Purpose: To determine the anti-oxidant, whitening, anti-inflammatory and collagen synthesis effects of Aronia melanocarpa (A. melanocarpa) leaf extracts for use as cosmetic ingredients.
Methods: Ethanol and hot water leaf extracts of A. melanocarpa were used as test samples. To...
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate fucoidan extract as a cosmetic material.
Methods: To assess anti-microbial efficacy, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ) was treated with fucoidan extract and zones of inhibition were measured. In addition, the anti-inflammatory effect was c...
Purpose: To establish a simple and accurate quantitative method for analyzing ginsenosides, a functional material used in the cosmetics industry, the relative response factors of the high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) signals of each ginsenoside were analyzed and comp...
