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Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals

  • 1st Edition - August 3, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Deepika Kathuria, Ajay Sharma, Jesus Simal Gandara
  • Language: English

Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals presents a comprehensive guide to traditional medicinal plants that are used in the field of cosmetics. Chapters cover geographi… Read more

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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.

Key features

  • Highlights comprehensive information on major classes of plant secondary metabolites with potent cosmeceutical applications
  • Provides details on the encapsulation of secondary metabolites for the betterment of cosmeceutical products
  • Covers toxicity of secondary metabolite based cosmeceuticals

Readership

Researchers and postgraduate students in courses related to Medicinal and Phyto Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biology

Table of 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 Christie

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 3, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

DK

Deepika Kathuria

Deepika Kathuria is an Assistant Professor at University Center for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, India. She completed her masters in pharmaceuticals and Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali, India. She has published over 19 peer-reviewed papers in international journals. She has various honors/Fellowship/Awards to her credit i.e. Award of INSPIRE fellowship (JRF) from DST, Award of INSPIRE fellowship (SRF) from DST, Bristol-Mayer Squibb fellowship (Merit-cum-topper scholarship during M.Pharm), Newton Bhabha Placement, DST-exchange programme. She does research in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Natural Products, CADD.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor at University Center for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Punjab, India

AS

Ajay Sharma

Dr. Ajay Sharma is a Natural Product Chemist with a strong Organic Chemistry, Photochemistry, Biochemistry, and Ethnobotany background. Presently, he is working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA. Previously he worked as a Senior Executive - NFSI Nestle R&D Center, India. He completed his (B.Sc. Medical) from Govt. College Hoshiarpur (affiliated to Panjab University, Chandigarh), Master’s in Organic Chemistry (Natural Products) from Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana and his PhD (Organic Chemistry – Natural product) from SLIET (Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Deemed University) Punjab. He has published over 45 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters with highly reputed publishers. Presently, he has five edited books under development with different international publishers. His research activities have focused on isolation and characterization of bioactive extracts from traditional medicinal plants and evaluation of their biological potential. Currently, his research group at Chandigarh University is investigating the field of more environmentally friendly synthesis of metal nanoparticles and carbon nanodots using plant extracts/plant-based biomass followed by assessing their biological, catalytic, and sensing potential.
Affiliations and expertise
Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Mississippi, Oxford, USA

JG

Jesus Simal Gandara

Jesus Simal-Gandara is Full Prof in Nutrition and Food Science at the Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo (Spain). He is Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Galicia (1991), Member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition (2013-2016), Research Medal of the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences 2020 Antonio Casares Rodriguez (Chemistry and Geology), President of the International Association of Dietary Nutrition and Safety (2020), Full Member of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Galicia (2021), and Associate Editor in Food Science and Nutrition (Wiley) and Food Chemistry (Elsevier). He leads a research group of excellence, and was leading CIA3 - Environmental, Agricultural and Food Research Center (2008-2018). He was the Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science (2013-2018), and Vice-Chancellor for Internationalization at the University of Vigo (2018).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo, Spain

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