Application of microencapsulated essential oils in cosmetic and personal health care products - a review

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Ana Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Berta Nogueiro Estevinho (Author) FEUP; Lúcia Silveira Santos (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Cosmetic Science

Vol. 38

Pages: 109-119

ISSN: 0142-5463

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology

CORDIS: Technological sciences

Associated Projects

LEPAE/CEFT - RL2 - (Bio) Chemical Engineering: Multi-Scale Approaches for Sustainable Environment and Health

LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-MT9

DOI: 10.1111/ics.12232

Abstract (EN): Nowadays, the consumers around the world are increasingly focused on health and beauty. The renewed consumer interest in natural cosmetic products creates the demand for new products and reformulated others with botanical and functional ingredients. In cosmetic products, essential oils (EOs) play a major role as fragrance ingredients. They can optimize its proprieties and preservation, as well as the marketing image of the final product. Microencapsulation of EOs can protect and prevent the loss of volatile aromatic ingredients and improve the controlled release and stability of this core materials. The importance of EOs for cosmetic industry and its microencapsulation was reviewed in this study. Also a briefly introduction about the preparation of microparticles was presented. Some of the most important and usual microencapsulation techniques of EOs, as well as the conventional encapsulating agents, were discussed. Despite the fact that microencapsulation of EOs is a very promising and extremely attractive application area for cosmetic industry, further basic research needs to be carried out, for a better understanding of the biofunctional activities of microencapsulated EOs and its release modulation, as well as the effects of others cosmetic ingredients and the storage time in the microparticles properties.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11