflammation, thrombosis, and oxidative stress to chronic disease, with particular emphasis on platelet-activating factor (PAF) signaling and the evaluation of natural and synthetic bioactive compounds for applications in food, nutraceutical, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical sciences. He has held academic and research appointments at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Albany Medical College, and the University of Limerick, and has participated in nationally and internationally funded research projects as principal investigator and researcher. His professional activities include patent-related research, editorial contributions to scientific journals, and authorship of books and book chapters in the fields of biochemistry, inflammation, and bioactive compounds.
Affiliations and expertise
Hephaestus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Kavala, GreeceGK
George Z. Kyzas
George Z. Kyzas is a Full Professor of Chemistry at the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He has served as Head of the Department of Chemistry since 2019, Director of the MSc Program in Cosmetic Chemistry since 2021, and Head of the Hephaestus Laboratory since 2023. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of advanced materials, including polymers, graphene-based materials, activated carbons, and nanomaterials, for environmental applications such as adsorption, photocatalysis, and wastewater treatment. He has authored numerous books and book chapters, holds several patents, and serves as an Editor of Environmental Science and Pollution Research. In addition, he has guest-edited multiple special issues and served as an assessor for national and international funding agencies. His contributions have been recognized through awards and scholarships from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Greek State Scholarship Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Hephaestus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Kavala, GreeceView book on ScienceDirect
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