Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Chapter 17
T
HE
P
OSSIBILITY OF
U
SE OF
E
XTRACTS FROM
H
IGHER
H
YDROPHYTES AND
G
EOPHYTES
OF THE
A
STRAKHAN
R
EGION FOR THE
N
EEDS OF
C
OSMETOLOGY
Oxana V. Astafieva,
1,
*
Olga V. Novichenko
2
and Mikhail A. Egorov
3
Astrakhan State University, Astrakhan, Russia
A
BSTRACT
A current concern of modern medicine, pharmacology and cosmetology is the
replacement of chemical antimicrobials by natural herbal ingredients. Some of these
components are biologically active substances in plant extracts. These are concentrated
extracts from plant materials. The effectiveness of these extracts is largely due to the
presence of certain chemicals. These existing active substances have a diverse
composition and belong to different classes of chemical compounds: flavonoids,
terpenoids, glycosides, some saponins, resins, phenolics, volatile compounds and tannins,
carbohydrates and minerals.
The unique composition of complex and biologically active substances in fresh-
water hydrophytes and geophytes indicates a wide range of application. These substances
attract the particular interest of specialists in the field of cosmetology.
We are currently studying a selection of individual components from the test extracts
of plants. We will plan to use these substances in the preparation of cosmetic products.
Keywords:
Biologically active substances, antimicrobial activity, dermato-protective activity,
extracts
of
plants,
biotechnology,
cosmetics,
higher
hydrophytes,
geophytes,
thalassotherapy
*
E-mails: astra39@list.ru.
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