(*)Integrine-60® (Patented TM of Vevy Europe, Genova, Italy) ABSTRACT Several research projects are aimed at developing bioactive materials to enhance keratinocytes and/or fibroblasts activities. One promising methodology, widely adopted to identify active substances, is the screening of natur...

Introduction In 2014, the prevalence of diabetes-linked pathologies was estimated to be of the order of 420 million worldwide, up from 108 million in 1980 (1). That is to say that one person out of sixteen is suffering from a diabetic pathology. In particular, the prevalence of diabetes in adu...

INTRODUZIONE La patologia diabetica nelle sue varianti affligge oltre quattrocentoventi milioni (2014) di soggetti nel mondo, contro i centootto milioni del 1980(1). Vale a dire che una persona su sedici soffre di una patologia diabetica. In particolare l'incremento fra gli adulti di oltre diciotto...

The role of Auxina Tricogena® In our field, chemistry is closely intertwined with biology, as well as with dermatology, pharmaco-toxicology, and cosmetology. Due to these complex interconnections, one can see how the cynicism of plagiarists can easily be demolished. The consumers’ health is jeopard...

A particularly numerous and widespread category of vegetable matter with carcinogenic effect are pyrrolizidine alkaloids. They are present in hundreds of plants, especially in the different varieties of Senecio, but also in those of crotalaria, Heliotropium, Lappul, Symphytum, Petasites and Tussilag...

As reported in a previous communication the increasing demand for environmental friendly and green cosmetics led the formulator to a quite forced, one-way switch to vegetable-derived ingredients, especially in the area of extracts, emollients and gelling agents. Hydroplastidines and Lipoplastidine...

What is epidermis? It is now right to ask ourselves what the epidermis is, what new ideas about it we have acquired and why the old schemes must be basically modified. By epidermis, we mean the section embodied between the basal membrane (which separates it from the dermis) and the external surfa...

Oils, waxes and their derivatives constitute a very large and important class of basic cosmetic and pharmaceutical raw materials. They are used mainly as vehicles and emollients for a very wide range of creams, lotions, ointments, lipidic gels, oils, pastes and soaps. Lanolin, mineral oil, petrolatu...

Research carried out at our laboratories was led to the finding of a major scientific datum which might influence future formulations engineered for the skin. It has been proven that the keratinocytes of the epidermis can autonomously produce stress hormones. More precisely, we ascertained that the ...