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| Title: | Aroma oils as cosmeceuticals |
| Authors: | Gowthamarajan, K
Kulkarni, GT
Subburaju, T |
| Keywords: | Aromatic oils
Essential oils
Cosmetics
Cosmeceutical
Pharmaceutical product |
| Issue Date: | Aug-2005 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.7― A61P 11/00, A61P 13/00, A61P 17/00, A61P 21/00, A61P 25/00, A61P 27/00, C11B 9/00 |
| Abstract: | Aroma oils, also known as
essential oils are the highly concentrated extracts from plants, herbs and
flowers. They exhibit calming, stimulating, pain alleviating and mood enhancing
effects and improve the functionality of internal organs, like heart, lungs,
etc. Essential oils are important components of cosmetics. Recently,
cosmeceuticals are becoming popular throughout the world. In American market,
all the cosmetics and toiletries are now being named as cosmeceuticals, as they
claim to have therapeutic effect along with their effect on skin and hairs as
cosmetic also. This article highlights the cosmeceutical applications of
essential oils. |
| Page(s): | 335-338 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.4(4) [July-August 2005]
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