Botanical extracts as anti-aging preparations for the skin: A systematic review

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 973-985

  Hunt, Katherine J ^a,b   Hung, Shao Kang ^a   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine, therapeutic use; Herbal medicines, therapeutic use; Skin; Skin wrinkles; Topical

Indexed keywords

CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CORK EXTRACT; COSMETIC; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; KERNEL EXTRACT; MACA ROOT EXTRACT; MANGOSTEEN EXTRACT; PAEONIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; SILICON; SOY EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAPHENOL;

AGING; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORK TREE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRY SKIN; EMBASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MACA ROOT; MANGOSTEEN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDLINE; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSACEAE; SANGUISORBA; SEED KERNEL; SKIN BIOPSY; SOYBEAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; WRINKLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PAEONIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROSACEAE; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649345133     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: 11791969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11584420-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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