A comparison of the effects of topical green tea and lotus on facial sebum control in healthy humans

Hippokratia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-67

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Akhtar, N ^a   Moldovan, C ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Green tea; Lotus; Multiple emulsion; Non invasive; Sebum; Sebumeter; Skin

Indexed keywords

GREEN TEA EXTRACT; LOTUS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMULSION; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOTUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEBUM; SEBUM SECRETION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 84879707107     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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