Specialized Plant Metabolites as Cosmeceuticals

Medicinal plants are the rich source of variety of bioactive secondary metabolites. These secondary metabolites are well known for their wide range of pharmacological applications such as antibiotic, antifungal, anticancer, antimicrobial and antiviral. Owing to these pharmacological applications the secondary metabolites have extensive applications in food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care products industries. Secondary metabolites also ecofriendly, cost effective, biocompatible and cause less side effects as compare to synthetic compounds – these are extensively used as bioactive raw materials for personal care products and cosmetics.This book presents a comprehensive guide to traditional medicinal plants which are also used in the field of cosmetics. All chapters cover the geographical distribution, extraction of key component from each plant, traditional uses, pharmacognostic characteristics, phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology as well as future prospective will be discussed. It also offers a valuable asset for researchers and graduate students of chemistry, botany, biotechnology, microbiology, cosmetologist and the pharmaceutical sciences. Highlights comprehensive information on major classes of plant secondary metabolites with potent cosmaceutical applications Provide details on the encapsulation of secondary metabolites for the betterment of cosmaceutical products Covers toxicity of secondary metabolite based cosmaceuticals