Cosmeceutical role of Medicinal plants / Herbs: A Review on commercially available Cosmetic ingredients

  • Rahul Kumar Gupta
  • Pradeep Soni
  • Jitendra Shrivastava
  • Pawan Rajput
  • Shalini Parashar

Abstract

Cosmeceuticals are cosmetic products intended to improve physical appearance, health, beauty and skin ailments. Drugs used to control acne, anti-wrinkle effects, protect from sun burn, improves complexation, delayed effect of ageing and improve skin textures, etc. are comes under category of cosmeceuticals. Cosmeceuticals may be synthetic, natural or hybrid depending upon their compositions. Herbal cosmeceuticals are gaining great attention now a day’s due to their wide range of availability and fewer side effects. There are enormous plants and natural ingredients available commercially as cosmeceuticals. Herbal cosmetics originated naturally from plants, sea, rock salt and soil, etc. Generally herbal cosmetics are free from harmful synthetic chemicals and considered safe to use. Many medicinal plants and herbs offers effect like cosmeceuticals and used extensively for same purpose globally. Natural herbs such as; Neem, Kapoor, Henna, Hirda, Behada, Amalaki, Bringaraj, Rosary Pea and Mandor, etc. are used in cosmetic industry for various purpose. This article presented a descriptive review on Herbal cosmeceuticals.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Cosmeceuticals, Natural Herbs, Plants, Beauty

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Gupta, R., P. Soni, J. Shrivastava, P. Rajput, and S. Parashar. “Cosmeceutical Role of Medicinal Plants / Herbs: A Review on Commercially Available Cosmetic Ingredients”. Himalayan Journal of Health Sciences, Vol. 3, no. 4, Dec. 2018, pp. 70-73, doi:10.22270/ijist.v3i4.27.
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