Main benefits and applicability of plant extracts in skin care products

Cosmetics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 48-65

  Ribeiro, Ana Sofia ^a   Estanqueiro, Marilene ^a   Oliveira, M Beatriz ^a   Lobo, José Manuel Sousa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant activity; Cosmetics; Plant extracts; Tyrosinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940104128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cosmetics2020048     Document Type: Review

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