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New Trends in Cosmetics: By-Products of Plant Origin and Their Potential Use as Cosmetic Active Ingredients

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Barbulova, Ani, Colucci, Gabriella, Apone, Fabio·2015·Cosmetics

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In recent years, the amount of waste deriving from industrial processes has increased substantially. Many industries produce different types of disposable by-products, rich in valuable compounds. Their characterization and valorization could not only convert them into high value products with application in diverse biotechnological fields, such as Pharmaceutics, Food or Cosmetics, but would also reduce the waste environmental impact and the related treatment costs. There are many examples of cosmetic active ingredients deriving from fish, meat and dairy products, but in the present review we would like to focus on the potentialities and the current use of compounds and extracts deriving from agronomical disposable wastes in the cosmetic field. These types of products are effective, inexpensive and bio-sustainable, and thus represent a valid alternative to the regular plant derived extracts, more commonly adopted in cosmetic formulations. Moreover, if the waste products come from organic farming, they are certainly an even more valuable source of safe extracts for Cosmetics, since they lack any residual pesticide or potentially toxic chemical.

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  • The main phenolic compounds in olives are hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, oleuropein, verbascoside, and their derivatives, which have powerful antioxidant activity in both vivo and in vitro studies.

    “The main phenolic compounds in olives are as follows: hydroxytyrosol, tyrosol, oleuropein, verbascoside, and their derivatives, which have powerful antioxidant activity in both vivo and in vitro studies [55,79,119,120].”

    From Use of Waste from the Food Industry and Applications of the Fermentation Process to Create Sustainable Cosmetic Products: A Review (2024) · cites this paper as [55]

    Section 3, “Tomato and Olive Processing By-Products” (page unavailable), identifies hydroxytyrosol, oleuropein, and their derivatives as main phenolic compounds with powerful antioxidant activity both in vivo and in vitro. It does not identify tyrosol or verbascoside as main compounds or attribute that activity to them. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Hydroxytyrosol and oleuropein have anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, antimicrobial, and antiviral properties.

    “Moreover, hydroxytyrosol and oleuropein have anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, antimicrobial, and antiviral properties.”

    From Use of Waste from the Food Industry and Applications of the Fermentation Process to Create Sustainable Cosmetic Products: A Review (2024) · cites this paper as [55]

    Section 3 reports anti-inflammatory, anti-atherogenic, antimicrobial, and antiviral activities for oleuropein. It separately reports anti-inflammatory activity for hydroxytyrosol, but does not attribute the other three properties to hydroxytyrosol. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Extracts from food waste, especially those from organic farming, are effective and bio-sustainable as they do not contain residual pesticides or potentially toxic chemicals, and therefore represent a valid alternative to regular plant-derived extracts.

    “Extracts from food waste, especially those from organic farming, are effective and bio-sustainable as they do not contain residual pesticides or potentially toxic chemicals, and therefore represent a valid alternative to regular plant-derived extracts [55].”
  • Rich in hydroxytyrosol aqueous olive extract inhibited the production of inflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) cytokines, as well as chemokines.

    “Rich in hydroxytyrosol aqueous olive extract inhibited the production of inflammatory mediators, such as nitric oxide (NO) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) cytokines, as well as chemokines [55].”
  • Essential oil of Citrus unshiu peels has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties.

    “Moreover, the essential oil of Citrus unshiu peels has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties [55,103].”

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  1. Carola, A.; Tito, A.; Bimonte, M.; Mustilli, A.; Cucchiara, M.; Monoli, I.; Hill, J.; Apone, F.; Colucci, G. Liposoluble extracts of Vitis vinifera grape marc and cell cultures with synergistic anti-ageing effects. HPC Today 2012, 7, 42-46.

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Authors
Barbulova, A., Colucci, G., & Apone, F.
Affiliations
  • Arterra Bioscience srl, via B. Brin 69, 80142 Napoli, Italy
  • Vitalab srl/Arterra Bioscience srl, via B. Brin 69, 80142 Napoli, Italy
Corresponding author
Apone, Fabio
Venue
Cosmetics
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2015-04-16
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
82-92
ISSN
2079-9284 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2072090120
Cited by
198
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2
FWCI
12.04
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cosmetics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural and Biological Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Medicinal Plant Research
Keywords
cosmetic active ingredients, plant by-products, agricultural waste valorization, waste valorization, cosmetic formulation, organic farming, plant extracts

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