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Use of Vegetable Oils to Improve the Sun Protection Factor of Sunscreen Formulations

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Montenegro, Lucia, Santagati, Ludovica Maria·2019·Cosmetics
DOI 10.3390/cosmetics6020025
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Some vegetable oils have many biological properties, including UV-absorbing capacity. Therefore, their use has been suggested to reduce the content of organic UV-filters in sunscreen products. In this work, we investigated the feasibility of developing oil-based vehicles with a high sun protection factor (SPF) using pomegranate oil (PMG) and shea oil (BPO) in association with different percentages of organic UV-filters (octyl– methoxycinnamate, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, and bemotrizinol). We characterized the spreadability, occlusion factor, pH, and required hydrophilic lipophilic balance of the resulting formulations, and did not observe relevant differences due to the incorporation of vegetable oils. The in vitro spectrophotometric determinations of SPF values highlighted that the addition of BPO (1% (w/w)) and PMG (1% (w/w)) resulted in an increase in SPF in comparison with the same formulations that contained only organic UV-filters. The SPF increase was more significant for the formulations that contained lower amounts of organic UV-filters. The results of this study supported the hypothesis that including suitable vegetable oils in sunscreen formulations could be a promising strategy to design products with a lower content of organic UV-filters.

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  • Vegetable oils, guava-fruit extract, rice bran and raspberry seeds, and red propolis extracts can increase the SPF of sunscreens.

    “It was also possible to enhance the efficiency of UV filters by increasing the SPF of the sunscreens, using vegetable oils [111,112], guava-fruit extract [113,114], rice bran and raspberry seeds [115], and red propolis extracts [116].”

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Authors
Montenegro, L., & Santagati, L. M.
Affiliations
University of Catania (IT)
Corresponding author
Montenegro, Lucia
ORCID
Montenegro, Lucia
Venue
Cosmetics
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2019-04-08
Volume
6
Issue
2
Pages
25
ISSN
2079-9284 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/cosmetics6020025
OpenAlex
W2933930207
Cited by
35
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Cosmetics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › melanin and skin pigmentation
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Edible Oils Quality and Analysis
Keywords
vegetable oils, sunscreen formulation, sun protection factor, pomegranate oil, organic UV filters, octyl methoxycinnamate, butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, UV absorption, hydrophilic-lipophilic balance, spreadability

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