Background: The skin is the organ that covers entire human body and serves to protect from outside influences, so needs be protected. process of destruction characterized by appearance wrinkles, dried cracked. Skin damage can occur due sun's rays. Antioxidants are needed prevent, inhibit structural skin. This study aims determine best concentration a combination Clitoria ternatea L. flower extr...

Biogenic-silver nanoparticles emerge as new nanosilver platforms that allow us to obtain silver via “green chemistry”. In our study, biogenic-silver were obtained from Iris tuberosa leaf extract. Nanoparticles characterized by a UV-vis spectroscopy, dynamical light scattering technique. The transmission electron microscope revealed spheric and irregular with 5 50 nm in diameter. Antimicrobial p...

OBJECTIVE A mild moisturizing body wash with stearic acid, a key component of corneum lipids, and emollient soybean oil has been introduced in the market place. The objectives of this study are to determine the amount and the location of the stearic acid in the corneum after in vivo cleansing by the formulation. METHOD Clinical cleansing studies for one and five consecutive days were carried ...

Caryocar brasiliense, popularly known in Brazil as “pequi”, is a species widely distributed in the Brazilian Cerrado. The seeds are surrounded by a woody endocarp coated with a yellow fleshy mesocarp rich in oil and vitamin A, whose oil has a useful role in the treatment of skin aging and protection of human skin against UV-induced damage and skin hydration. The aim of this study was to evaluat...